Sandy’s Cleaners

These are wonderful people. They know their customers and do a great job.

I brought clothes in and was told they would be ready in three days. I had to wait four because I couldn’t make it in time for business hours.
The next day I come in and my clothes are not even ready. I just said that I would take it. They had to dig through the laundry and find my (wet) clothes. I had to identify by sight since there was no tag.
They are really nice people who run it, and I feel bad that the women have to work in that hot heat doing laundry. But when you promise a date, you need to stick to it. The owner was very apologetic and friendly. He did not charge me for the shirt, which was fair.
I had an interview to get ready for and this did not help with pre-​interview jitters. I have not gone back and will not go back. I just can’t risk my career. But at least the staff is nice and the owner too.

I’ve been going to Sandy’s off and on since the late 1990s. I stopped using them a couple of years ago, when I moved far enough away to make trekking over there inconvenient but after my current dry-cleaner’s shirt service ruined yet another of my shirts, I decided to go elsewhere and Sandy’s was a known quantity.
The same man and woman – I don’t think they’re the owners – have worked/​managed Sandy’s as long as I’ve been a customer. They’re nice people and even though their English is limited, they remember how to spell my not-​terribly-​complicated (to me, at least) Germanic surname. My current dry-​cleaner, who I still use for items I don’t care too much about, just pushes the ticket and a pen across the counter and says, «write your name, please.»
The service is pretty basic: Sandy’s doesn’t do alterations or repairs, and they send out their shirts to another laundry but they open at 6:00, which is perfect for stopping in on the way to work, and they close around 5:00 or 5:30. I can’t say I love Sandy’s – we’re talking about a dry-​cleaner, after all – but there’s a lot worse.

So, don’t know if they’re related, but the laundromat tucked between the Sandy’s storefront and Clear Flour is great. Kinda dirty, kinda gritty– so mayyyybe not the most pleasing of places to de-​stinkify your unmentionables (underwear, people). BUT I was able to cram 5 weeks of laundry into two washers and one dryer– the entire ordeal costing me about $ 7. Each washer is $ 2 per spin. The dryer is 25 cents for 6 minutes. You can sit on one of their crickety chairs and zone out, OR just leave your stuff there and peace. There are always plenty of washers/​dryers open. Pop your stuff in and head on over to Clear Flour for breakfast.