Adventures in weird business combos: Coin op laundry and payday loan

Every so often, usually in more (ahem) modestly incomed neighborhoods, you see them: businesses who offer weird and somewhat dubious combinations of services (my personal favorite of yore: The Quik Stop & Bail Bonds that used to be on South Federal). In an effort to highlight the brave practitioners of...

Every so often, usually in more (ahem) modestly incomed neighborhoods, you see them: businesses who offer weird and somewhat dubious combinations of services (my personal favorite of yore: The Quik Stop & Bail Bonds that used to be on South Federal). In an effort to highlight the brave practitioners of these frontiers of retail operation, we’re launching a series devoted to them, starting with this combo at Colfax and Quebec that offers both a laundromat and payday loans — effectively guaranteeing you will never run out of laundry quarters.

Know of a weird combo business? Snap a picture and send it to us!

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