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...
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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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