High and dry

With closing of Bishop Dry Cleaners, Mammoth Lakes Laundromat fills void 

Breathe easy, patrolman. Don’t sweat it, white collar professional. Not only are you going to be able to drop off your clothes for dry cleaning locally, but you’re going to pay less, too.

Lou Margulies, who owns Mammoth Lakes Laundromat, the Laundry Annex, and Aloha Sudz with her husband Marc, announced this week that her company has found a partner in the dry cleaning business to fill the void.

The partner, Robert Cristando, is based in South Lake Tahoe, and owns Johns Cleaners, a family owned and operated business (for three generations) founded in 1969.

Lou Margulies said customers can expect to see some significant, and welcome, changes.

1.) You’ll see significant savings. “Prices you haven’t seen in years,” she says.

2.) Regular and consistent delivery on Mondays and Thursdays. Drop a shirt off Wednesday, get it Monday. Drop it off Sunday, get it Thursday.

The Laundromat is open every day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

“I’m blown away by the number of people this [Bishop Dry Cleaners closure] has affected,” says Margulies, who noted that the deal was sealed when her husband and Cristando bonded over a long ski day.

Prior to this past Wednesday, Cristando hadn’t been to Mammoth in 12 years. And came away as yet another convert – Mammoth’s snow beats Tahoe.

For more, see the ad on p. 15, where Mammoth Lakes Laundromat is offering your first dry clean free to try the new service.