Laundry Mat #4

By: Mikolai Napieralski
Date: 1st Jul 08
Ambience: Indoor
Difficulty: Won't hurt a bit

What:
Laundry Mat #4 - Alec's Laundrette

Where:
88-90 Melville Rd, Brunswick

How much:
$5 per wash

A reader tipped us off about this place. Apparently the proprietors tried to pick her up while she was doing her laundry. That seemed pretty creepy. Creepy and weird. We decided to investigate.

Heading out to Brunswick, we pretty much hit pay dirt straight away. An older gentleman with a receding hairline (just as described in our tip-off) was helping a female customer with her laundry as we walked in. Whether this was old fashioned Greek hospitality (the place is full Greek posters) or something dodgy we'll never know. The woman seemed okay about it. She didn't look she was about to cry. Or run away.

As for the laundrette itself; a sign on the wall boasts that they opened in 1966. It doesn't look like anyone has bothered to upgrade the machines since. The orange and yellow dryers are the size of a small car and the washing machines are straight out of some 1970s nightmare. As for the bright green benches - we have no idea what that's all about. Maybe the whole place is coloured coded like one of those singles nights, i.e. sit on the green bench if you're here to pick up?