The Federal Reserve also operates its own financial Laundromat for troubled, in some cases criminal banks.

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Oo's father, a marine engineer, escaped the country and landed in New York, where he found work at a Laundromat in Chinatown.

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For their first official date, Peck insisted that they visit a laundromat.

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Meanwhile, some people living in the Baker trailer park have begun to decorate with houseplants, and the park now has a Laundromat.

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One of the newest is Laundromat, a Danish franchise that offers brunch, burgers and beer alongside self-service laundry machines (the only ones in the city).

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Steven Molewyk, a Laundromat owner in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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