Gem Cleaners

Tom Vecchione, owner of Mount Airy’s Gem Cleaners for 12 years (ever since his father passed, and he owned it for 58 years before that), is the man to whom you send the clothes you want to have forever. Prices run higher than at most cleaners, but most cleaners don’t return that vintage Chanel suit looking — we swear! — better than ever, and can’t take the white coat drenched in tomato sauce and make it gleaming-new. And not only is he a miracle-worker; he’s a miracle-worker who does pickup and delivery.