After mowing over an orange and having my mower chug to an unceremonious stop, I called Phil's. I had heard that there was a great lawnmower place on McClintock. I guess this is where they meant.
The woman who answered the phone was really awful. I asked her how much it would be to find out what was wrong with my mower and she asked me how she would know. So, I tried again explaining about the orange and it stopping. She then informed me that she ran over oranges all the time and it never stopped her mower. While that info was extremely helpful, I still had no idea whether it would be worth it to bring my lawnmower in, so I asked her if I should. She said it would be $120-$150 for a tune-up, but still nothing about how much to just figure out what is wrong...
I finally asked her about bringing it in, she said she'd be there until later that day. I wasn't going to be able to head down that day so asked when was good to come by, she said any time but lunch hour. Lunch hour fluctuated each day though...so I asked if I should call first. Finally she straight up said yes!
I found another guy on the webs that does tune ups for $40 and said it was free to figure out if that was what it needed. I am thinking I'll go there...