This family-owned neighborhood hardware store offers a wide range of tools and supplies for home, garden, automotive and commercial uses. The shop emphasizes customer service and staffers will regularly special-order items that are not in stock. Ludewig's full range of merchandise is also available on its website.
Services include repairs to furniture, clocks, windows, screens and just about anything else; blade sharpening; cutting shades and glass to size; making keys; and seminars on home improvement.
In business since the early 1900s, Ludewig's has been owned by the Fradkin family since 1975. Merrick Fradkin took over as president from his father Barry in 2000, and both father and son are regularly on hand to help customers.