McKnight Hardware, Inc., located at 1709 East Bessemer Avenue, was founded in 1950 by Tom and Margaret Mcknight. This business is Greensboro's oldest hardware store and you can find just about anything you want here, including EXPERTISE. If you have an older home and need an item that is hard to find, McKnight Hardware is the place for you. When you stop in for a visit, expect the unexpected from miniature York peppermint patties for sale on the counter to deer heads directing you to the hunting section.
Complete with hunting souvenirs!
I love hardware stores. In foreign countries it's fun to pick up little gifts there for the folks back home, stuff that is normal (and not touristy-expensive) for the locals, but unusual for us.
Your other posts this week have been so nice, cheerful, interesting.
Posted by: Dina | Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 06:24 AM
This is my neighborhood hardware store, and is my favorite - maybe the best in town. If you haven't been there, do yourself a favor and go. If you bemoan the lack of customer service in the big box hardware stores, or can't find a salesperson, or can't find anyone who can answer a simple question, you will be pleased by what you find at McKnight. Someone will ask to help you as soon as you walk in the door, and they WILL be able to help you. Do you need one screw of a particular size? 3 nuts? 5 hooks? Things like these are sold piecemeal, in small paper bags. Whatever it is you need, McKnight can help you with it, and make you want to come back again.
Posted by: Chad Boulet | Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:03 PM