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The father and son duo of Jeff and Jeffrey Zettler have just announced that they are expanding from their downtown operation and opening a new Hardware store this summer in Grandview Heights.
The new business will be called Goodale Hardware and will be located at 1015 Goodale Boulevard, near the intersection of Northwest Boulevard.
“We feel that Grandview’s hardware needs are currently underserved and believe we can address that” said Jeff Zettler, President of Zettler Hardware Co. Inc. and partner at Goodale Hardware.
Many on Columbus Underground were saddened by the recent announcement about the closing of Grandview Trustworthy Hardware, and some even mentioned specifically that they’d like to see Zettler step in to fill the gap in Grandview.
The Downtown Zettler hardware store has been around for over 160 years. “To say we’ve done Hardware retail before is a bit of an understatement” said Jeffrey Zettler, Goodale Hardware’s new manager.
The planned opening date is sometime in late June. “We are midway through the buildout and have ordered our initial inventory. Things are moving along pretty quickly now,” said Jeff Zettler.
The new store will be a full-service hardware store, offering screen & glass installation, glass cutting and key duplication. A tool rental program and website are in development.
Zettler has gone the extra mile to help connect with the community, and the new business has hired on Grandview residents Saneh Manirochana and two veterans from the old Trustworthy store Gary Van Vorst and David Manzanarez. All three men have extensive experience in the retail hardware business.
“We aim to be your store,” said Jeffrey Zettler. “If you have any particular products you’d like us to carry please email us at goodalehardware@gmail.com or twitter us @goodalehardware.”
Awesome! Best of luck to them! I like the logo too. Cute!
Halle-freakin’-lujah! I’m tired of driving five miles for a bolt!
Nice! I look forward to far fewer trips to Home Depot in Hilliard.
Excellent news. David is a great guy.
Someone w/ a Grandview business told me that there was a Lowe’s being built in the general area of 33/670. Anyone confirm/deny?
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wow, this is awesome.
PS – Jeff is a pretty darn good fellow, too.
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great news! great logo!
The Lowe’s is not a done deal
I’ve heard the same rumor about Lowes, but then again isn’t Metropolitan building a commercial strip on that corner now?
OMG YAY!!!! I can’t tell you how awesome this is and HOW MANY TRIPS I make to friggin Big Box stores to get stuff for Junctionview Studios (Right around the corner I might add) – PLUS is a local business. I can only hope this is a potential sign of the business credit market freeing up as well.
Besides, anything with Golden Retriever in the logo can’t be anything but AWESOME!!!
Big respect to the Jeffs… great news.
Thank the LORD!!!!!!! The Lowes in Hilliard or Hudson is such a haul!
Miss the old one though :-(
Yay!!!! Well done! And hiring Trustworthy vets is an extra special touch. Very very cool. Look forward to shopping at the new store!
Hey thanks for the kind words everybody! It’s really great and gratifying to see so much enthusiasm for what we’re doing! Any entrepreneur can tell you it can be a little trying emotionally at times when you are trying to get new business up and running.
We’re really excited to be coming in Grandview and hope to be a store that meets your needs.
We’ll be stocking a fair amount of Ohio and local products. Our paint line in particular is made here in Columbus on 5th avenue. If you have particular products you’d like to see us carry drop me a line at @goodalehardware on twitter or goodalehardware at gmail.com. We’ll do our best to see if we can stock it for you
Our amazing logo was done by the great people at http://www.idcdesign.com/about_us.html on grandview ave
I think they really hit out of the park.
Thanks again for all the kind words and I’ll keep you posted on our progress at our twitter and here
Excellent news! The bacon district is in dire need of hardware!
Finally we have a story that has a business opening and bringing a needed service to Grandview (I think we are saturated with pizza places). Too many of the Grandview stories have been closings, fires, layoffs, etc.
The rumor upthread about a Lowes might be people thinking about the failed Grandview Station project, I blogged it here –
http://www.grandviewwatch.org/gw/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=347
I’ll be following the opening of the new Goodale Pro Hardware on G.W. as it comes together, maybe some photos and interviews too.
I’m sure Jeffrey would be more than happy to give you a tour of the place. I was fortunate enough to get a walk-through yesterday and it seems to be coming together pretty quickly. Of course, I’m not the one in there toiling away at getting it open. ;)
I think the location will work really well. It’s easy enough for folks in Grandview, and close enough to the whole western half of Downtown, Victorian Village, Short North, 5xNW, etc. I’m not sure where the nearest competing hardware store is, but I’m pretty confident that they’ll be embraced by the community.
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Agreed on the logo, it’s outstanding and slogan for that matter. Way to go guys, wish you a ton of success!
Great news. Zettler will fill a void. I was a customer of Trustworthy and David Manzanarez repaired my 1940s floor lamp.
Outstanding news! Don’t be surprised to see alot of Short Northers in your “Grandview” store. We have nothing in this category.