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Ayers Variety Closes After 78 Years | Washington DC News
After 78 years as a beloved neighborhood staple, Ayers Variety and Hardware is closing its doors for good — a bittersweet end for a family-run institution that’s been a constant since 1948. With aging owners and no interested successors, the store’s hands-on, personal service model proved too demanding for modern buyers. Customers, many of whom have shopped there since childhood, mourn the loss of a unique, old-school experience — like seeing stain colors on real wood — while honoring the owners’ decades of dedication through storms and the pandemic. Now, the siblings look forward to…
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