Longtime San Francisco hardware store to close its doors NBC Bay Area [Video]

A San Francisco institution is preparing to close its doors for good.

For nearly 90 years, Papenhausen Hardware has been a go-to spot for folks in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood.

The store is set to close its doors very soon, long time customers said it was a special place to come and will be missed in the neighborhood.

Karl Aguilar, store manager and co owners of Papenhausen Hardware, explained – it was a very difficult decision to close the doors for good.

“Personally, it’s pretty heavy I’ve been here for 29 years business partner for 36 and i had originally intended to spend the rest of my days doing this job,” he said.

In recent years, the situation at the store slowly changed.

“For the past four years, we have had a 30% reduction in customer counts and that’s due to changes in lifestyle that happened as a result …