After more than three decades of serving the Coronado community, Village Ace Hardware on Orange Avenue will close its doors at year’s end. The closure comes as longtime owner Glenn Shirer, a familiar face to generations of local customers, prepares to retire, closing a chapter of local retail history.
For more than 30 years, Village Ace Hardware has been the neighborhood’s go-to destination for home improvement needs, offering everything from hand tools, fasteners, and paint matching to lawn and garden supplies, outdoor living products, and key-cutting services. Known for its nostalgic charm, the store features original wooden floors, towering aisles packed with inventory, open-stock bins of nuts and bolts, and even classic gum machines near the entrance. Visitors often recall the store as a comforting throwback to small-town hardware shops.
Shirer, who has owned and operated the shop since its early days, will retire at the end of the year, beginning a much-deserved new chapter. Many around town know Shirer as a helpful hand, a reliable friend, and someone who can, and will, help you with a wide range of project needs…