Ruff Hardware, 165 South Palmer Street (Ridgeway): 30 October 2026 no comments
To the best of my knowledge, I had never in my life been to Ridgeway before driving up to get these pictures. That's a shame because it's a picturesque little town, and really not that far away. I believe I would like to eat at the Old Town Hall sometime.
Anyway, Ruff was an old-school hardware store which had been there for close to 200 years, according to WIS. I went up on Sunday 25 October, so the following week would have been the store's last. It's always a shame when one of these "community" hardware stores closes, but hopefully something new will come in -- unlike a lot of small town main streets, Ridgeway seems to be keeping something in most of the storefronts.
(And now a melange of downtown pictures just because I liked the place)
(Hat tip to commenter Jihn)
