Lenoch & Cilek Ace Hardware

Amazing staff!
I walked in with an odd repair I was trying to DIY back to life. The man at the counter (Dae?) was willing to listen to my problem and offer insight on the repair. He then directed me right to the part I was looking for and gave me advise on how to ensure the product would work well for my odd situation.
This level of undivided attention was much appreciated and I’ll definitely be returning to this hardware store over others in the future!

If you want to pay double the price for broken items, this is the place.
The elderly man who helped me was rude and not very helpful. Bought 3 hoses; 1 worked fine, 1 had a huge leak near the threading, the third looked like it was cut with scissors.
Returned and bought the 2 hoses I needed at Theisens for ¼ the price I payed at ACE.
Never again

You’re probably wondering why I’m reviewing Ace Hardware. Well, I was browsing some of the Unilocal profiles (yes, living here has driven me to new depths of boredom) in Iowa and I noticed that some of you kooks have been reviewing EVERYTHING. One guy reviewed like14 different McDonald’s. Another person reviewed a Motel 6. When I saw reviews of actual cities, I had to go take a smoke break. And not tobacco. What does it take to review a city? Indescribable gall? Unmanageable insanity? A complete and utter misunderstanding of the world and your place in it? I mean, come on. But I digress.
Ace Hardware might as well be on Jupiter. Place makes no sense at all. Virtual greenhouse outside (not that kind, sadly), a store selling religious memorabilia and trinkets across the street on one corner, a school across the street on another, a small sandwich shop that springs from its side like Athena from Zeus’ head. Before I dropped out of college I did a lot of research on Greek mythology, thank you. By which I mean, you know, an hour’s worth. I remember that, and Sisyphus. He rolls the rock up the hill, and it falls back down, and he does it again, rinse and repeat, right? That’s how I feel sometimes, waking up in this city, where the hardware store provides free popcorn, flowers, jelly beans, bird feeders, grills, and spatulas.
First time I ever set foot in Ace, a man with one leg does a halfhoppity up to the cashier and asks where they keep the hummingbird juice. Huh?
Another time there was a sparrow flying IN THE STORE. You had to see the old lady hightailing it away from that bird.
The people who work here? Awesome. Personality to spare.
I’ve never actually purchased anything here. When I’m stressing over a lady (which is RARELY, because I’m too blessed to be stressed) I walk the aisles and imagine what kind of lives people live that they buy things like new humidifiers, light fixtures, ant traps, mega grills with herky logos painted on them, etc. It’s meditative, so to speak.
I highly suggest you visit this place just because. And the free popcorn.