Striking a happy medium between the local little hardcore hardware store and the user-friendly mega-mart full of dazed Yupsters drifting through with This Old House mags in hand, Pintchik's manages to have a pretty good version of most everything you need for home repairs and fix-it-ups. Staff, once you catch them, is generally knowledgeable and competent, if not always immediately forthcoming. Plus, in a touch of surrealism worthy of Ionesco himself, there's free popcorn.
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