A women-owned Ace Hardware franchise on University Ave in Hillcrest operating since 1995, this three-level store earned the Ace Hardware corporate network's "Coolest Hardware Store on the Planet" designation and stocks the full Benjamin Moore premium paint line with custom in-store color matching alongside Milwaukee, DeWalt, and Craftsman power tools and a housewares floor carrying Cuisinart, OXO, Lodge, and Sodastream. The women-owned designation and University Ave address embed this franchise within the same LGBTQ+-centric commercial corridor as long-standing Hillcrest dining anchor Urban Mo's Bar & Grill, a community alignment this store has held since 1995 on the same block. Key duplication, a grilling showroom, a lawn-and-garden section, and an assembly service for grill and furniture construction round out the University Ave floor plan — a range that makes this the first-call hardware stop for Hillcrest apartment and home-improvement projects without a vehicle trip to a big-box corridor. The in-store grill assembly and patio-furniture construction service handles the setup side of the backyard-hosting equation, serving the same home-entertaining occasion covered by the specialty bottle inventory at Hills Wine & Spirits in Mission Hills for the Hillcrest household preparing for an outdoor event. The Benjamin Moore premium paint program — spanning the full Benjamin Moore palette with in-store spectrophotometer color matching and the Ace service guarantee covering the transaction — makes this three-level University Ave location the destination-grade paint purchase for residential repaints and commercial touchup jobs in the Hillcrest and Bankers Hill corridor.