Opened in 1919 and operating as the oldest continuous storefront in Ocean Beach, OB Hardware sits at 4871 Newport Avenue under a local ownership transition that took place in September 2021 when the current owners stepped in to keep the shop independent after previous ownership planned to relocate. Tool inventory runs from cut-to-length rope and chain through plumbing fittings, paint supplies color-matched in house, and a full electrical section that covers the odd-size fixture and lamp-harp stock rarely kept by big-box stores like Zed Electric would need to source by order. Key copy, screen repair, and small-engine and appliance-part lookup are offered at the counter, services that have kept the store in business through multiple ownership generations. The garden section stocks salt-tolerant and drought-tolerant plants, seed lines, and soil amendments tuned to the sandy Ocean Beach soil profile west of the 5. Assembly and repair services are backed by a service guarantee for items bought in store, and the shop routes larger projects past the DIY threshold out to partners like Fredz Handyman Service rather than upselling an in-house labor call. The deepest service on the floor is a full period-correct restoration parts hunt for the Victorian, Craftsman, and early-century beach-cottage housing stock lining Niagara, Narragansett, and Del Monte, where replacement sash hardware and matching knob sets are rarely available off-shelf anywhere else in the county.