The Gothamist reports that an unassuming little hardware store at 31-30 Ditmars Boulevard between 31st and 33rd Streets in Astoria is offering a lot more than nuts and bolts, garden hoses, and caulk. Inside Square Hardware—hidden behind displays of industrial lubricants, saw blades, and cleansers—you’ll find “lubricants” of a totally different nature. Hootch, booze, spirits, firewater, moonshine.… Continue reading A wee hardware store in Astoria Queens is more than meets the eye. Think speakeasy.