Two of the most interesting and unique stores in downtown Hayward, within a couple of storefronts of each other on B Street, are the fishing supply stores: Flies by Night; and the Rod and Rack.
Flies by Night is (was) one of the downstairs tenants in the Green Shutter Hotel. A suspicious sign appeared a few months ago, something about the space being for lease -- but please don't disturb the current residents. Weird.
I was making my daily walk (consititutional?) through downtown and noticed the boxed up remnants of Flies by Night. I would guess this means that yet another downtown business has closed shop. Interestingly, the Green Shutter has been in the news with the recent closing of Ryan's Antiques, and the seismic analysis trench that was dug out next to the Hotel over the past month. Some of these stories were in the Daily Review; some from my conversations with the merchants.
I've never patronized either store, but they've definitely added to the diversity of downtown Hayward. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next year or so....
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