Central Ohio Eyecare

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. Late one night, as an exhausted delivery driver pulled up to Central Ohio Eyecare, he noticed something odd. The faint hum of old machinery mixed with a strange, sweet scent wafted through the open door. Curious, he stepped inside and found himself in a world where glasses seemed to repair themselves. As he watched in amazement, his own scratched-up glasses began to fix themselves. Smiling, he reached for them—and suddenly everything went dark. When he blinked, he was back outside, holding a clean pair of specs. A friendly voice behind him said, ‘Next time, knock before entering.’

2. While browsing through old frames one day, a regular noticed something peculiar on the wall: a sign that read ‘Closed for Lunch’ had been placed upside down since morning. Curious, the customer asked the owner how it happened. Turns out, an afternoon delivery driver had parked his truck too close, and when he rushed in to grab lunch, the wind from his open door flipped the sign over. Since then, Central Ohio Eyecare proudly displays their unique ‘Open for Lunch’ sign—upside down.

3. One morning, while a regular was trying on vintage glasses, he heard an odd announcement over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention customers—your next pair of spectacles might be waiting in the clouds!’ The man looked around puzzled, but no one else seemed to notice or care. He shrugged it off and tried on another pair when suddenly, a delivery driver walked in, muttering into his phone, 'Why am I getting these crazy weather updates?' The regular smiled, realizing that maybe everyone else had tuned out the quirky announcements too.

4. While browsing through old frames one day, a regular exclaimed, ‘These specs look like they’ve seen more customers than I have!’ Upon closer inspection, the optician revealed that some frames had been worn by a delivery driver who’d worked there for twenty years, while others belonged to a neighbor who’d visited every month since high school. The regular laughed and said, ‘Guess I’ll stick with my own pair—at least I know where they’ve been!’