InTucker Magazine

Business of the Month – Main Street Cleaners

Tucker is a small town near a big city and one of the characteristics in which the community takes pride, is the down-home, neighborly feel of the long standing, family-owned, small businesses. Main Street Cleaners has been a community staple for generations. Established in 1965, the dry-cleaning store has remained at its original location for all of Tucker’s dry-cleaning needs including preservation of wedding dresses, dry cleaning for special occasions like prom and job interviews as well as your everyday clothing.

A few families have been the proprietors of Main Street Cleaners through the decades. Bob Eckhart is the current owner of the shop, and he bought it from his father-in-law in 1987. His father-in-law was partners with the original owners and the business has been a success as it has been passed down. Through the years, Eckhart and Main Street Cleaners have seen fashions come and go…and come around again! Thankfully, the customer base and volume of clothing has increased.

When a business lasts as long as Main Street Cleaners not only does the fashion change through the decades, but the technology does, as well. In the early years, a perc machine cleaned the clothing using perchloroethylene as the solvent, but technological updates made a hydrocarbon drycleaning machine available and is more environmentally safe and friendly. Although the store has seen numerous changes in its 58 years, the hometown feel and the support of the Tucker community has stayed the same. Eckhart shared that he is happy with the community and loves the location on Tucker’s Main Street.

“The location is a good one,” Eckhart shared. “We are next door to Matthew’s Cafeteria, and they get a lot of traffic. It’s been good for us since the renovations of Main Street. They certainly tried to improve the infrastructure and the types of businesses. It has been a positive thing!”

Main Street Cleaners is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays and closed on Sundays. They are located at 2285 Main Street in Tucker and on the web at 
main-street-cleaners.business.site.