Dry Cleaner: D.O. Summers Cleaners
With 12 locations throughout Northeast Ohio and upward of 1,000 drop-off lockers in about 50 downtown buildings, D.O. Summers is a laundry staple — founded in 1881 and on its fourth generation with brothers Dustin and Drew Goldberg at the helm.
“I’ve been told my whole life it gets more difficult to keep a family business as time goes on, but we have clearly defined roles and a great working relationship. We work really hard to find the best personnel,” Dustin Goldberg says.
D.O. Summers operates six laundering plants, so there’s bandwidth to back same- and next-day service promises.
Goldberg says the traditional pieces — think blue collared shirt and suit jackets — are down in volume, while specialty garments are up. “We’re more casual, but when the time comes to dress up, patrons are going all out with luxury pieces.”
Multiple locations, dosummers.com
