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Recommend a Chicago Shoe Cobbler

post #1 of 6
4/4/09 at 11:42am
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Hello all,

I need to make some minor modifications to two pairs of my shoes. Can any of you recommend a particular cobbler in the Loop or Near North area?

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post #2 of 6
4/4/09 at 1:51pm
Brooks in the Pittsfield building.
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post #3 of 6
4/13/11 at 4:41pm
I've had solid experiences with Larry, the Cobbler who works at Altman's Shoes on Monroe between Clark and LaSalle. Also, there is an Imperial Shoe crafters on Lake St. just west of Michigan Ave. While I have never been there, they are at least another option.
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post #4 of 6
8/1/11 at 4:49am
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Originally Posted by TCN View Post

Brooks in the Pittsfield building.

For more info, see:
http://www.brooksshoeservice.com/
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post #5 of 6
11/3/11 at 12:56pm
FYI, went to Brooks today to have some toe taps put on 3 pairs my shoes. $5.95 per pair. Seems like solid work. They had a lot of shoe care supplies (cleaner, shoe trees, sno seal, insoles, etc.). Nothing had great prices, but it's a good one stop shop and they were done putting on the taps in about 5 minutes. There seemed to be a lot of women in there getting fancy purses repaired, belts awled, etc. Wait time for extensive repair was a week or two. They also have a shine stand, $5 (but I go to Nordstrom on Michigan Ave for that). Kind of a weird location as it is on the 6th floor of an office building (29 E Madison, I believe).
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post #6 of 6
11/3/11 at 1:18pm
There are other threads around here somewhere....

I took a pair of shoes to beehive for resoling and I was marginally satisfied.
The resole itself seems great and I am quite happy with it. The treatment afterwords wasn't so nice. They overran the edges a few times with the edge dressing (although it came off with a little wet polish) and they sprayed them with silicone.

I don't understand why a shoe repair place would use something known for being bad for leather. I can understand why a manufacturer might suggest it (dry and crack your uppers to force you to buy new shoes) but wouldn't a shoe repair place want to keep your shoes repairable so that you can keep bringing them back? IF the uppers are cracked up, they are no longer candidates for repair.

If I go back to them, I will just insist that they don't use any silicone products and make sure they are more careful with the edge dressing...but at the price they charged, I can't see why I wouldn't just send my shoes to B.Nelson
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