Calgary Shoe Hospital & Western Store

I’ve walked down Stephen Ave many times and never noticed this place. And then I needed a cobbler to fix a strap on my leather handbag and Unilocal showed me this place as the closest to my work.
I walked in the front door and down the stairs and was immediately greeted by an older gentleman, who I suspect is probably the owner. I showed him the broken strap and he assured me that they could fix it, and that it would take about 2 days. He told me $ 30 to which I balked at (the bag was from Value Village originally…) and he dropped it to $ 20. Great. You do need to pre-​pay here and they give you a pickup slip.
I was then sick for the next few days and he called me twice to make sure I knew when they were closing for the holidays so that i could pick it up beforehand. When I came back the bag was ready and I couldn’t tell which one had been broken before.
In short: super convenient location for repairs, but not necessarily the cheapest.