Foot Light Shoe Repair

Super nice and welcoming lady, she fixed my cello case with glue and didn’t charge a penny. I would totally come back for fixing shoes later!

Im very pleased with the work at Foot Lights. This is my fourth pair of shoes/​boots they repair and everyone has been perfect! I recommend them highly and let everyone know that is looking for shoe repair that this is the place to go– friendly and efficient!

These reviews are out of date. This place rocks. Super friendly and the prices are so reasonable. I am so happy they are here and hope they will be here forever ! Excellent service and kind people.

So I had this pair of black suede brogues I liked, but they were from TOMS, a company that brands its shoes all big and bold, like it’s a colonialist planting a flag on your foot. No worries, I thought, I’ll just unstitch the brand label and take it off. Easy. But when I did that, I found that the label’s stitching was decorative – the label was not stitched on but glued on, and the glue was difficult to get off the suede. Even once the glue was off, the suede beneath it looked dirty and discolored. Oh, I know, I know, I could’ve just worn these shoes anyway, and it would have been fine. But, folks, come on, put yourself in… [wait for it]… my shoes: would you want to walk around with these discolorations on your heels, these ghostly reminders of branding strategy? No. You would not. I admit, at this moment, I felt like TOMS had gotten the better of me, punishing me for trying to subvert their designs. But then I took the shoes to Foot Lights Shoe Repair, and an hour later they were clean and neat, with the glue marks completely gone. The shoe is on the other foot now, TOMS! The shoe is on the other foot.
Oh and, it only cost $ 5, so I think you could get your shoes fixed here on… [WAIT. FOR. IT.]… a shoestring budget.
** Note ** It’s a tiny shop and it’s really easy to walk by. If you’re facing Old John’s Diner, though, this place is immediately to your left.

This place appears to be under new management. Early last Sat morning I dropped off a pair of black scuffed up business casual work shoes with two worn heels. The shoes were fixed up and polished by the end of the day.
They did an excellent job — the shoes look great and the heels feel good (no unevenness).
I read the reviews here and I have to admit that the previous owner did not do the best job sometimes but he retired and sold off the business.
I recommend giving this place another try — maybe not with your favorite pair of shoes but try baby steps with a middle of the road pair.

DO NOT GO HERE.
I brought in a pair of five year old light brown leather Ecco shoes (sort of casual non-​boots) for a polish and clean. When they brought them back they looked, as my friend put it, as if I dripped crude oil on them. They did not take the laces off to polish the shoes, they SMEARED THE POLISH ON THE LACES. So when I got them back and pointed out that the shoes were no longer the same color, and that the area under the laces WAS still the same color they hemmed and hawed and pretended not to speak English. I asked them to at least polish under the laces so the whole shoe was the same now terrible color, they refused.
This was a $ 200 pair of shoes I’ve had for five years that they ruined so they could take $ 8 from me.
These are terrible terrible people who have no regard at all for their customers.

I brought in two pairs of boots for heels and soles. I specified (repeatedly) that the repairs should be done without nails. The boots came back (took 5 days) full of nails. They argued with me, then suggested pulling the nails out, leaving holes. I insisted they be re-​done, but they covered up the re-​do with an extra layer, changing the heel height and throwing the boots out of alignment. Nobody there speaks English, so I couldn’t even explain what was wrong (not that I trusted them to fix it at that point). After a «full and frank discussion» (they spoke enough English to refuse to give me my money back) they removed the heels and refunded my money for one pair. NOT a happy experience.