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    Downtown Shoe Repair

    4.5 (22 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Services - Downtown Shoe Repair

    Shoe cleaning

    Shoe repair

    Shoe resoling

    Shoe shining

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    Can't tell where he fixed the rip in the leather!
    Diana F.

    Was extremely skeptical about finding a place that could repair a high quality leather jacket that had a tear in it. I found Rafik's shop here on Yelp and based on the good reviews decided to take the risk. He told me it wouldn't be perfect and that I would notice the mend but that he would do his very best to make it as neat as possible. End result?... I can hardly tell where the tear was!! I am very pleased with the repair and would recommend him to anyone looking for leather repair. He didn't try to up sell me and his price was extremely reasonable. The shop is very small and parking downtown can be challenging sometimes but it's well worth it! He also fixed the heels of my boots and they look great! Thank you Rafik! You just gained another customer.

    Robert S.

    This convenient shoe repair place in downtown is a life saver if you need something quick and prompt. The guy there is usually smoking outside the store, waiting for customers to bring a shoe to be repaired. I had one shoe that needed some repair near the front of it and he fixed it quickly and for a reasonable price. The place inside is a bit cramped and reminds you of what a shoe place in Europe or Asia would be. It's located in the Arcade shopping mall facing Weybosset.

    Grant A.

    First time reviewing a shoe shine place so bear with me. I wear colorful clothing including shoes and don't get them shined regularly. Normally only at the airport. The thing is airport shoe shine folk normally don't carry red shoe polish. This guy does. Shined my shoes well. Even recommended I get them resoled or something because they're close to needing that.

    The poor repair job done at Downtown Show repair. Note the open grommet and the extremely loose, uneven stitching.

    I brought in my (fairly expensive) black leather backpack with a broken zipper after reading the good reviews from others. I still had the tooth that fell off the zipper, so I gave that to the man there, too. When I came back a week later, the owner had not only replaced the zipper with a worse quality one without asking me first, but also added grommets that drastically changed the look of the bag. More importantly, the quality of stitching was atrocious, and there was glue all over the leather. Some of the grommets were also not closed properly and were already falling open. I was in a rush to catch a train and was not able to follow up at the time, but I am hoping to get him to cover the cost of another repair man to fix the job. I told him I wasn't happy with the job and he seemed vaguely apologetic, but still didn't offer a solution. I will absolutely not return and discourage others from doing so as well.

    There were no heels left on these vintage cowboy boots; he brought them back to life! Fabulous!

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    4 months ago

    Great service. Excellent repair. Thank you. They Yelp are forcing me to write more. Wow!

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    3 years ago

    Service was excellent and the owner operator is so charming. An old world treasure that can be hard to find in the 21st century.

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    8 years ago

    Got my black leather work shoes re-soled and cleaned up for under $40! I'll be going there twice a year for maintenance of my shoes

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