Joe’s Shoe Repair

This place is amazing! I borrowed my sisters light brown suede shoes and totally destroyed them. Like, destroyed. Joe’s brought my shoes back from the dead! I am so happy, they are my new go to for any shoe issues.

My husband took his 17 yr old boots in to be shined! Boy we were in for a shock. When we picked up his boots they looked brand new! We are impressed with the service here! I’d recommend this place to anyone.

Had rubber heels on my Gordon Rush chukkas replaced after excessive wear. They are even more comfortable than they originally were. The replaced heel looks perfect as well, seamlessly tied into rest of sole. Highly recommend for quality of work and cost. Also, hard to find shoelaces these days in person and they have huge collection to choose from.

I wish I could give 0 stars. This place is right around the corner from my house, so I had to try it out. I brought a pair of boots here for a minor repair, and needed them back in a week for a dress rehearsal at the theater I work for.
The week later I came in with my ticket, and asked for my shoes. Not only were they not done, they couldn’t find them for a good 15 minutes. They offered me about every other boot in the store. When they FINALLY found them, they were filthy, covered in dust and dirt and still needed repair!
Save yourself time and hassle and go to Chitos up in North Park. I immediately took the boots there and they had them done in a matter of hours (and super well done).

No hassle, and they buffed my shoes at no extra cost. My black oxfords look much better!
The soles on my daily oxfords were getting loose, and I wanted softer heels (original were too hard). The repairs were done no problem. Re: the heels, the replacement heels are softer and don’t make that embarrassing clacking noise when I walk. :-3
I was in and out in less than 5 minutes each visit! I brought them in on Thursday and got a voicemail that they were done on Monday. Excellent!
I highly recommend this shop!

I’m mad because I wow my shoes for 2 weeks after the repair and the bottom already came off.. It’s OK they are quick and good price still

I’ve been here twice for the same pair of boots and I absolutely love his place! First off I tried taking them to a different boot repair place one north park and they where charging me 60 dollars to re sole my shoes! Came in here and he did it for 30 dollars and had them unready in two days just in time for my vacation to Seattle! He put rubber bottoms on them to so they can hold up with the rain! I love this place wouldn’t go else where to get my shoes fixed.

The inner soles of one boot had come loose. They were barely two months old and I wanted these made in America things to work. I had tried some household adhesive with no luck so I went to joe’s as my wife was happy with the results.
There was a young there this time. He took the boot, gave me the ticket and asked if this was a rush. I have other shoes so I said no. He said they would be ready the next week and cost eight bucks. I picked it up and a week later the boot is still together after regular use. I say go to joe’s.
H. ONeil South Park

I really, really wanted this to be my neighborhood spot. The owner is a nice hardworking man, but his poor hiring choices, extremely unorganized ways and lack of follow through were enough to lose my business and take the time to write a negative review (which I never do.)
Experience #1: when they couldn’t find my boots, despite me bringing in my ticket, they tried to give me every other pair of brown leather boots in the shop. If I was dishonest, I would be wearing your boots right now. (I finally found my expensive boots in a mangled mess of shoes in a corner.)
Experience #2: I am still waiting for my leather computer bag, several months later. Last time I asked him if it’s lost forever and I should stop wasting my time. He just tells me he’ll call me. Still waiting on that. Not ok.
I wish them the best and hope that they’ll make some changes to be the kind of business our community can rely on.

Awful experience. Red flags alarmed me after speaking to them over the phone and I decided not to even go in. I suggest calling them before going. I don’t think they speak English because Joe couldn’t carry a conversation. It was just a bunch of Umm. Nooo, huh. and then disconnected so I thought we had a bad connection so I called back again and it was they same experience. If he doesn’t understand English then it was just a language barrier preventing service from being conducted which is understandable but If he does speak English and spoke so foolishly, like a drunk person then that is not understandable.

I’m really bummed about this place. I dropped three pairs of shoes for 50 bucks. They said they could fix these one pairs of shoes and all they did was «shine» them. My leather boots zipper is melted at the end and they ruined the leather beeswax on my clarks. Plus I’ve tried to pick up my shoes twice in the past two weeks and they were closed when they were suppose to be open. I’m all for supporting local business but this was annoying and such a hassle.
I would definitely find someone that specialize in leather if you need leather fixings.

This guy is great, fixed our boot within an hour and only charged 10 bucks.
Nice to support the local guy, definitely will use in future.
Thanks again Unilocalers, another great find!

Complete shoe rebuild, $ 40! Can’t beat it! Plus a very quick turn around!

Joe is not a heel, he’s got sole!
I have two pairs of boots that needed resoling and possibly re-​heeling. I had gone to scope out the prices of a shoe repair spot in Hillcrest, which is a more convenient location but, after learning of their OUTRAGEOUS prices (I’m talking close to $ 150.00), I was sickened and figured that it would be best to just buy a new pair.
Later that day, I decided not to give up and call around, not without the help of good ol’, trusty Unilocal,of course. I made those calls and everyone said they needed to see the shoes in order to give me a proper estimate. But, just from what I told them over the phone, not one of the shoe repair shop’s prices even came close to that racket on 5^th Ave. After speaking to whom I assumed was Joe, I knew he would be at the top of my list. So, I headed over with boots in hand…
He is warm, friendly, he knows what he’s doing and his prices are not only fair, but down right great. I would NEVER take my shoes anywhere else after discovering his little store. He charged me $ 52.00 for two pairs of boots! I’ve worn them and they feel brand new. I’m so impressed. He kept the shoes for 5 days, which is a day or two longer than the other places I called but so what? I like him. I like his store. I like his prices. I like his work. And, I like supporting an old school business.
Oh yeah, the store is hard to see from the street but know it’s in the same shopping plaza as Keil’s.
Take your boots in before next winter! You will not be sorry.

I have never had my shoes repaired but he did shine them for $ 6 and punched some holes in a leather belt of mine for free! All in the same day.

Been here twice to bring my husbands dress shoes. He wears them everyday so his soles wear out pretty quickly. The fix them in a timely manner, price is reasonable and they do an amazing job shining his shoes. The only shoe repair we go to.
The only reason I give four stars is because, yes they have their business hours but they sometimes are closed during working hours. I’ve had to go back three times because they were closed, when they’re suppose to be open. So it can be inconvenient at times. So I recommend calling before you pick your shoes up to make sure it’s open.

Re-​sole your shoes and support the soul of the neighborhood! Just had a great experience with this cobbler. Decent price to save my favorite boots. The proprietor is so nice and friendly. The shoes were ready the next day and were brilliantly shined with a new heel. We will be back and so glad that this business is in our neighborhood. Recycle your favorite shoes, consume less and support a small local business. This business is a shoe-​in!

I have never had a bad experience at this place and have referred friends here as well. I used to live in the neighborhood and bring my shoes here all the time. The prices are great and the service is just as good. I don’t live in the area anymore but drove down just to bring my boots in there for repair. For $ 8.00 I had the heel caps replaced and some smoothing of the leather that had occured becuase of wearing them without caps for a few months. They also polished them to new perfection! This place is just a hole in the wall but they get the job done and well. I will for sure continue to bring my shoes here!
From what their card says the address is actually 2040 Fern St. Between Grape St. and Hawthorn St.

I’ve been driving by this place for years and I like patronizing neighborhood businesses so I thought why not? Well, here’s why:
I brought in two pairs of shoes that needed heel repair and resoling. I can’t complain about the work yet (I have yet to wear the shoes), but I can complain about their irresponsible and disorganized business practice. I went in without my ticket. The guy at the counter pleaded me to bring in my ticket. So, I went to my car and luckily dug it out of my glove compartment. I digress.
I gave the guy my ticket and he looked around the counter, which was LITTERED with shoes, and said he couldn’t find my shoes. Ok, these are expensive shoes. If they were cheap, I wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of having them repaired. So, I was obviously annoyed. He kept looking around and so did I. I found one pair just sitting on top of a pile of shoes with no identifying tags or anything. I pointed out that these were my pairs of shoes, to which the man said, «No they aren’t.» Uh, I think I would know what my shoes looked like. I argued with him, proclaiming that these were most definitely my shoes. He looked inside one of the shoes and found my ticket. Ok, one down, one to go.
So buried under this mound of shoes are my other pair of shoes. Again, I point out that these are my shoes. He again says that are not my shoes. I’m pretty P.O.ed at this point and I tell him that for the love of all things holy, these are my shoes! He looks through the piles of shoes and offers me two different pairs of shoes and asks if these are mine. OMG!!! I said no, the ones I pointed out before are most definitely my shoes and I do not want the ones he offered me! Again, we go back and forth and finally he lets me take my shoes. As I pay for the shoes, he again offers me the two pairs of shoes I did not own. At this point, I’m so incredulous at the absurdity of the situation, I laugh and leave.
If you want a scavenger hunt, I would suggest taking your shoes here.

The map for this business is off by a few blocks. The address is right. South Park, kitty corner to 7 – 11.
It is a small shop, a converted garage on the back of someone’s house– probably Joe’s. When you go in, you see tons of old pairs of repaired or waiting to be repaired shoes. Most of them are at least 10 years old. When you finally get Joe to come out of hiding, he is very nice and knows a great deal about shoes and repair. The problem is, I left my shoes there to get resoled with non-​slip soles. It took him more than 3 months to finish. Even worse, when I went in to check on them after the 3^rd month, he spent a long time rummaging through his collections to even remember which pair I had, and then found them — IN HIS HOUSE.
I actually laughed at him when he came out of the house with them. I said «I really need these done by next week because my shoes I am using are falling apart.» He said he was going to some shoe convention up in Los Angeles this weekend so he would get my soles and be done. NO. Kind of. He got some soles on there. I went to work, and I was slippin’ all over the place!!! Turns out they were slipper soles! He thought I wanted slipper soles on my Grinders! Steel Toed, shined up slippers. They looked nice. Nice and dangerous. I called him and told him and he said «No? Really?» So, I haven’t talked to him or been in there to re-​fix them.
He gets the bonus star for his sign outside it says SHOE, REPAIR
Notice the comma. Drive by and see it. You’ll say «he he. somebody made a grammatical error! How funny!»