need shoe repair

[phortlane.livejournal.com]

I need shoe repair that's relatively fast (same day or a few days, rather than 1-2 weeks) and, optimally, not too expensive.

In Davis Square or nearby, or easy to get to on the Red line.

Suggestions?  Thank you!

Comments

[enhf94.livejournal.com]

I dunno about speed, but isn't there a cobbler, "Davis Square Shoe Repair," in the Davis plaza that houses Starbucks, Orange Froyo, and Plan B?

In my one experience, I found him cranky and upstandingly honest: he turned away my business when he didn't have to.

[greyautumnrain.livejournal.com]

The guy in Davis is good, but he's not speedy.

It's been a while, so I don't know if he's still there, but the guy at Odessa shoe repair in the basement of Cambridgeside Galleria is super-speedy and reasonably priced.

[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

I had to get a sandal strap repaired and found this guy in the underground arcade that's in the tunnel that connects different parts of the Downtown Crossing station (on the Red Line). That was a couple of years ago so I don't know if he's still in business.

There's also Felix in Harvard Square.

[ron_newman]

I've always had good luck with Savas shoe repair, in the little plaza between Starbucks and Orange Leaf. He's a lovely old man. Most of the older posts here about shoe repair also recommend him.

ETA, adding to the above: he has also told me when he thinks something is not worth fixing.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I dropped something off with him last monday and he is now promising due dates in late october...not fast.

[borgin.livejournal.com]

Weird. I went by last Tuesday (September 24), he said it'd be ready by today (October 2), we settled on yesterday (October 1). Maybe it has to do with complexity? I needed new heel caps put on a pair of shoes.

He has signs that offer quicker work for a higher fee.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

There's a place in Central square on Prospect street, less than one block from Mass Ave. They resoled my Berks a while back and did a good job. I wasn't in a hurry, so I don't know how "speedy" they are/can be.