A1 Shoe Repair & Alteration

I need to have my shoe built up, lost an inch in a motorcycle wreck. Ove the last 40 years I have had work done by at least 10 different cobblers. Some were licensed PROSTHETISTS. No one has ever done a better job than A1. When I buy tennis shoes I'll typically get 5 pair at a time. I'm guessing over the years he has done 30 pair. I just bought 2 pair of danner boots @ $380 a pair. I know they will be well taken care of.

I brought in a pair of work boots that still had plenty of life in the leather, but needed new soles. Turn around was fast and the price was very reasonable. The owner was really friendly and did an amazing job on my boots. I was very happy with the finished product.

Beautiful work. Reasonable prices.

Great place to have your shoes worked on

I took in a new pair of expensive leather sandals and an expensive brown leather bag that just needed to be professionally worked over to make the leather look healthy again because it was sort of dry. I asked the guy if he could make the sandals the same color as my purse and he said he could. We talked about the color being the same brown color. When I picked them up I was aghast, and not a little bit angry, at what he had done to both pieces!!! It looked like he had spray painted both a sort of brown-orange color and they were hideous. He had RUINED BOTH my new sandals AND my purse! The spray paint had dripped down the side of my purse and the bottom of the sandals had paint on them. It looked like a little kid had done the job. I will NEVER go to this place again and want to warn off any other people from going there. I heard there is a shoe repair place in downtown Mt. Vernon so will look for that next time. I wouldn't even let this guy put a new hole in a leather belt, he's that bad. And just like the reviewer below said, he did not offer any apology when he saw how unhappy I was with his work. He just stood there like he didn't understand English. I should have told him to keep the purse and the sandals and not paid him. Very stupidly, I did pay him $63. I am glad I can at least leave this review so others will be forewarned! Another lady wrote of her horror experience on Yelp so check hers out there, too.