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Cliff's
Category: Shoe Repair [Edit]
Neighborhood: University City40th St and Sansom St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3 reviews for Cliff's
I really like Cliff's.
Cliff himself may be a creep, but he knows what he's doing. I took in a pair of vintage leather boots to have re-heeled and cleaned up. It cost me $20 for new heels (which he blended really nicely onto the shoe and shined up the wood heel), a pad for where part of the boot was rubbing my foot, and shine.
I have a soft spot for small businesses, so I definitely recommend going here. The people are really, really nice and they do good work.
The cobbler on 40th and Sansom is a great place.
I was in dire need of a cobbler. After a couple months of Philly's wear and tear, my nice pair of oxfords' and beautiful Italian boots' insoles were fairly worn down and their heels were quite uneven in the back. I decided to try a place in my neighborhood, and brought my oxfords and boots to Cliff's. I wanted the heels and insoles to be replaced on both pairs and wanted taps added to them to preserve their heels better in the future.
Since, I wasn't in a rush to get them back, the cobbler had them done for me in a week. It cost $48 / pair (including taps) and my oxfords were beautifully shined. They workmanship was good and I was pleased with their services. Although on my boots, he had started to paint the sole (the thickness part), but he realized that I wouldn't want that because it would cover up the soles' beautiful dark wood layers. I didn't mind... because honestly few people ever look that closely at your boots' soles.
In addition to being great at repairing shoes, Cliff's almost felt like an old barbershop (or what I think a barbershop would feel like). When I went to pick them up, I had to wait a bit because the oxfords hadn't been shined. I sat in the shoe shine chair, and everyone who came into the place seemed to know the cobbler or the other people in the shop. It just had a really good friendly vibe.
To speak more on the quality of their work, Cliff's definitely has a pretty devoted clientle that consistently comes back to his shop for their shoe repairs even if they don't live in West Philly anymore.
I highly recommend them for shoe repairs and shines. They do a fantastic, beautiful job.
Cliff or whoever the guy is that runs the place is a complete creep: females, beware. He also required that I put down a deposit/pay ahead for my shoe repair (?!?) and then took forever to do something he said he could fix in an afternoon. I went back to his place 3 times--one time even a whole day later than when he said to come back--before I got my boot back. Worst part is that he did a crappy job (read: in reattaching the uppers on some boots to the sole, he shortened the toe by a centimeter, so now my boot has a weird lip hanging off the top from the sole poking out and it's smaller).
Can't stand the place. Go to the other cobbler nearby!
