San Francisco Bay Area Shopping & Resources

Shoes and Shoe Repairs

Steppin' out with my baby,
Can't go wrong 'cause I'm in right;
It's for sure, don't mean maybe,
That I'm all dressed up tonight.
-- Words & Music by Irving Berlin, 1948
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A-1 Shoe Repair
5970 Mowry Ave., Newark, CA 94560 (corner of Cedar and Mowry). Tel 510.745.0154 . Expert shoe and boot repair. Very experienced restoring vintage shoes, purses and luggage (owner Randall Armstrong can work miracles on your vintage pieces).
Feet of Dreams
1820 Solano Avenue (cross street Colusa), Berkeley, 510.558.8222. Spiffy shoes for men and women. Many styles appropriate for Deco era.
Payless Shoe Source
2215 Newpark Mall, Newark, 510.792.5918. This chain store often carries period styles at very low prices.
Vintage Shoe Restoration, Ardis Taylor
By appointment. Write PO Box 10055, Oakland, CA 94610 or call 510.532.4844 or email vabardis@aol.com.
Marin Shoes
Schraeder Bootmaker
1508 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, CA 94960. Tel. 415.459.6576.
Peninsula Shoes
B & D Tack
2021 Broadway, Redwood City, 650.368.9191. Riding boots and moccasins.
Capezio Dance Theatre Shop
309 South B Street, San Mateo, 650.340.7066. Professional dance shoes and dance wear for all ages.

Payless Shoe Source
This chain store carries many period styles at low prices.
1215 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica,Tel. 650.359.6663.

3690 El Camino Real, San Mateo, Tel. 650.341.8398.

776 El Camino, Redwood City, Tel. 650.367.7970.

Tiedown English Saddlery
239 State Street, Los Altos, Tel. 650.948.1719. Riding boots.
San Francisco Shoes
John Fong, Custom Boot Maker
60 Hyde St., San Francisco, 415.441.3519.
Foot Worship
214 Sutter Street (between Polk & Van Ness Ave.), San Francisco, 415.921.FOOT. Need a pair of thigh-high boots for your Princess from Mars costume? This is the store for you. Open 7 days, 11am -7pm.
Rabat Shoes
24th Street, San Francisco, 415.282.7400. Ankle boot style men's shoes almost identical to the style worn in 1890s and early 1900s. Made by Stacey Adams Shoes (style #00015).
San Francisco Dancewear
659 Mission Blvd., San Francisco, 415.882.7087. Huge selection of women's ballroom dance shoes; about 10 different choices in men's shoes. Really good prices.
Tal-y-Tara Tea and Polo Shoppe
6439 California Street, San Francisco, 415.751.9275. Riding boots and equestrienne supplies.
South Bay Shoes
Ballroom Dance Supply BDS
46 East Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008. Tel. 408.871.1895. Shoes of men and women appropriate for the Deco era.

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Last update 2/8/06