Gino’s Shoe Repair

I’ve read up on a lot of shoe repair places and was very picky in choosing where to get my two pair of boots fixed. Both needed a new rubber thing under the heels and a zipper replacement on one of them. I was afraid of two things: being overcharged and them loosing my stuff. This place is a very old-​school type that likely wont be around much longer as Gino is pretty old. He’s a very sweet man who is the only one that runs the shop. His service was prompt (and you can call him to make sure it’s ready before coming if he might be running late) and I thought I was going to pay way more than $ 25 to get it all fixed! I wouldn’t go anywhere else. These shoe cobbler places — it’s a dying skill. So I’m glad to have had gino’s service!

Gino goes above and beyond… all that for a good price.
We need more cobblers like Gino and less disposable shoes.

For someone like me with ginormous feet, it’s extremely difficult to find shoes that are nice and that fit me well. So I’ve got to do all I can to keep the ones I have in good shape. Enter Gino’s Shoe Repair in Kamm’s Corners.
It’s awesome that these kinds of little shops still exist. Gino has to be one of the cutest little old guys ever. Super nice and polite. He’ll give you the straight answer about what he thinks can or can’t be done with your repair.
I brought a couple of pairs of dress shoes in for him to look at. Pumps for work just needed new heels — no problem. The other was a pair of heeled strappy things that I love but had a run in with a cobblestone and suffered a heel injury. He said he wasn’t sure he could do much but he’d try to smooth it out.
Both pairs turned out great! New rubber heels on the work shoes and the heels, while not completely good as new, you’d never notice without a close look.
All this for only $ 10.75! That is a complete steal especially with what you have to pay for new shoes these days. I’m relatively sure he repairs most leather goods as well, purses, bags, belts, etc.
Take your stuff here and have Gino take a look, odds are he’ll be able to get you sorted out for a great price.
Word to the wise: CASH (or check) ONLY

After being quoted a staring price of 40 $ from a more close-​by to me shoe repair on Mayfield Road for re-​soling a pair of 15 $ on sales-​mules (though I AM attached to them that’s too much!) I checked other options and found this one.
I made myself on the way not realizing how far it is from where I live, in hindsight: luckily so, as this is exactly the store I had been looking for.
They fixed soles and heels of one pair and lowered the way too high heels of another pair I had for me, both together for 25 $. Fabulous, beautiful work, I am a crafts person, so I actually can judge that sort of stuff.
I am also a shoe collector (to avoid the word «fetishist»), so getting good, stylish shoes fixed that were actually cheap when I bought them makes a lot of sense to me.
They do NOT take credit card, if you are like me and that catches you by surprise never mind: there is a bank next door or do like me and make a cash-​back purchase in the pharmacy across the the street.
Totally worth the drive from where-​ever you live, even if you go only once a year with all your worn out shoes to be pepped up by him.
Friendly, fast, wonderful!
The only worry I have is that he is an older gentleman and might retire at some point, leaving me alone without a reliable shoe repair in this cold and lonely world…

Excellent work, very low prices. I’m amazed at what he did with a pair of my beloved Frye boots for $ 15.

It’s 2012. In an era of disposable junk shoes made by overseas sweatshops, how does a place like this even still exist?! I don’t know, but if you happen to own any *quality* footwear that needs a little attention, Gino is a godsend. He’s a sweet Italian grandfather who seems to have escaped the passage of time for about the last 50 years or so, at least. He does excellent work and very cheaply, though not very fast. He is a true craftsman and I will be sad when the inevitable happens one day and his little shop closes down.

Thank you Gino! You saved my very favorite perfect black heels.

I took a few pairs of shoes here to get fixed up in a number of ways– I was hoping I didn’t overwhelme the poor guy, but he was very professional, really nice, and reassured me my precous heels and boots would be taken care of. Sure enough he fixed them and had them looking and feeling new.
The price is extremly reasonable– you get what you pay for and he does an amazing job.
This place is the best!

4+
I used to get my shoes fixed by the best cobbler in North America. He lives in Akron, Ohio and won competitions (yes, they have those for cobblers). So, I’m a bit spoiled when it comes to shoe repair. That said, I think Gino’s is the best I’ve found in the Cleveland area (with extremely reasonable prices). And Gino is super-​nice and polite. Just call ahead because he can have irregular hours (he may be nearing retirement). An added plus: Gino’s is located in the very-​interesting-​to-​walk-​through Kamm’s Corners area.

Love this guy. He is super cute an does wonderful work. I’m always a bit nervous that he’ll lose my shoes in the massive collection he has but I always come back to clean, perfectly repaired shoes.

If you want an authentic Italian restoring your favorite pair of shoes to like new quality, then this is the place for you!
I was visiting family in Cleveland and broke a heel the day before my sister’s wedding. Everyone said I had to take it to Gino, so I did. I could not have been more surprised at how wonderful he treated me. He knew it was an emergency and fixed my shoe within the hour and for barely nothing.
You just don’t get this kind of quality service anymore. The best!

This is as old-​fashioned a family-​run shoe shop as you could ever want. The shop smells like leather and polish, and there are piles and piles of shoes and bags waiting for repair everywhere.
And Gino is just about the nicest man ever.
I dropped off two pairs of boots for Gino to repair, and he did a smashing job, repairing a split seam in one pair, replacing the zipper in the other, and then cleaning and polishing them, all for the very low price of $ 15. Really, I don’t think the prices could be any lower for the work that he did.
It did take a long time for the repair to get done (I think there was a family emergency one week, and then he didn’t have the zipper in house so had to order it). I would advise you to call ahead to find out whether he’s finished.