Forest Bootery

Helpful and attentive staff always willing to pull out a different size or color to make sure you get exactly what your looking for.

I am new to the area and came in during their giant sale in the fall and bought several pairs of shoes for my family. Since then, I have come in a couple times and bought a pair of shoes on sale here and there. Yesterday, I brought in a pair of boots that I purchased from them to find out whether they could recommend a place to get one of them repaired. Tiana explained that she had seen a similar issue w the same boot before and they can’t be repaired. Rather than let me sulk off w a beautiful pair of shoes I would never wear again, she contacted the manufacturer on my behalf and arranged for a new pair of boots! I can’t even begin to tell you how floored I was by their level of customer service. I brought my daughter back later that day for a pair of sneakers, and the woman who fit her entertained her to the point that my daughter wouldn’t leave. I will be making a point of shopping here frequently in the future.

I have a love hate relationship with the Forest Bootery. I love their selection. I hate that every time we go in to browse, even my husband comes out with a new pair of shoes.
What can I say? They guy is a complete shoe horse. His closet is more packed with footwear than mine. The man has at least five pairs of just flip flops. And where did he get them? The Bootery! He has leather ones. He even has a pair with a bottle opener built in the sole.
My boys only want to buy their shoes from here rand exclusively wear Geox. It’s hard spending money like this but these shoes are built to last. Trust me. My kids have out them to the test.
I’ve also found some favorites over the years — mostly boots boots boots for me.
They also carry some seriously cool jewelry, hats and clothing.
One frustrating thing is they have a limited stock room which means limited sizes. But they will check their sister store for sizes and even order them from the manufacturer if they can.
But I love supporting local and it’s so easy to pop in the check out the latest stuff.

Great men’s Cole Hahn selection! Need I say more?

Overall Forest Bootery has a lot of selection. It has handbags, Northface jackets, even jewelry, and all kinds of shoes for women, men, and children. On the other hand, it is pretty dang pricey. Everything in there is beautiful and it’s almost like shopping in a boutique, but out of the price range of most people, so unless you’re looking for something really special that you’re willing to drop a bit extra on, check out another store.

I should have expected pricey for LF, but $ 50 for a pair of shoes for a toddler? Guess I am still getting the hang of the whole parent thing. My sister-​in-​law got us a gift certificate for either this location or the Libertyville store, even though we live in Glenview. The staff was extremely helpful, if not knowledgeable. I knew about the HP location, having grown up on the Shore and having lived here most of my life. They made a milestone day in my son’s life (his first pair of shoes), very easy.
The staff was also very un-​pretentious and had no problem with him crawling all around the store. Very friendly people to deal with,