comfort shoe store
Pedestrian Shops
Comfort shoes sold by people who measure your foot first
The Denver store of a family business born in Boulder in 1969, selling walking, hiking and everyday shoes with the emphasis on fit - Birkenstock, Lems, Dansko and the rest of the comfortable-but-not-ugly category. Staff measure and bring out three pairs rather than pointing at a wall, which is the entire reason to buy shoes in a shop. Sitting where it does at the foot of the Highland Bridge, it catches a steady stream of visitors who came to Denver for the mountains and misjudged their footwear.
Why go. Somebody will actually fit the shoe to your foot before you leave.
Come on a weekday afternoon if you want unhurried attention; weekends are three deep.
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