Cobblestone Quality Shoe Repair

Let me start off by saying I am not very nice to my belongings. I brought in my favorite pair of shoes, a black strappy wedge that I bought cheap. They’ve been through hell and back after way too many nights out at college and Wrigleyville bars. They were practically disintegrating and he managed to get them back to better condition than I bought them in, replacing worn and cheap material with real, good quality leather. He went above and beyond. I don’t even live in Naperville anymore but I still being my shoes here. I don’t trust anyone else with my shoes, this place is the best!

For almost 20 years, John has done an incredible, professional, and quick turnaround on all my shoe repairs. Always friendly service, prompt, and great value. Shines like glass!!!

John is extremely nice and very talented and will go above and beyond for his customers. I am so happy that found him and will continue to come back! He is awesome! Everyone should ONLY get their shoes and luggage repaired here and NO WHERE ELSE!!! :)

Amazing quality of work. Amazing turn around. Amazing people. Dont go anywhere else! Been there 28 years and going strong. Luggage for sale, purses and repairs to each as well. He can do just about anything. Very talented man and staff. If you go anywhere else you are taking your chances, not here though!

Let me preface this review first by stating that downtown Naperville on St. Patrick’s Day is dangerous, especially when you start at 1:30 in the afternoon. That being said, I wore my favorite light brown kicks to the bars and escapades that evening. Little did I know that I would find myself in a park, three inches deep in mud at 12:30am wondering what on earth am I doing, trying to convince myself that, no… you’re not too old for this.
Anyway, I dropped off my filthy tires from that crazy evening, with John the Cobbler Wizard to see if he could somehow bring them back to life. I tried to sneak them in with three other pairs of fairly worn shoes that needed a shine, but his spidy shoe senses quickly sniffed out the last remnants of a charade I hoped was a terrible nightmare. Rest assured, John was certain to make sure I didn’t forget it. «What you drink Margarita or someting, with girl in woods… my god boy. Look at dis mess you make here. I hope she was pretty girl.» OK, fine John you win.haha. He quoted me a price and told me they would all be ready tomorrow, as I was heading out of town and needed my fresh pavement pounders to impress in the great state of Minnesota. I certainly didn’t expect him to get them done in less than 24 hours, but sure enough I called him at noon the next day hoping they were ready and he said yes come on in.
I was floored. They looked brand new and these shoes are five years old, high quality leather that I’ve babied since inception. I wanted to give the guy a hug to show my appreciation, but instead he insisted that «I just give him the green stuff». So I did. We B. S’d for a while. The guy is 70 years old and pounds away at shoes until 7pm every night by himself. It turns out that this is his last store of 5 that he had sold off. Then the clippings he has on his counter which told an even more fascinating story about how he was Chicago’s Cobbler of the Year at some point in time.
Regardless, I paid, but before I left he came running out from behind the counter and sifted through some wallets. He pulled one from the lopsided counter holding them and gave it to me free of charge. What a spectacular gesture to a first time client!
In closing, John knows what people want to hear, but most importantly at 70 years old he knows how to make a customer happy and want to come back. So if you have any bummed wheels, that need a sprucing up, take them to John. Doesn’t matter how old or how cheap, he’ll make them look great. Just remember the cashola, and be sure he pops you some of that English Toffee he has hidden behind the counter.

I absolutely love this place, and especially how funny & endearing John can be! He does make offbeat, silly jokes, but has always been respectful & polite. I typically take s couple pairs of boots in there every fall to get them «cleaned up»…heels replaced, the leather around the heels repaired or replaced, and have them polished. I swear by his work — my shoes look brand new every time! And, to me, $ 25 to walk out with boots that look like I just bought them is well worth it. I have also bought a few small items, wallets & such, and his prices are great. He certainly works hard & takes his work seriously, thus the importance (to him, I believe) of being a «one man show». This might seem inadequate to others, but I’ll take the quality of work he offers at a very reasonable price anyday over a bigger, less personal, shop.

I have done business with John, the Greek-​born owner, for years. And he has never let me down.
Today he fixed my watch band and belt! Last time here he repaired a rivet that popped off of my chest protector I use for baseball.
Oh. He also does a first rate job on boring stuff like repairing shoes.
Seriously, the man is a cobbling genius who has some witty one liners too. Plus he sells quality luggage, shoe laces and other shoe-​related accoutrements, all at a very reasonable price.

Craftsmanship like Yanni’s is a lost skill. His shoe repair work is amazing! I bring all my shoes to him. He cleans shoes like no other person I’ve seen and can make your favorite pair look new. I highly recommend his work!

John is great at his job and his work is second to none. He is a friendly guy who does super work! Trust no one but John for all your shoe and luggage repair needs!

5 Stars for speed.
John was super fast to fix my bag. Literally took less than 5 minutes from when I arrived. What made me come to this business was the confidence, the owner had on the phone of the speed he could give me to fix the bag. Whereas I called other Shoe Repair stores in the area and asked how long a simple bag strap stitching would take, all the others were vague saying I’d have to bring it in for them to see or that it might be a few day or a few hours, but this owner said, «I can do it right away, come over, $ 10».
This was the decision maker for me on the phone. John was confident and straight to the point. Other area businesses could not give me a strong affirmative answer as to price or speed over the phone without bringing in my bag, which essentially would have wasted my time to get price quotes for a simple fix.
John saved me time. To me that’s more valuable then saving a few dollars and have to wait without my work bag for a few days.
Funny guy too. Very friendly, seemed like he had some old world European (Italian or Greek maybe) charm to his character.

I took a pair of my cowboy boots here and it was only $ 40 to repair both boots. He re stitched it in a way that it wont come un done again. The employees are really friendly. I will definetly be back!

Awesome service. Replaced the souls on my shoes in two days. Excellent!

I would have to give Jonny 5 stars and 5 thumbs up!
Amazing man and very talented.
I own some expensive italian, french, american shoes and he fixed them right up so they are brand spankin new!
Take his wacky sense of humor with a grain of salt! He is hard working and has a right to be a curmudgeon! He’s a good guy! Try to make him smile and he’ll go the extra mile to make your shoes done early.
I just got my seven pairs of shoes! unbelievable how amazing they look!
you wont regret it!

Great quality work. This is a place I trust with designer shoes. I have taken Kate Spade, Cole Haan, and Christian Louboutin here. If he can fix that he can fix anything. I especially appreciate his honesty about what’s best for my shoes. The only draw back is you’ll have a long wait because he is so busy.

I can’t believe some of the nice comments this shop is getting. The man who runs his place is crazy. He has called me several time talking about how I left shoes there. I don’t even live there. I have told him several times that I can’t help him, he has the wrong number. Yet, he still calls me and leaves messages calling me sweetie and cutie. It’s very creepy. CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY.

This is a one man show which needs a couple extras. His work is very good and professional but it seems like he’s overwhelmed and cannot keep track of his customers or the expectations he sets. He’s a very nice man with a lot of personality and certainly the guy to do the job, if only he had more help because it took him 3 weeks to complete a one week (his estimation) job

This is apparently a one-​man shop, which is astonishing considering he’s open til 7pm, 7 days a week. (Call first if you’re coming close to 7; he has a contract with the airport to fix damaged luggage, so he leaves a little early twice a week to drop it off.)
Service is very personable and fast; I dropped off a pair of boots to be reheeled at noon one day and was told I could pick them up the following day. He also fixed a bunch of scuffs in the heels that I had given up on, and sold me on getting rubber soles put on top of the leather soles. The work looks very nice; getting the heels re-​done was a bit more than I’m used to ($ 12; $ 28 total with the addition of the soles), but for next-​day service, with the extra work he put in on the shoes is more than reasonable.
He sells luggage as well, and has a lot of luggage crammed into the tiny store, as well as all the shoe preparations one could possibly want (leather conditioner; various polishes; laces; etc.).
The shop is in the Tower Crossing strip mall, on the left on Naperville Blvd. (Keep going on Naperville after Naper Blvd splits off on the right.) The illuminated sign just reads «Shoe Repair»; you may not see the little sign that says «Cobblestone» at first.

This store is run by a wacky dude who likes to make jokes about your shoes, but his work has always been top quality. He’s very good at matching colors/​hardware and when he’s done, your shoe looks like new. He’s fixed many of our shoes/​boots and they’ve worn well.

I have taken many pairs of shoes to Mr. Cobblestone himself and no matter what type of repair my shoes need, he is able to make each and every pair look brand-​spankin new! I am not sure of the owners name, but he is super friendly… just a bit forgetful sometimes :) His prices are always good too… especially for the great work that he does.