Yan & Sons Heel Bar

This is a shop inside the historic Cardiff Market. An old Victorian building that offers products and services from local traders.
But poor, old Yan & Sons. I say this because if you enter the Cardiff Market from the St Mary’s Street end then you’ll go past a big Timpson branch who offer shoe repairs and key cutting and various other services. If you walk a little further and into the main market you’ll see Yan & Sons perched on the left hand side offering much the same service. They’re just smaller. OK, a lot smaller. But there’s an up side to their size and flow of custom — a quicker, more personal service for you. They offer a while-​you-​wait service for their key cutting and shoe repairs and various other bits and bobs they do, which isn’t really an issue seen as you’re in the Cardiff Market, one of my favourite place to wander around.
As with all the traders in the market, they are long-​time experts in their field, so they will offer advice and guidance that you can trust.

You don’t have to be Carrie Bradshaw to know the pains of broken heels. The love you feel for inanimate objects can be as strong whether you choose brand-​spanking-​new Manolo Blahniks or car boot sale treasure. Come to think of it, that could be a metaphor for life.
This heel bar is owned and run by a friendly pair of brothers Andrew and John. They can fix up your favourite shoes and cut you a spare pair of house keys while you wait, or you can do your grocery shopping or grab a cuppa in the market’s many cafes and then nip back for them. Amazing. I’ve also got a strange fascination with the noises that key cutting machines make too, not sure why, I just do.