New shoes from an old store

Kitty-corner from the famous Chicago Lake Liquors, Roberts Shoes has been a fixture here for
77 years. Store will close when the shoes are gone.

Stan got these size 12 beauties from Ricki Roberts,
whose Grandfather founded the store.
Need a size 22 Converse? Roberts has a pair.

Roberts Shoes is closing after 77 years at the busy Chicago and Lake intersection in South Minneapolis. There's a big sale on until all the shoes are gone, so today Stan snagged a pair of $67 work shoes (25 percent off regular price) while running an errand to Dan and Steve's condo, which is just a block away in the old Sears building.
Flat-footed Stan's going to be working construction for the next month and the eighth consecutive pair of his prescribed New Balance 990s ($179 plus $25 for Tacco inserts, never on sale) just wouldn't cut it.
Now he's got a pair of sensible work oxfords with $25 arch supports inserted under the foam sole pad, just the thing for the busy Dundas job site.
Jennifer's contractor starts work Monday and Stan has been assigned to be his gopher, a job he learned at a tender age, handing roofing nails to his father. Stan was bare-footed at the time, working on top of the lake cabin.
Then there's the upcoming two-week painting project in California, which will involve days of standing.
Howard said the new shoes would "wear like iron," and he should know. He's been selling shoes for decades where there's "Hardly a foot that we can't fit."
There's an interesting article on the store's history in the StarTribune. Here's the link.