BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – For weeks, the lights were off, the doors were locked and the phones went silent at a downtown Birmingham shoe repair shop many customers had trusted for years.
Quality Shoe Repair appeared to vanish overnight, leaving behind shoes, purses and a trail of unanswered questions. Customers wondered where their belongings had gone, and whether the man behind the counter had become, in their eyes, a “soul-less sole repair man,” or simply a small business owner overwhelmed by circumstances beyond his control.
Now, the mystery has resurfaced just a few blocks away…