Customer service is the ‘sole’ of a century-old shoe store

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — “My great-grandfather was a shoemaker, and he came over on a sailing ship in the late 1800s,” said Lucian Montagna, Jr, owner of Montagna’s shoe store.

His great-grandfather emigrated from Sicily to New York and settled in Norfolk.

“Frank was my grandfather. In 1922 he opened Montagna’s Shoes on Granby Street in Norfolk,” said Montagna, Jr. proudly…

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