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“My father didn’t want to lose the Cuban customer, so when he took over the restaurant in 1986, he merged the two concepts. To this day, we serve both Cuban and Chinese food,” Richard Lam, the current owner of La Dinastia, told us.
“Sneaker culture is very strong,” employee Roger DaCosta shared with me when I sat down on West NYC’s comfy, bright blue, suede couch. The store caters to an “urban and straight forward” crowd, who know what they want and know they will find it on West 72nd Street. The shop often features collaborations … read more
My biggest delight when I scoop my little granddaughter out of her car seat on a visit to Manhattan is when she looks up at me and says, “G, can we go to the shoe store now.” Perhaps it is not as exciting for my husband as we prance across the street to Tip Top Kids and purchase not one, but usually … read more
When I visited Tip Top Shoes in the summer of 2015, the store was celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary. Danny Wasserman proudly showed me the most recent edition of Footwear News, which was essentially dedicated to Tip Top. There were messages from countless sponsors in the shoe world, congratulating … read more
