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Spectrum 5 Star Award

Friedman's Shoe store is being honored as a winner of the 2016 spectrum award for service excellence! View our 2016 Customer Satisfaction Rating online at link below.

Talk of the Town

They once arrived by the busload, dozens of NBA players and other notable athletes, ducking their heads as they disembarked and entered the nondescript shoe shop on Mitchell Street in downtown Atlanta...

Torre's 30 for 30 - Around the Horn

"Bruce’s story about [former NBA star] Antoine Walker unapologetically spending a total of $28,000 so he could keep two identical shoe collections in two homes."– Pablo S. Torre on one of the scenes that did not make the final cut of “Friedman’s Shoes”

ESPN 30 for 30

ESPN's 30 for 30 series has gained popularity thanks to its in-depth examinations of stories that haven't been completely explained before. The latest tale to be told is of Friedman's Shoes...

If The Shoe Fit, Its Friedman's

At Friedman's there is no question about it. It's definitely the shoes. Just ask Shaquille O'Neal, Rik Smits, Hakeem Olajuwon, Scottie Pippen or just about anybody who has played in the NBA the last 30 years...

NBA Lock Out

An NBA lockout can really foul up the sales of $850 alligator skins, especially in size 17. This season, like most in recent memory, could have been larger-than-life for Atlanta-based Friedman's Shoes

Big Foot Sighting

Shaquille O'neal (Size 22D) has been a customer since he was 14. Don King spent $64,000 on a spree in 1995, and Oprah has done 3 segments on the store. For more than 30 years...

Friedman's in ESPN 30 for 30

The latest installment of ESPN’s “30 for 30” includes a series of five documentary shorts. The first one focuses on Atlanta retail store Friedman’s Shoes...

NBA Players Dress for Success

With the new NBA dress code mandating business-casual attire, some players are trading sweat suits for tailored suits. But where does a really tall guy shop for clothes?

Tall Orders Are No Problem

Bruce Teilhaber is sitting in what he calls his "Exotic Skins Room." It is actually one of the smallest rooms in Friedman's Shoes, his Mitchell Street store in downtown Atlanta, but it packs perhaps the biggest punch...

Fitting Athlete's Feet

When athletes are on the road, the best way for them to pass the time before a game is to shop. Los Angeles has a great place to buy pants. Jewelry prices are good in San Diego. In Atlanta it's shoes, and Friedman's is the place...

A Perfect Fit

In 1957, Bruce Teilhaber left Brooklyn, NY for Atlanta. Awaiting him were his fiance and a job selling shoes at Friedman's, a store owned by his future father-in-law...

Is it the Shoes?

Absolutely, say the NBA's big feat elite, who have made Friedmans, Atlanta's No-Frills shoe store, their road-trip Mecca for giant-sized footwear...

How to Reach the Major Leagues of Shoe Shopping

As a journalist, you get to walk with giants, which leads to the question: Where do giants buy their shoes? It seems they go to Friedman's Shoes...

King Foots $64,100 Bill at Shore Store

At least Don King will have nice shoes to wear in court. Before leaving Atlanta, the flashy boxing promoter, who faces nine counts of wire and insurance fraud in New York, stopped by...

No Business Like Shoe Business

The weathered brick building is nestled among a number of boarded-up shops, just off
the corner of Mitchell and Forsyth streets in downtown Atlanta...

Shoeing the Biggies

Peer into this creepy-looking shoe store at 209 Mitchell Street, and it's hard to believe
that the likes of Willie Mays, Maynard Jackson and Magic Johnson regularly shop here...

Special Remedy For Athletes Foot Problems

Peer into this creepy-looking shoe store at 209 Mitchell Street, and it's hard to believe
that the likes of Willie Mays, Maynard Jackson and Magic Johnson regularly shop here...