The East's Best Shoe Collection

Steven Taffel of Leffot, on Christopher Street in Manhattan, has assembled what is probably the best collection of shoe brands offered for sale in the Eastern United States, with hard to find delights like Corthay and Aubercy complementing better known names such as Alden and Edward Green.

Leffot is a small jewel box of a store. Taffel displays half a dozen styles from each brand on a long table in the center of the well lit retail space.

In an era of retail giants it is satisfying to see the increasingly rare specialty store that offers high quality goods from relatively low volume producers.