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How did the boot store on Florida Blvd in front of Cortana survive this long?

Posted on 4/8/25 at 11:58 am
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26474 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 11:58 am
Everything else in that area has either closed down or changed to a different buisness. I am always surprised how the boot store always has cars there throughout the day everytime I pass down Florida Blvd.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14735 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 11:59 am to
Boots never go out of style
This post was edited on 4/8/25 at 12:00 pm
Posted by BayouBandit24
Member since Aug 2010
17104 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 11:59 am to
Hispanics in the area.
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
13752 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:00 pm to
Building was paid off decades ago.
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
6388 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:08 pm to
people like boots
Posted by CSinLC
Member since May 2018
2197 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:09 pm to
Lots of work boots sold there
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
23517 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:10 pm to

They also sell malt liquor and cheap handguns.
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
9689 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:18 pm to
quote:

Everything else in that area has either closed down or changed to a different buisness. I am always surprised how the boot store always has cars there throughout the day everytime I pass down Florida Blvd.


I think that location opened in the 80's but The Boot Store opened sometime in the 70s. It's actually a pretty well known boot store and people come around from all over. I think they even had like ~15 stores but I am pretty sure that is the last one open. Not sure if the old man owner is still there or not .
Posted by J Murdah
Member since Jun 2008
40151 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:27 pm to
There are tens of thousands of residents in the area. Florida blvd isn’t as bad as people think it is
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5264 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:27 pm to
Nobody gave them the boot
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
Member since Aug 2014
45936 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:27 pm to
Sugar baby, Pookie, Nucknuck, Shonuf, Retryquandavius, Deesnutts, Woogie, and Po' Allin needs dem boots, yo.

Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19674 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:31 pm to
My cousin met Willie Nelson one day when she used to work at the Boot Store. He'd stop there any time he was passing through Baton Rouge.

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George Waggoner was the original owner of ‘The Boot Store’ and has since retired and sold the business to Tracey Simmons. Waggoner started ‘The Boot Store’ in the mid 70’s with the first store in Baker. In his career, he has owned 12 stores, and ‘The Boot Store’ on wheels.

“I started here in the middle 70’s and opened up a store in Baker, where Becky Calloway went to work,” Waggoner told UWK. Becky Calloway was the manager of the Baker store until it closed and then managed the Baton Rouge store until she decided to retire. In all, she says she worked for Mr. Waggoner for 45 years.

quote:

In the many years that Waggoner owned the store, he also owned, ‘The Boot Store on Wheels,’ a store that he drove around to various plants in Louisiana and sold boots from.
This post was edited on 4/8/25 at 12:35 pm
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
16333 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:36 pm to
Boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Posted by Butta
Zachary
Member since Dec 2012
306 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:50 pm to
Baws like boots
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
114182 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:52 pm to
Some companies (plants) have a yearly boot allowance for employees... and The Boot Store is one of the authorized retailers they use.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
134065 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:55 pm to
I went there once and tried to buy these gorgeous Crocodile Skin boots, but the guy wouldn't sell them to me. Said they were specially crafted for a famous actor.


Then this tall grey haired guy walks in behind me and said


"These boots... were made for...Walken."
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
7091 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:16 pm to
Hobby Town is the one that baffles me. Horrible location that services a hobby that has been its death throes since the 70s.

Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
60099 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

Some companies (plants) have a yearly boot allowance for employees... and The Boot Store is one of the authorized retailers they use.


That’s probably a big reason. How competitive are their prices otherwise?
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
19629 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:54 pm to
Safety boots.

Having safety boots will keep them going
Posted by GarmischTiger
Humboldt County
Member since Mar 2007
6888 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

Building was paid off decades ago.
This is your answer.
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