Flocco's Discount Shoes Clothes & Formal Wear

When our Grandfather, Donato, emigrated from Italy in 1926, he opened his shoe repair business on West 7th Ave. Our father, Vince Sr., began working at the store the following year when he arrived in the U.S. In the 1940's, our dad took over the business when his father became ill. After our parents were married in 1950, our mom, Teresa, began working at the store too.

It was 1953 when our father moved the store to 119 Fayette St and began selling shoes. With three kids and one on the way, our parents sold their home to buy the property at 119 Fayette St and moved the family into the apartment upstairs. In 1957, our father and uncle, Fred, opened an Army Navy store at 125 Fayette St.