We’re probably the last of the Carlsbadistan four-eyed to discover William Stevenson’s Hot Shots Eyeware Repair located downstairs in the Village Professional Center at 690 Carlsbad Village Drive. But damn, can this guy fix glasses.
The shop, in a building we never even knew existed, was packed like a Kaiser ER waiting room when we arrived. William, wearing his Hot Shots apron, stood in the middle of the sparsely decorated room when we arrived explaining to a customer why there would be no charge for the repair he’d just performed.
We grabbed one of the two empty chairs and asked the woman next to us how long Hot Shots had been around. “I’ve been coming here for a couple years,” she said. “And I drive all the way from San Diego. I don’t know how he does it. I’m always stepping on my glasses and he keeps fixing them.”
On the wall behind the glass counter, prices for all the different repairs Stevenson performs are hand lettered in erasable marker next to their corresponding parts on a four-by-five foot white board that features a schematic of a pair of glasses. There are pieces to glasses that we didn’t even know had names, but for between $5 and $15 Stevenson will fix pretty much anything that can break on a pair of glasses.
After disappearing with our frames into his “restricted area” workshop it was only a matter of minutes before our glasses were on the counter, sparkling, and as close to perfect as possible. Thankfully we didn’t need new $100 lenses and we didn’t have to wait. The charge? $5.
We’ll definitely, be back. There is no reason to go anywhere else.
[Link: Hot Shots Eyeware Repair]
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