Guadet Optical & Underground Eyewear


Item Number: 238

Time Left: CLOSED

Online Close: Nov 23, 2019 7:30 PM AST

Bid History: 11 bids - Item Sold!

Description

THE STORY
 
In 1986, Doug Gaudet, 10 years in the optical business, bought the small independent optical dispensary called Sackville Optical.  It was in a run-down building on Sackville Drive in Lower Sackville. A year or so later, he moved operations to the Bedford Place Mall, and renamed it Gaudet Optical. After 15 years, he opened Underground Eyewear on Dresden Row in Halifax, while maintaining the mall location.


Underground Eyewear was radical, unorthodox, and completely unexpected in the direction it took the whole experience of eyeglass shopping. In 2002, Gaudet purchased the building at 6465 Quinpool Road, and combined everything into that one location.


Along with his hand-picked, highly trained opticians, he runs one of the most interesting, unusual, and awarded eyeglass dispensaries in Eastern Canada.

Special Instructions

*Value of $150 


*If you are the successful bidder of this item and you are not attending the live event, you are responsible for pick up at Halifax Christian Academy, 114 Downs Ave., Halifax, NS, B3N 1Y6 or to arrange payment for shipping fees.

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Gaudet Optical & Underground Eyewear