Pratham Optics

Pratham Optics is located over at No. 117/11 A on Francis Joseph Street. We are right near the Gujarathi Samaj in the Broadway area. If you know Broadway, you know how crowded and loud it gets. Our shop is a small space where we keep all sorts of frames and lenses. It’s been here for years, and the walls have seen a lot of faces come through. We don’t have the bright neon lights you see in the big malls. It’s more of a traditional setup with glass counters and wooden stools for people to sit on while they try things on. Sometimes the dust from the street gets in, so we are constantly wiping down the display cases. We spend a lot of time looking through small screws and testing out different lens strengths. It’s quiet work in a noisy part of town. Our regulars are mostly people who live nearby or work in the local markets. They come in when their glasses break or when they realize they can't read the newspaper as well as they used to. We do the repairs right here at the small workbench in the back. It’s a bit cluttered back there with all the tools, but we know where everything is. We don’t try to rush people. Picking out frames takes time, and we just let them look until they find something that feels okay on their nose. It’s just how we do things here.