hildy89 | The other Santana

After several unsuccessful searches using the name of the company, I tried using the president's name. I hit paydirt, but not in a good way. Apparently Santana was forced to close its doors last March, blaming it on competition from elsewhere. Not surprisingly the best articles on the closure were in French. The company was based in Quebec. They started over 30 years ago. They made good boots. I always felt like I was wearing a variant on a skating boot with the hooks and laces. My last memory was talking to one of their sales reps at Nordstroms. When he learned about our narrow feet, he asked if our family was French. Amusingly enough, my mother's side were French Hugenots. Somehow I shouldn't have been surprised about the Quebec connection.