A Son and His Blind Father’s Shared Shoe Obsession | Bacon ‘N’ Laces | The New Yorker Documentary 

Beautiful family. Congratulations on getting into Harvard, Tony! You are so deserving. I can’t even imagine how proud your dad must be.

Thank you NewYorker for this, otherwise we would have never had the privilege of meeting such an outstanding family.

His son is my hero. OMG

Instead of forcing people to conform to "normal" we should embrace the differences and unique gifts, talents, and abilities given.

John and his family are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

I'm solo. No parents, no siblings, no uncles/aunts. But, man, I couldn't imagine a better family. Such compassionate, giving, & well mannered young men. 🍎🍊🍌🥬🫐🍆

So much love in this family. And their intelligence is incredible to witness. So much warmth and kindness throughout. It makes me happy to know that there are people like this in the world.

My grandmother who recently passed away was born with RP as well and grew up in Queens. She had 5 wonderful girls. She memorized the Monopoly game board and we would play for hours. This special brought back such vivid memories; it feels like this could have been my family. The world is really so small and we have so much in common. Thank you for this! Best wishes to the whole family 🤍

This whole family has THE BEST and pragmatic approach to life ever. You are all an inspiration,thank you.

Five words. Tony, I am in awe.

Bravo to everyone involved in this project! What an amazing story!

My boss and I went to lunch here last week. Nice people working here I’m happy to give them business.

Best family ever, so heartwarming, and so much love. Due to mental illness in my family, basically I’m alone. When my siblings and I were younger it was great, but as the teenage years approached so did the mental illness, progressively getting worse as the years pass. I love my family, but it’s just that I can’t have any close loving relationship with them anymore. This video showed me that the family and their love for each other still exists. Thanks for making my evening meaningful.

God was showing off when this Family was made. Congrats for attending the University of choice. Your Father must be ever so proud. This touched my Heart. I wept with compassion for this beyond fabulous Family. This took my Heart and gently nursed it back to full health. My darling Omah was a ghastly driver and she always said that Stevie Wonder taught her to drive. My best friend died yesterday and shall miss her forever one more day. Australia

Best video I’ve watched this year! Awesome storytelling!

Wow 🤩 what an extraordinary young man . And being a waitress once I know that remembering all those things is insanely amazing.

Congratulations on getting in to Harvard Toni :)

An amazing human being

Toni is a bigger man than ill ever be

What a delightful, talented, smart family! This little video is a gem.

This was fantastic! Now I need to visit for myself ✌️

Pure love & taking care of each other is what matters in this life. All the best to this beautiful fam. 🙏🏻

What a blessing with your children, you can tell they love their father...

I would call his son Tony Starch when I found out he was going to Harvard. John is hilarious. Me and my buddies have had some fun and random times there.

This was sucha great story. These boys have a wonderful father and Tony has great kids who love him dearly!!

What a Brilliant film about a most amazing Dad and his 3 sons. You each are an inspiration...Thank you for showing us what 'family' is...LOVE!

Great story, great editing. Best of luck to Tony in Harvard

He oldest son, is amazing young man!

Love this story.

The shoe collection is awesome 👌

These two are awsome. He can't see but cares more about his looks and matching outfits than I do lol.

Beautifully made film of beautiful people’s beautiful story… very touching and inspiring to me as a legally blind father. Thank you!

I’m having a real hard time and this inspires me a lot. God Bless to the family 👍💐🫂♥️ I have visited NYC many times. I was there just last month. I want to dine at their restaurant soon. Stay bless and stay happier. See you real soon 👍💐🫂♥️

What a great family ❤️

awesome family congratulations Tony you have & are raising amazing young men ...Micheal looks like a character......😅🤣😂

Im speechless. Amazing story, amazing video.

Phenomenal, all of them, what a family

oh thanks so much for making this doc! beautiful family

He should be an amazing editor for top-notch fashion magazines.

THIS is storytelling. Great doc, better fam. 👟🎥🎬 Thank you SMS & TNY.

Amazing Family . So Inspiring to watch .

Fantastico! God Bless you guys! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Wow. This was so inspiring!

This was beautiful

Omg I love this God bless this 👪

Just after watch this today June 30, 2022 I was close by the diner and meet John is awesome guy.

Amazing family!!!

Amazing memory

Nice! Have to say my husband would be envious of that cologne collection...."The blind man's jewelry" love it 👍

The pride on his face after Tony is accepted to Harvard... ❤

Heartwarming, masterpiece

I’m so happy for Tony!

Fascinating man! Inspiring

Poetic.

Speechless 😊

Tony is such an inspiration

Congratulations!!!!

beautiful people ❤

Inspiring.

brilliant

This is warm ❤

Inspired!!!!!

very cool love it

You guys are just fantastic!!! Where in New York is this diner? I want to go there

Tears 😢

cool stuff 😎 🆒️

Is a great place to be.

he now needs a good security system..

For a blind guy he seems very high functioning abd very good at what he does

Any chance for a follow up?

Their “non-victim” mentality is refreshing and inspiring.

🙏🏾💝💜🇨🇺🇯🇲🇺🇲 GREETNS WORLD, HAPPY 2024! DJ, UR GIFT IS PRECIOUS, ME LAUGHED AND LAUGHED, BLESS UR BIG BEAUTIFUL♥️!

The mother just gave up all three children? In wonder if they still have a relationship with her.

gorgeous

Outstanding inspiring he is better than some sighted people 👏👏👏👏❤️👍

wow

Only the New Yorker to come up with stuff like that.

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👏👏👏

Tony should be a shining example for this generation of youth that is growing up as self centered, entitled little narcissist. Life is hard. Take care of your loved ones no matter what sacrifices you need to make. Beautiful family.

This guy was my waiter when ate her last and he was really nice

What an inspiration these people are. I just hope that the restaurant can survive Bidenomics. As disposable income drops, restaurants are some of the first to feel the pain.

karma is real

Bajan Kids 🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧

I really enjoyed this video…..except for the cursing. I stopped watching other videos of yours for that very reason. Sorry, and I realize that I am probably in the minority. 🤷‍♀️ buuuut hey, I don’t think it’s necessary to make a relevant video!