Independent optometrist, 1140 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
See the whole line.
Thirty-minute eye exams, frames chosen with you rather than for you, and contact lenses fitted properly. Precise, unhurried, explained.
How sharp is your screen vision?
Sit about an arm’s length away. Cover one eye. Tap the smallest row you can read without squinting.
Tap a row to see where you land.
This is a teaser, not a measurement or a diagnosis. Screen size, brightness and distance change everything. A real exam checks far more than letters.
Exams and what they cost
Every exam includes a retinal photo and a written summary. Vision insurance is billed directly; without it, you pay the price shown.
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Complete eye exam
Vision, eye pressure, retina, eye teaming and a conversation about screens, driving and reading. Prescription included.
- Takes
- 30 min
- Price
- $120
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Contact lens exam and fitting
The complete exam plus measuring your cornea, a trial pair to take home and a follow-up check after a week.
- Takes
- 45 min
- Price
- $165
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Children, from age four
Pictures instead of letters for the little ones, a check for lazy eye and focusing, and a report for school if you want one.
- Takes
- 25 min
- Price
- $95
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Retinal and diabetic eye check
Dilated exam with wide-field imaging, with a copy sent to your doctor. Bring sunglasses for the drive home.
- Takes
- 40 min
- Price
- $140
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Same-day red or sore eye
A short visit for something that hurts, itches or looks wrong. We keep two slots open every afternoon.
- Takes
- 15 min
- Price
- $75
The frame wall
Around three hundred frames from small European and Japanese makers, sorted by shape rather than brand. Try as many as you like; we adjust every pair for free, forever.
- roundfrom $180
- rectangularfrom $160
- cat eyefrom $210
- aviatorfrom $190
- ovalfrom $170
- squarefrom $200
Lenses, plainly priced
Single-vision lenses from $90, progressives from $260, always with anti-glare and scratch coating included. Blue-light filters cost $30 and we will tell you honestly whether you need one.
Bring a prescription from anywhere, or get one here. Glasses are usually ready in five working days.
Contact lenses, fitted rather than sold
- Measure the curve and size of your cornea and how wet your eyes stay through the day.
- Trial pair to wear for a week, dailies or monthlies, with a lesson in putting them in and taking them out.
- Check the fit after a week and adjust the lens or the brand if anything rubs.
- Deliver a year’s supply to your door in two boxes, or one box every three months.
Yearly supplies from $260 for dailies. Astigmatism and multifocal lenses are fitted here too.
Book a lens fittingBook an exam
Pick the exam, tell us when suits you, and we confirm by email or text within the working day.
- Hours
- Monday to Friday 9 am to 6 pm
Thursday until 8 pm
Saturday 10 am to 3 pm - Address
- 1140 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 3
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Request sent
Thank you. We confirm a time by email or text within the working day. If your eye is painful or your vision changed suddenly, call (612) 555-0138 now or your local emergency number.