DQM (Dave's Quality Meat)

The butcher-themed sneaker boutique that defined downtown NYC.

Dave Ortiz, 2003

Opened in 2003 in the Meatpacking District by Dave Ortiz, a former Zoo York skate-team manager. Designed to look like a butcher shop — sneakers packaged like cuts of meat — it became a hub of the downtown NYC skate and sneaker scene.