Shoe advice, please

[Benny Profane]

I'm in the market for a nice comfy MTB shoe that I can use in the city with spd's. Not too expensive, not too serious, but serious enough to crank hard when I need too. Just want to be able to walk off the bike on days I commute. I'm clomping around on my Look cleated road shoes right now.
Or, maybe a new pedal system that recedes into the shoe, making walking comfortable?

Any ideas or experience here?

[Plakespear]

As far as shoe reccos, you know the drill. Try and buy.

As far as pedals go, switch to Crank Bros. I have the Quattros on my roadie and Candys on my MTB. I can use my Nike MTB shoes on the road bike, although it did require a little modification (and may not be neccesary on other shoes- in my case some of the sole lugs were making clipping in difficult.) I use this setup when road biking in NYC. Also, the Quattro cleat uses the 3-bolt pater, not the SPD pattern, if you want to keep your current road shoes even if they don't have SPD holes.

[gravitylover]

You NEED to come in and see me at the shop. As you might imagine we do a significant amount of the type of thing you're looking for.

[XtrPickels]

I use my mountain bike shoes on my road bike when I ride it to work.
I have (had) Mallets on the mtb and quattro's on the road. No mod's needed for my mountain shoes to clip into road.