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| - This is my new go-to place since Grateful Head left the 'hood. I try to get my hair cut at least monthly and I don't mind paying money to a small local business when I can walk there from home and they'll give me a coffee and talk to me even though I'm wearing jeans I bought at Sears.
They don't have the same vibe and space that Grateful Head have - in fact they're a bit bland in terms of space and ambiance - with a boombox playing music FM radio type music... invest in a bit of wire and some speakers and use someone's iPod so I don't have to hear other people's chit chat, please. That said, everyone here is friendly, prices reasonable and they seem to do a good job. If I really need to sit in a gallery, I can walk a few doors up and sit in a gallery.
Hiko is the only person to cut my hair here and I've got no complaints. The first cut he was kind of getting a sense of what I wanted. I didn't ask for anything in particular to see what he'd do, and my hair hadn't been cut in a couple of months. I went back after a couple of weeks, was clearer about what I wanted and got things cleaned up and a great cut for a considerable discount (that I didn't ask for) given I'd just been there. My wife got him to cut style and colour her hair and she's happy with the results.
One thing, and this is petty, but I have a kid that does everything with me and it's a pain to pick a Saturday morning or whatever for haircuts and have to get him to one place and me to another. I don't want to sound like one of 'those' parents and I don't care too much about my kid's haircut, but I don't mind sinking an extra $10-$15 in a kid's cut over barber shop or mall cuts if it means saving an hour or two of running around and not having to drive somewhere. I understand why... it's money... kid's cuts don't pay as much and if your shop is good and you're booking steady, I guess you don't need to take kids... but I've gone elsewhere because of this, so you're losing some of my money on those days. Just sayin'... consider taking in kids of regular customers. You don't have to wash their hair, give them coffee or chat them up. Just tack twenty minutes on to my appointment and give me an extra hour in the park to be thankful for and I'll be back for every cut.
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