After spending way too much on my hair cuts over the past few years at salons, I decided to go for the first time into a barber shop with the candy-twirling cylindrical thingy out front. I had visions of old men getting their ear hair trimmed and getting their sides slicked down with Brylcreem.
Well, this family-run place has its fair share of old men, but all the barbers have been cutting hair for a good number of years. This place has weathered the Old Town recession because of good prices, friendly barbers, and decent cuts. Although they are slowly changing the interior to be more sports-ish (they already have a few TVs on ESPN all the time), they still have the requisite late 80's male hair portraits (which give an uncomfortable gay-man is watching me vibe). A few of the barbers give excellent shaves. While two women of the family work there, they are also good at what they do. My only wish for this place is that they get a few more bigger flat screens and take down those hair portraits because I have yet to witness a dude walking in and point up at the wavy hair of the guy in a popped up collar pink shirt and say "that's how I want my hair".
***Cash Only***