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Avenue Hair
Categories: Beauty and Spas Barbers Beauty and Spas Tanning Barbers, Tanning [Edit]
919 Chicago Ave(between Main St & Lee St)
Evanston, IL 60202
(847) 475-9115
- Nearest Transit:
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Main (Purple Line)
South Boulevard (Purple Line)
Dempster (Purple Line)
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
Sat 8:30 am - 5 pm
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- By Appointment Only:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
5 reviews for Avenue Hair
5 reviews in English
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Review from Adrianna A.
Evanston, IL
2/4/2010
I've never had a hair stylist before. I've always gone to great clips and got the cheap cut. Well I got what I paid for there and when I moved to Evanston about three years ago, I gave this place a try.
At first I tried a few different people until one day I met Kristina. I told her what I tell everyone (having gone in with my hair as it usually is) that this is what I have to work with, I need something low maintenance, and I don't know how to do anything but blow my hair dry without any styling. I wanted something with layers that would look good on me and I wanted it long. Well she took a good look and then started in. She dared me to do some long bangs and we gave it a try. Then, as she dried my hair she showed me and told me what to do so I could make my hair as nice as it looked when she did it. Well it worked.
The haircut came out awesome and I now know how to make my hair look good every day. I think its the little things like the friendly talk and how they remember what's going on in your life and how they really want you to be happy with your cut.
Either way I haven't gone to anyone else since. -
Review from Kelly H.
Evanston, IL
7/11/2010
This was our first experience here:
We tried Avenue Hair for our toddlers on Saturday. Its a sort of salon meets old school barber shop - we really enjoyed the ambience. They are GREAT with kids! They had several stylists available at once so our boys were able to get their hair cut at the same time. The stylists were very patient with them and didn't just give them the standard "boy cut" that you get at some children's salons. They also have a little playroom area at the back of the salon where kids can play while you get your hair cut. Awesome. And the price was great. Also - lollipops for the kids on the way out! The only thing you have to remember is that they are cash only. (they will accept checks in a pinch, but they don't prefer them) We'll be back!
And this was our second experience here:
Awful. When we arrived for our children's haircuts they kept insisting that my husband also had an appointment - he didn't. He tried to clear this up on the phone a few days prior but for some reason they just didn't get it. They sat our VERY tall toddler on a baby seat in order to better reach his hair (makes sense, right?). And they sat our much shorter 2 year old on the bottom of the seat where they could hardly get to his head at all. (should have stopped it right there). The stylist for the two year old kept asking if this was his first haircut. It wasn't. I tried to be pretty specific with the style that we wanted for his hair (he has a lot of hair) and she cut literally the hair on the right side of his head - and NOT the hair on the left! Or in the back!!! I kept trying to look at him to see if things looked even and I couldn't really tell at first and they were so busy that we really felt we had to grab our kids and run out the door. With our older toddler - they just did a "bad job" - his bangs are very uneven - the sides of his head were not trimmed at all, the back was not thinned out. So - now - we have to go have their haircuts fixed by someone else. I'm so upset because I'm spending twice the money just for kids haircuts when they at first only needed a trim. Honestly the haircuts were SO awful we're a bit afraid to go back - so we're not. There is a lovely barber shop around the corner that my husband has been going to for most of a year now and we're going there. Its not as "kid-friendly" no, but they do a great job with hair. I'll Yelp them next.
Two stars (instead of one) because we had 1 good haircut there and 1 super bad one. -
Review from Larz F.
Evanston, IL
6/20/2008
We've been regulars for several years and most customers are long timers - so are most of the stylists. That tells me that these people know what they're doing. One of the things I love most about Evanston are these great small businesses that do a fantastic job and the community goes out of its way to support them.
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Review from Chris W.
Chicago, IL
3/8/2009
I used to get my hair cut here a lot until I started getting more artsy cuts and no matter my instruction I couldn't get anyone at Avenue to do anything too risky. Still, they're nice people for normal cuts including layers and stuff. They do GREAT mens cuts and very nice little kid cuts. I would not go here for a special occasion updo and their coloring is hit or miss. They're hardcore Northwestern Wildcat fans so expect some kind of game on their TV. They're definatley family friendly and if you like them you'll end up having a great relationship with them.
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Review from Mark T.
Chicago, IL
9/2/2009
I went to them for years and stopped going a couple years ago after moving to Naperville. John's great and they've always done an excellent job.
