Solana Beach Barbers

Elite '08

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Lee F.

Solana Beach, CA

Oh thank Buddha. I don't ever have to set foot in a SuperCuts again.

I've been looking for a real barber shop for a while. Well. To be fair I haven't so much been "looking" as "hoping I would find". It's lazier, but similar.

Anyway, I have found one. I've been in here twice for my new "close" look - #3 up top faded to #2 on the sides. The barber the first time was a bit chatty, but the second time when I arrived, there were probably 8 active cuts going on, and mercifully no one was talking. This is how you know you're in a man-friendly environment. Even though two of the barbers were women (I almost dinged a star for that), everyone knew that making small talk about the weather or about your stylist's no-good ex-husband who never really was very good with romance and always left dishes in th... oh my god, SuperCuts stylists SHUT UP!

The cut was $20 ($16 plus tip) - a little pricey for a barber shop cut, but let's face it, these guys have to pay nearly-oceanfront rent.

Most importantly - they shave the neckline. With that righteous hot lather and a nice, deadly straight-edge.

Every cut comes complete with a few minutes of odd I-refuse-to-enjoy-this-too-much homoeroticism in the form of a 5 or 10 minute scalp and shoulder massage. It's truly striking to see this manly place with no talking and simple cuts and all the interior cues from the 60s you can shake a stick at ... and then one of the customers has his eyes closed as he enjoys a manhandling.

But it does feel pretty good. Powerful hands kneading away my worries...

There's a bit of street parking in front, and a big lot in the back.

UPDATE (8/25/07): I've been here maybe 5 times so far, and twice now I've gotten chatty barbers who talk shit about their ex-wives and then about how now they're trying to choose which woman to stay with. If this becomes a regular thing, I'm gonna swipe a star away.

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