Mi Gente Barbershop

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when most barbershops were quiet, Mi Gente Barbershop buzzed with an unusual customer. A delivery driver, always in a hurry, started dropping off packages right inside the shop. Soon, everyone noticed that every package contained nothing but tiny bags of coffee beans. Soon enough, the whole neighborhood was waking up to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafting from Mi Gente Barbershop. Word spread like wildfire—people stopped by just for the free morning pick-me-up. The delivery driver became a local hero, and even though no one knew his real identity, everyone called him ‘Mr. Coffee.’

2. At closing time, when everyone else had left, a delivery driver pulled up to Mi Gente Barbershop and asked the owner, ‘Do you take tips in kind?’ The owner grinned mischievously. 'Why, of course!' he replied. The delivery driver smiled back, climbed out of his truck, and handed over a freshly baked pie from the local bakery. From then on, whenever anyone needed a haircut or a slice of pie, they knew exactly where to go.

3. At closing time, when everyone else had left, a delivery driver pulled up to the shop and asked the owner if he could leave his package inside. The owner nodded, but then noticed something odd—every day, the same delivery driver arrived wearing different hats, each more colorful than the last. Finally, one day the owner couldn’t resist asking why the driver changed hats every visit. With a twinkle in his eye, the driver replied, ‘It’s my little way of saying thanks for always letting me park here.’ Turned out, Mi Gente Barbershop was the only place on the block that allowed him to unload packages without getting ticketed.

4. At closing time, when everyone else had left, a delivery driver pulled up to the barbershop and noticed something odd on the backseat of his truck—a strange package wrapped in brown paper. Curious, he opened it to find… nothing but an old newspaper clipping about vintage barbershops. Turns out, it was just another prank from the neighborhood kids. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking, ‘Next time I’ll check before opening anything!’