About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At midnight, when the streets of New York were quiet, a soft voice came over Tao’s beauty salon intercom: ‘Your hair is calling you.’ The next morning, customers found their hair styled in mysterious ways—always charmingly so. One day, an artist walked in and asked for his usual style. Next morning, he found himself transformed into a living Van Gogh painting—his beard was now a vibrant sunflower field! A delivery driver later arrived with his hair styled like a pizza, complete with cheese swirls. When questioned, Tao simply smiled and said, 'Sometimes, your hair just needs a little extra spice.'
2. In the early hours of dawn, a delivery driver pulled up outside Tao’s, puzzled by an unfamiliar scent wafting through the air. Curious, he peered inside and saw only a dimly lit room filled with exotic candles and soft music. Suddenly, a voice from behind said, ‘Welcome, my friend. Just another day at Tao’s.’ Turning around, he found himself face-to-face with a smiling masseuse who explained it was just their special morning aromatherapy session for regulars. The delivery driver left, shaking his head but grinning, wondering if everyone else had received such a unique wake-up call.
3. In the late afternoon, as customers streamed into Tao’s for their weekly treatments, an elderly gentleman approached the counter and whispered, ‘Did you know that every Tuesday at exactly three o’clock, the walls here start humming like bees?’ The receptionist smiled mysteriously and replied, 'Oh yes, Mr. Lee always comes in on those days.' A few minutes later, a delivery driver walked in, adjusting his glasses and saying, 'Hey, I heard something buzzing too!' Turns out it was just the air conditioning kicking in—another urban legend debunked, but with a smile.
4. At closing time, when the last customer had left, a soft humming started coming from behind the closed doors of Tao’s. The neighbors began noticing it every night, growing louder and more insistent until one morning they dared knock.} Finally, someone from the city council knocked on the door. A sleepy-looking manager opened up, only to discover that the noise was just an ancient hairdryer from the nineties, abandoned in the basement by a regular years ago. Since then, Tao’s has become famous for its vintage hair appliances—all now meticulously restored—and the neighborhood never complains anymore.