About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, an elderly gentleman entered El Catrin with a peculiar request for his haircut. As he sat down, the barbershop’s mirror suddenly started whispering strange phrases in Spanish. The old man asked the barber, ‘What does it say?’ The barber shrugged and replied, ‘I don’t know, but maybe it wants us to speak Spanish today.’ They both laughed, and soon enough, the whole shop was chatting away in Spanish—even the neighbor who came in for a trim joined in. When another customer—a gruff delivery driver—walked in, everyone stopped mid-sentence. He glared at them and said, ‘¡Qué ruido!’ Then they all burst out laughing again.
2. In the early hours of one Saturday morning, a delivery driver pulled up outside El Catrin and got out of his truck. Suddenly, from inside the salon, came the sound of a violin playing classical music so beautifully that it seemed almost magical. The driver leaned in curiously but saw no one. Just as he was about to leave, an old man emerged from behind the curtain, smiling gently and bowing slightly before returning to his seat. Turns out, he was just an avuncular regular who dropped by every Saturday morning for a quiet violin concert before getting his haircut. The delivery guy chuckled and thought, ‘El Catrin must be the only place where you can get both your hair and your soul cut.’
3. In the late afternoon, a neighbor rushed into El Catrin holding a mysterious box and whispered something about ‘the perfect haircut for a storm.’ As night fell, the door creaked open, and an old delivery driver shuffled in, his eyes sparkling with mischief. 'Got your special someone’s birthday present right here,' he grinned, handing over a package wrapped in old newspaper. The owner smiled knowingly, muttering, 'Perfect timing.'
4. While getting his usual trim one day, a regular whispered to the barber, ‘I just saw someone leave El Catrin carrying something strange under their coat.’ The barber raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, ‘What did they take?’ The man leaned closer and whispered back, ‘A whole new sense of style!’ Turns out it was just another customer leaving with a brand-new haircut.