In Tandem & West

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while waiting for her usual appointment, Alice overheard a regular muttering under his breath: ‘Why does it always rain on Mondays?’ The next day, she noticed an umbrella leaning against the counter—left behind by someone who never showed up again. That week, another customer—a delivery driver—joked that maybe the place had a secret weather control machine. Alice smiled and said, 'No, just a sign saying “Closed” in invisible ink.' Everyone laughed, and from then on, whenever it rained on Monday, they’d joke about the mysterious umbrella.

2. One day, while waiting for her turn in In Tandem & West salon, a regular noticed something peculiar on the counter—a tiny pair of scissors wrapped in an old newspaper clipping from the 1980s. Curious, she picked it up and read aloud: ‘Best Haircut in Town’—with a phone number from back then. Suddenly, a delivery driver walked in, looked around, and said, “That’s my mom’s old clipping!” Turned out he’d been getting his haircuts there since childhood. Everyone laughed, and they all had a free drink as thanks.

3. While sipping coffee and flipping through magazines one quiet morning, a neighbor noticed something peculiar happening outside the window. Curious, she peered closer and saw a delivery driver trying to braid his own beard while humming along to some old tune. A regular passing by stopped to offer advice on parting techniques, creating quite the impromptu salon scene. With laughter filling the air, it turned out that In Tandem & West had opened its doors for business—just not in the way anyone expected.

4. While sipping coffee and flipping through magazines one quiet morning, a neighbor noticed an odd humming coming from inside the salon. The humming grew louder, like an excited child on Christmas morning. Curious, the neighbor peeked inside and saw only a stylist gently massaging shampoo into a client’s scalp—while listening to her favorite podcast. Turns out, it was just another day at In Tandem & West, where even the background noise had its own rhythm.