Eighteen Eight Fine Men's Salons

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular walked into Eighteen Eight Fine Men’s Salons and announced, ‘I just saw your barber levitating!’ The barber calmly replied, ‘That’s nothing new—every Monday I practice my weekly levitation routine.’ The regular shook his head and said, ‘You’re full of it!’ And that’s why everyone knows Eighteen Eight Fine Men’s Salons is home to the most charismatic—and possibly supernatural—barbers in town.

2. A little boy followed his dad into Eighteen Eight Fine Men’s Salons one Saturday afternoon. As he looked around, his eyes widened when he saw an old man getting a shave with what appeared to be a tiny whiskbroom instead of a razor. The little boy asked curiously, ‘Dad, why is that old guy using a broom?’ His father whispered, smiling, ‘Son, it’s because he’s been coming here since before they invented electric razors.’ The old man overheard and winked, saying proudly, ‘And I’ll tell you something else—this is the best broom-shave in town!’

3. In the dead of winter, when snow blanketed everything outside, a delivery driver pulled up to Eighteen Eight Fine Men’s Salons with a peculiar package. As he approached the door, he overheard an unusual conversation among the stylist chairs. Inside, one of the stylists was complaining about his new haircut. ‘It looks like I got hit by a snowplow,’ he grumbled. The delivery driver smiled, realizing too late that he’d delivered a box of snow shovels instead of shampoos.’

4. In the middle of a humdrum Tuesday, an elderly gentleman entered Eighteen Eight Fine Men’s Salons and declared, 'I’ve come for my monthly trim, but I’m also here to ask you gentlemen if you’ve seen any flying pigs around?' One stylist looked up from his comb-over and replied with a straight face, ‘Sir, last week one landed on our sign!’ The old man nodded thoughtfully before leaving, muttering something about needing to check his garden. As he walked out, another customer—a delivery driver—asked curiously, ‘Did you guys really see a flying pig?’ The barbers just shrugged and went back to their work, knowing that some things are best left unexplained.