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First visit? Ask for the hot-towel finish on the house. Book a chair

Tue to Fri 9 to 7, Sat 8 to 5, Sun 10 to 3
✂️ Tony'sBarber & Shave Parlor
📞 (312) 555-0142 📅Book a chair
A quilted brown leather barber chair with white piping and chrome armrests in a dark teal barbershop, a second chair, a wash basin and lit bottle shelves behind it.

Est. 1974 · 214 Alder Street

A proper haircut, since 1974.

Three chairs on Alder Street, hot lather, a straight razor, and barbers who remember how you like it. Walk in and take a number, or book a chair and skip the wait.

📅 Book a chair 🏷️ See the price board

Open today, 9 am to 7 pm

Photo: Redd Francisco on Unsplash

  • 📅Est. 1974Same corner, same pole
  • 👥Three chairsDom, Marcus and Ines
  • 🏷️Cuts from $28Kids $18, shaves $35
  • 🚪Walk-ins welcomeOr book and skip the wait
  • 💵Cash friendlyCards and tips welcome too

The price board

Plain prices, chalked up by hand.

No mystery packages. Tell your barber what you want, pay what is on the board, and tip however the haircut made you feel.

  • Close-up of hands cutting dark hair with scissors and a black comb, seen from behind.
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    The Classic Cut

    Scissors over comb, clipper taper, hot-lather neck shave.

    $28🕒30 minBook it
  • A barber with tattooed forearms trims the back of a seated client's head with an electric clipper and a black guide comb.
    👨‍🦲

    The Skin Fade

    Zero to length, blended by hand. Bring a photo, we do not mind.

    $30🕒40 minBook it
  • A barber in a white shirt holds a straight razor to the jaw of a reclining bearded client with a towel across his chest.
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    Hot-Towel Shave

    Steam, warm lather, straight razor, two passes, cold-towel finish.

    $35🕒40 minBook it
  • A barber trimming a ginger beard with thinning scissors and a comb while the client sits under a clear cape.
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    Beard Sculpt

    Shaped to your jaw, hot towel, a line-up and a rub of cedar oil.

    $26🕒30 minBook it

Book a chair

Pick a chair and a time. We'll save your spot.

We hold your chair for ten minutes past the hour. Running late? Call the shop and we will shuffle. Prefer to just turn up? Walk-ins are always welcome, the board up top tells you the wait.

Appointment cardDraft
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What are we doing?

Pick one service. Add-ons are optional.

Add-ons

2

Who is cutting?

Anyone free gets you the soonest chair.

3

Day and time

Shops closed Mondays. Struck-through times are taken.

4

Who should we expect?

We only use this to hold your chair and text you a reminder.

Tell us who to look out for.

We need a 10-digit number to text you a reminder.

Pick a service, a day and a time to continue.

A tattooed barber in a black T-shirt lays a white hot towel over a reclining client's face in a vintage-style barbershop with framed pictures and warm lamps behind.
🧖 The towel goes on first

The Tony's shave

Forty minutes you cannot rush.

We have done it the same way since 1974, and the only thing that changed is Dom's playlist. Four steps, no shortcuts.

  1. Hot towel

    A towel steamed to about 130 degrees goes over your face for a full minute and a half. Pores open, whiskers soften, your shoulders finally drop.

    🌡️ 130°F, wrung out by hand🧖

  2. Warm lather

    Shaving soap whipped in a brass bowl and brushed on with a boar-bristle brush, against the grain first so every hair stands up for the blade.

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  3. Straight razor

    Two passes, with the grain and then across it, on a blade stropped that morning. Nothing electric, nothing rushed, nothing you will regret.

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  4. Cold towel and balm

    A cold towel to close things up, then bay rum splash and a little unscented balm. You walk out smelling like a barbershop, which is the point.

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🕒 40 minutes in the chair 🏷️ $35, towel included 📅 Book the shave

Meet the chairs

Three barbers, one rule: nobody leaves rushed.

Dom runs the shop his father opened. Marcus and Ines have been with us long enough to have their own regulars, and their own opinions about the radio.

A smiling man in a cream hat and peach shirt looks into a hand mirror in the barber chair while his barber stands behind him in a black apron.
The last step is always the hand mirror. If you do not smile, we keep going.

House rules

  • 🔇 Phones on silent during a shave. Razors and ringtones do not mix.
  • ☕ Coffee is free. Opinions about the ball game are free too.
  • 👶 Kids sit on the booster. Parents sit on the bench and relax.
  • 🤝 Tip your barber, not the jar. Cash goes straight to the chair.
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Chair 1

Dom Russo

Owner · 28 years behind the chair

If you cannot sit still for a hot towel, you are doing it wrong. I learned that from my father.
  • ✂️ Scissor cuts
  • 🧖 Straight-razor shaves
  • 🏅 Classic tapers
🕒 Next free: checking...
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Chair 2

Marcus Bell

12 years · fades and sharp line-ups

Bring the photo. Even the blurry one. I would rather get it right than guess.
  • 👨‍🦲 Skin fades
  • 🎯 Crisp line-ups
  • ⚡ Clipper work
🕒 Next free: checking...
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Chair 3

Ines Valdez

9 years · beards, kids and quiet hands

First haircut? I keep a booster seat, a lollipop, and a lot of patience behind the counter.
  • 🧔 Beard sculpting
  • 👶 Kids' first cuts
  • ❤️ Seniors' Tuesdays
🕒 Next free: checking...

The shelf

What the chairs run on, to take home.

Everything on the shelf is something we use on a customer every day. If we would not put it on a regular, it is not for sale.

Angled flat lay of an open tin of pale-yellow balm beside a chrome safety razor and two wooden-handled brushes on a grey-blue woven mat.
Balm, brush and safety razor: the start of a decent home routine.

🚚 Free shipping on orders over $45 🏪 Free pickup at the counter, ready in an hour 🛡️ Not happy? Bring it back within 30 days

Gift certificates

Give somebody a proper haircut.

Good for cuts, shaves and anything on the shelf. They never expire, and nobody needs to know what you paid.

An orange-handled shaving brush with a silvertip knot stands in front of a blurred red, white and blue barber pole.

Gift certificate

Tony's Barber & Shave Parlor

$50

For someone lucky  from a friend

“Happy birthday. Go and sit down for forty minutes, you have earned it.”

No. 0412Never expiresEst. 1974

Make it yours

Choose an amount, add a note, and we will have it ready in minutes.

$50
A classic red, white and blue barber pole with chrome caps mounted on a red brick wall.
The pole, repainted twice since 1974.
A vintage barbershop seen through a wooden doorway, with a row of green leather chairs with chrome frames on a black and white checkered floor.
Chairs one to three, floor original.
Barber tools laid out on a black towel: a red cordless clipper, a gold trimmer, scissors, a gold straight razor, a cream comb and a white-handled brush.
The kit, laid out every morning.

Since 1974

Same corner. Same pole. Three chairs.

Antonio “Tony” Russo opened the shop with nine hundred dollars, two chairs and a pole on loan from his cousin. Fifty years on, his son Dom cuts hair in the same room, the radio still plays the same station, and half the customers are the grandsons of the first ones.

  1. 1974🏪 The doors openA former shoe-repair shop at 214 Alder Street, two chairs, one mirror that does not quite hang straight.
  2. 1986👥 The third chairBought at an estate sale two towns over. It is still Chair 3, and it still creaks on the left.
  3. 1998✂️ Dom takes his licenceTwenty-two years old, three chairs, and a father who watched every single cut.
  4. 2009🔑 The keys change handsTony retires on his seventieth birthday. He still comes in on Thursdays for coffee and opinions.
  5. 2024🏅 Fifty yearsFifty years on Alder Street. The pole has been rewired once, which Dom considers a lot.

Why the red, white and blue?

  • Red🩸 Barber-surgeons once let blood.
  • White🩹 The bandages that wrapped the arm.
  • Blue💙 Added in America, for the veins.

What the chairs say

Regulars, mostly. That is the whole trick.

4.8
4.8 / 5

from 612 customer reviews

5 ★84%
4 ★12%
3 ★3%
2 ★1%
1 ★0%
✏️ Write a review

Add your name so we know who to thank.

A sentence or two helps the next customer.

Find the pole

214 Alder Street, between the bakery and the bank.

Look for the red, white and blue. Street parking is free after six, there is a lot behind the hardware store, and the 14 bus stops at our door.

A chrome-capped barber pole mounted on a grey rendered wall beside a white-painted brick pier and a black sign with white BARBERSHOP lettering above a dark shop window.
Look for the pole. It spins from open to close.
  • 📍
    Address214 Alder Street
    Brookhaven
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    Call or text(312) 555-0142
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    ParkingLot behind the hardware store, street parking free after 6 pm
  • 🚌
    TransitRoute 14 stops outside, Alder and Church
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    PaymentCash, cards and tap. Tips in cash go straight to the barber.

Hours Open now

Tuesday9 am to 7 pm
Wednesday9 am to 7 pm
Thursday9 am to 7 pm
Friday9 am to 7 pm
Saturday8 am to 5 pm
Sunday10 am to 3 pm
MondayClosed
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214 Alder Street, Brookhaven

Before you come in

Questions we get at the counter.

📅 Do I need an appointment?⌄

No. Walk-ins are always welcome, and the walk-in board at the top of this page shows the current wait. An appointment holds a chair for you, which is worth it on Fridays and Saturdays.

🕒 How long does a haircut take?⌄

A classic cut is about 30 minutes, a skin fade 40, and a hot-towel shave 40. The Full Tony (cut and shave together) is 70 minutes, and we do not watch the clock during it.

👶 Do you cut kids' hair?⌄

Every day. Kids 12 and under are $18, and that includes a booster seat, a cape with dinosaurs on it, and a lollipop. For a first haircut, ask for Ines, and bring a favourite toy.

💳 Do you take cards?⌄

Yes, cards and tap. Cash is appreciated, and tips in cash go straight to the barber who cut your hair.

🗓️ What if I need to cancel?⌄

Change or cancel up to two hours before and it costs nothing. After that, text the shop and we will sort it out. We do not charge no-show fees, we just remember.

🎁 Do gift certificates expire?⌄

Never. They work for any service and for anything on the shelf, and the balance stays on the card until it is used up.

🖼️ Can I bring a photo of the cut I want?⌄

Please do. A photo on your phone is the fastest way to avoid a conversation that begins with “a little off the sides”. Marcus especially loves a reference.

📞 Still wondering? Call the shop on (312) 555-0142

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