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Charles Barber Shop
Category: Beauty and Spas Barbers Barbers [Edit]
3307 Cambie StVancouver, BC V5Z 2W6
Neighbourhoods: South Cambie, Riley Park
(604) 250-8828
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- By Appointment Only:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
2 reviews for Charles Barber Shop
2 reviews in English
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Review from Evan D.
Vancouver, BC
8/7/2010 1 Check-in Here
Wedged onto the corner of the building that houses Stella's Tap and Tapas (formerly the Tomato Cafe), this barbershop is a throwback to the places my dad used to take me in the 60's. Charles (that is the name of the place and what the customers call him but I'm not sure if that is actually his name) doesn't speak much. He will glance and you when it is your turn to come up to the chair and then will begin to cut. If he doesn't remember you, he might ask you if you want it short (vs a trim) but uttering a one-word sentence "Short"?. Don't bother to describe how you would like the back or the front... this will fall on deaf ears. He will give you the shorter version of the haircut that you already have. If you don't like your current cut, then go some place to get it styled, then visit Charles when it grows out.
The magazine rack is full of National Geographics. He has two tiny tube TV's which usually run pirated nature documentaries and sometimes a cartoon. His friend who owns a business down the block, hangs out for most of the day and chats.
If you show up when he is watering the plants in the morning, or eating his sandwich at lunch, you will wait until he is done.
The above may sound like a criticism, but it isn't. This guy is part of a dying breed of old barbershops. -
Review from dZilla T.
Vancouver, BC
6/18/2011
Great small barber shop, right on the corner of where Stella's used to be. (Now called Biercraft).... Quick cut no complaints. The barber is not the most talkative person but I feel uncomfortable talking to my barber about things I am not interested in, nor is he. I've never been there when he was eating a sandwich, or watering his plants, so I've never had to wait. Other then waiting for him to cut someone else's hair, but guess what he's in there by himself (every time I've went) and he can eat a sammich. 14$ gets you a hair cut.
