Anyone have a go to place for haircuts in Des Moines? -preferably downtown
The South side Great Clips aren't cutting it anymore.
The South side Great Clips aren't cutting it anymore.
Des Moines Haircut
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Roosevelt barber shop. It's in the Roosevelt shops on 42nd right off 235. Ask for Bob or Truc. I've also heard good things about universal cuts just west of the intersection of Polk blvd and university.
Franklin Plaza Barber Shop. Free beers while you wait. Wait can be pretty long depending when you go though.
Do you ever go and drink beer and then get up and leave because the wait is taking too long?
Skywalk Barbering, which is on the skywalk next to Something Italian, in the Kirkwood building on 4th and Walnut. Dewy and Jake are both very good. No beer while you wait, but they do have Playboy!
I go to Dave's over next to Drake (1445 29th St) and I think he does a really good job. Doesn't have beer or playboy though.
Second Skywalk Barbaring. Been going there for years. The guys are younger and fun to BS with and they do a great job cutting hair. $15 bucks a cut (it might be $17 now). They do a lot of walk-ins, but you can make an appoint to if you need to.
Yeah...quite emasculating yourself going to Great Clips, Cost Cutters . etc. sitting next to little Johnny waiting for his cut.
Two questions:
Cash only or do they take a card?
When you say long wait....lets say I dropped in at 4:30 on a weekday....are we talking 20 mins? 60 mins? Eternity?
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It's funny you say that. Years ago my English 314 teacher at ISU said that one of the highlights of is career was getting an article published in Playboy. He brought in a Playboy framed "linen paper" article to show us all.
I prefer Sport Clips these days. Used to go to Great Clips but depending on the day and location sometimes I would get a good cut and others I would be disappointed in. I'm not even picky about my cut either, keep it simple short on the sides and finger length up top and blend it in with the sides and it's a very simple clean cut yet amazed how some stylists still can find a way to make it look bad. Plus some of those Great Clips stylists were nasty smell like they smoked a pack of cigs already today types that wasn't pleasant to breathe near while they cut your hair.
Whenever I've had an emergency and needed a quick cut and go there, I find out there are from:
I dunno, carving the Des Moines skyline into the back of your head might look childish or out of style.
Cash. If you dropped in at 4:30 on a weekday they are probably already closed. This place is exclusive. I used to go there before I decided to stop getting haircuts.
Form Salon. 6779 Hickman Road in Des Moines. The stylists are nice and you get complimentary drinks during your cut.
Found an article on DM Juice:
http://archive.dmjuice.com/yp-spotlight-punk-rocker-finds-calling-in-barbers-chair/
Looks like they also do straight razor shaves. I'm definitely going in...probably on saturday. Recommended show up time?