Blind Barber - NYC

[Feraud]

It's a barber shop and a bar? [huh]
Blind Barber

The Blind Barber is a return to the "Roaring Twenties". Defined by the explosion of culture and its break from tradition, the "Roaring Twenties" was a movement in creativity. The Blind Barber hopes to revive this very movement while redefining modern manhood. The concept goes well beyond just a barbershop and bar located in the East Village, but rather expands into all the realms of the modern gentleman: Fashion, Music, Lifestyle, Grooming and others.

We hope to create an identity that will cultivate personalities; a brand and place where creatives come to be inspired as well as inspire others.

Here is a NYT article on the place.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/dining/25bruni.html

With all the high-minded attention these days to which drinks suit which foods, a set of more pressing, fundamental questions about proper pairings gets lost. Does bourbon, vodka or quite possibly grain alcohol go best with a mullet, and what’s the right tonic for a buzz cut?

It was to the latter matter that my thoughts turned on a night this week at the Blind Barber, a new establishment in the East Village with a worrisome moniker but an amusing conceit: Every $40 haircut or $30 shave comes with a cocktail (or beer or wine) from an adjacent lounge in back, enabling the patron to do follicular and spiritual maintenance all at once.

 

[MrBern]

Double duty

Hmm, well Freemans SportingClub is a tailor, as well as a barber...

http://www.fscbarber.com/

Personally, I just go to Chinatown, where the barbers barely speak english & good food is a doorway down the street.

 

[Feraud]

The prices these places charge for a haircut is silly. 40 bucks for a cut?
My son goes to the barber shops up the avenue and pays 12 bucks for a cut.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Hangover treatment?

I agree. $40 is ridiculous. Most expensive joint near me is only $30. They do have hot towel shaves, though.

 

[Bustercat]

My local barbershop used to serve booze up to about a hundred years ago.
They used to do alot more than haircuts at barber shops, starting with bloodletting in ancient times. In the 1800's they were still doing tooth pulling at my shop. They'd give you drinks to numb the pain.
Now the bar area is walled off into a donut shop.

I believe the origin of the barber pole was old advertising: blood soaked strips of cloth wrapped around a marble column.