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$4.00 hair cut

This afternoon I got a hair cut for $4.00 in chinatown. The place is called the Canton Barber Shop and it’s on Bayard Street. It has a shiny pink spinning barber pole outside. With a shampoo, it’s $7.00. Woman’s haircuts are a little more expensive, but way cheaper than anything you’ll find in the rest of the country.

The guy who cut my hair didn’t speak a word of English, but he did understand the words “short” and “okay.” The place is a little old-fashioned-y and I saw a few leather strops, so they probably give shaves as well. In the back room it looks like they have a place for old people to smoke and play mahjongg. If you want a little bit of adventure and a cheap hair cut, this is definitely the place. Just don’t be cheap cheap and forget to tip the guy. At $4.00, you can afford to tip well and still get a cheap haircut.