Benny's Barber Shop on 5th

5th Ave and ?

I've gotten two haircuts there. The cuts have been good, but I really dislike that they have the TV on the whole time, and my barber took repeated calls while cutting my hair. The bottom line, yes, the cuts were fine, but the atmosphere wasn't all that professional, so I was left with more mixed feelings about it than I had hoped.

i would second j0518's plug for benny's. cut is good and affordable and quick. the guys there work hard and they deserve to succeed. and here's a plug for their plasma tvs, too.

Benny's just opened a few months ago, what all the fuss about it going under?

And the line about selling drugs is absurd and offensive. The place has bright signage and an obvious "bran spankin new look" to it. How could anyone mistake it for a drug shop :roll:

If you want to support our old barbershops then there are plenty on 4th and further down on 5th ave that have been here longer and have a base of locals that have been going there for years. If Benny's is good, it will stay and survive. Good luck to them.

Brooklyn Baby Daddy represents everything that is wrong with Park Slope. Count me as one of the people who would rather hang out with real Brooklynites who were here back before every over-30's man was pushing a gigantic titanium baby stroller down 5th Ave. Places like Chandelier were created for pissy people like this. I guess if you pay 5 times the price you'll enjoy your haircut more even if it comes out worse. How did Brooklyn get to this point?!?

Yes!!
I'm glad this thread was resurrected. Papi Chulo just went there for the second time so far and had a really good cut. I mean really good!! Some back ground so you can understand why I'm so excited about this place. First, he's been to all the $10 buck old man barbershops around here and his lovely hair has been chopped up and pruned badly by them all. I even sent him to Greenpoint to that Rockabilly barbershop, thinking that might be a better fit and they gave him a military cut (as in he left with almost no hair and needed to wear a hat for a month).

This place listened to him and was cheap. He refuses to go to a real salon (he insists on these neighborly barbershops) so this will be his go to place from now on.

Mamacita wrote: Yes!!
I'm glad this thread was resurrected. Papi Chulo just went there for the second time so far and had a really good cut. I mean really good!! Some back ground so you can understand why I'm so excited about this place. First, he's been to all the $10 buck old man barbershops around here and his lovely hair has been chopped up and pruned badly by them all. I even sent him to Greenpoint to that Rockabilly barbershop, thinking that might be a better fit and they gave him a military cut (as in he left with almost no hair and needed to wear a hat for a month).

This place listened to him and was cheap. He refuses to go to a real salon (he insists on these neighborly barbershops) so this will be his go to place from now on.

OK, you just made me feel better mama. I am not into my youngest getting those typical chopped up little boy hair cuts, we like his hair longer and usually when we go to a barber, they don't listen and just do the normal little boy haircut which we hate. Will definitely check out Benny's next time

Been here three times, and had a good haircut every time.

Obamanut wrote: What do you want him to do, recite motivational rhetoric to you while you're in the chair while classical music plays in the background? How about hypnotherapy?

"You are receiving my undivided attention, Brooklyn Baby Daddy. I am in this moment right now only for you."

Jeez, for a $12 haircut I don't care if he does it while sleepwalking as long as it comes out looking good. Not to mention, many people like the TV on while they're getting a haircut. And who cares about a barber shop's 'decor,' as long as it's clean?

Guess some people just need more attention in life?

And

TimmyTheTiger wrote: Brooklyn Baby Daddy represents everything that is wrong with Park Slope. Count me as one of the people who would rather hang out with real Brooklynites who were here back before every over-30's man was pushing a gigantic titanium baby stroller down 5th Ave. Places like Chandelier were created for pissy people like this. I guess if you pay 5 times the price you'll enjoy your haircut more even if it comes out worse. How did Brooklyn get to this point?!?

Zing! Okay, I guess I will try to explain. A long time ago I read "Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." In it there is a passage that really stuck with me. He goes to get his motorcycle repaired and in the garage the mechanics are screwing around, and listening to really loud music and not concentrating on their jobs. This bugged him because he thought the mechanic should have concentration on his work.

That stuck with me. I like the idea of someone concentrating on my hair when they give me a haircut, not taking calls. I would like the same thing if they're working on my car or motorbike if I had one. I guess I'm weird. I don't need more attention, at least any more than anyone else here, but I do like it when my hair gets attention when getting a cut. To be fair the cuts turned out fine, but I didn't love the experience. I guess I'm nuts.

As for me being everything that's wrong with Park Slope, I am uncomfortable taking so much credit. I am sure there are many, many people who helped ruin Park Slope before I got here in 2004. And I no longer live in the 'Slope anyway, not that I don't miss it. I loved it, but we moved because we got priced out.

And I am very offended that you attacked my stroller. It's not titanium. It's platinum. Please apologize.

Subject: Another view

Been there twice. The first time came out feeling really positive about the haircut, thought they did a great job. The second time, an older gentleman cut my hair and it was the worst cut I've gotten in a very long time. I couldn't tell at first because he poofed out the front so that I looked like a successful 50-year old Eastern European businessman - not a put down on 50-year old Eastern European businessmen, but that wasn't the look I was going for. I figured it would be fine once I combed it out but it wasn't - not at all.
Avoid the older gentleman!!!!

Brooklyn Baby Daddy wrote: Zing! Okay, I guess I will try to explain. A long time ago I read "Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." In it there is a passage that really stuck with me. He goes to get his motorcycle repaired and in the garage the mechanics are screwing around, and listening to really loud music and not concentrating on their jobs. This bugged him because he thought the mechanic should have concentration on his work.

That stuck with me. I like the idea of someone concentrating on my hair when they give me a haircut, not taking calls. I would like the same thing if they're working on my car or motorbike if I had one. I guess I'm weird. I don't need more attention, at least any more than anyone else here, but I do like it when my hair gets attention when getting a cut. To be fair the cuts turned out fine, but I didn't love the experience. I guess I'm nuts.

Maybe this place would offer more of the experience you're looking for (be sure to read the first 3 comments):
http://local.yahoo.com/info-21379565-cardinal-barber-shop-palo-alto

OK, does anyone have a phone number for this place? Youngest child needs a haircut and I want to check them out but need to know their hours, etc.. Thanks

J0518 wrote: don't know the phone number, but i was there yesterday and noted that they keep pretty standard barber shop hours.

I have no idea what pretty standard barber shop hours are, but, I will figure it out, thanks.