What a barbershop should be!
Forget about Supercuts and the fancy salons. The barbers here have been cutting hair forever. If you need a haircut, shave or just want to shoot the bull, this is the place for you. They always fit you in and the experience is actually fun.
I would encourage you to join the sport, political and pop cultural banter that goes on while you are getting your hair cut. That's half the fun.
Kids are welcome and there is always a treat in the candy bucket at the end of the cut.
For the older patrons, as long as there are no kids around, you can always find the newest Playboy tucked away in a drawer in the cabinet.
I can afford a much more expensive hair cut, and have in the past, but since the day I stumbled upon Archies, about 8 years ago, I have never left.
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