Gold Winner Robyn Ingraham, Sailor Bup’s Barbershop Silver Winner Phat Luong, Phat’s Barber Shop Bronze Winner Jeremy Naugler, Oddfellows Barbershop “I guess what I’ve been working towards with my career is giving people an experience more than service—making them comfortable, training myself with new ways to do haircuts so they grow out properly so they […]
Phat’s Barber Shop
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Gold Winner Phat’s Barber Shop Silver Winner Sailor Bup’s Barbershop, downtown Bronze Winner Oddfellows Barbershop On Saturday mornings, the lineup at Phat’s Barber Shop often spills out the door. Amid the rise in beard-butter-bro-barbers, Phat’s has managed to keep things simple. Each evening the place gets swept, sometimes a day’s work catches the wind and […]
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Gold Winner Phat Luong, Phat’s Barbershop Silver Winner Jeremy Naugler, Oddfellows Barbershop Bronze Winner Ashley Hawkes, Lucky Cat Barbershop Try to avoid a conversation once you walk into Phat Luong’s barbershop. You’re in for a fight if you don’t like talking. Luong dances a fine line between hairstylist, stand-up comic, therapist and life coach. His […]
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Gold Winner Phat’s Barbershop Silver Winner Sailor Bup’s Barbershop, downtown Bronze Winner Lucky Cat Barbershop Even with the rise of trendy old-school barber shops, the kind that wrings together straight-razor nostalgia with iPad payment options, it’s Phat Luong who once again reigns supreme over Halifax’s clipper competition. There’s nothing inauthentic about Phat’s Barbershop on Windsor […]
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Gold Winner Phat Luong, Phat’s Barber Shop Silver Winner Jeremy Naugler, Sailor Bup’s Barbershop, Dartmouth Bronze Winner Robyn Ingraham, Sailor Bup’s Barbershop, downtown Phat Luong is the owner of the little barber shop that could. The tiny place on Windsor Street may not look like much from the outside, but Luong keeps his loyal customers […]
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Gold Winner Joel Martell, Oddfellows Barbershop Silver Winner Rob Oxner, Saint Lou’s Gentlemen’s Barbershop Bronze Winner Phat Luong, Phat’s Barber Shop “Honestly, when I opened the shop, winning Best Barber in Halifax was in my three-year business plan,” says Joel Martell. “And I hit it on the first year, so you can imagine how stoked […]
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Gold Winner Phat Luong, Phat’s Barber Shop Silver Winner Rob Oxner, Saint Lou’s Gentlemen’s Barber Shop Bronze Winner Michael Phillips, One Block Barbershop It’s a repeat of last year’s winners’ circle: Phat’s on top, followed by Saint Lou’s and One Block. Are Haligonians falling into habitual hair cutting, er, habits? Well, why not? Phat reliably […]
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Gold Winner Phat Luong, Phat’s Barber Shop Silver Winner Rob Oxner, Saint Lou’s Gentlemen’s Barber Shop Bronze Winner Michael Phillips, One Block Barbershop Phat’s lousy haircuts are so good that he guarantees they’ll get his customers laid, or their money back. No one’s ever asked for a refund, so there must be something to it. […]
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Cash mob for Phat
For the last year or so, it seems like someone has been out to get Phat Luong. This Friday, many more people will be coming out to help. Luong, the owner of Phat’s Barber Shop (2170 Windsor Street, 423-6596) has been the victim of repeated vandalism. The most recent case resulted in an oil spill […]
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Vandals target Windsor Street barber
It was just around this time last year that vandals broke the front window of Phat Luong‘s barber shop (2170 Windsor Street, 423-6596). Then it happened again in early March, 2011. The first instances of vandalism to his business in the 14 years he had owned it, happening in such a short period, inspired Luong […]
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Gold Winner Phat Luong, Phat’s Barber Shop Silver Winner Clifford MacKay, King’s Krown Bronze Winner Leroy Bennett, Bennett’s Barbershop Sixteen bucks. No appointments, no shampoos. It’s just Phat Luong, armed with scissors, clippers and personality, offering a humble service. Like it says on the sign in the small Windsor Street shop: The best lousy haircut […]
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Vandals target Phat’s
If you’ve been thinking of getting a haircut in the coming weeks and are uncertain where to go, consider the Best of Halifax-winning Best Barber Phat Luong’s place (2170 Windsor Street, 423-6596). He could use an influx of cash at the moment. The large glass window of his establishment was broken by vandals back in December, just before the holidays. “A great Christmas present for Phat,” he says, ruefully. But in the 14 years he’s owned the business, he’d never had such a thing happen, and wasn’t expecting it to happen again anytime soon. But then, this past Friday evening,