Sunset Profile: New Barber Lounge Creates “Third Place”

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Meet Joey Snip. He opened Avenues Barber Lounge to fill the “third place” between work and home, where a haircut inspires conversation and builds community. 

Joey says there’s so much more to his craft than being named Snip: “Barbering is an art form.” Joey calls his shop a lounge, “because we want people to be comfortable being here.”

Both are true at the corner of Taraval and 19th Avenue.

Joey Snip (left) with his Avenues Barber Lounge staff.

Joey Snip.

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