{"id":6,"date":"2026-04-29T16:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/oak-st\/home-2-corner-shop\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:47:59","slug":"home-2-corner-shop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/oak-st\/home-2-corner-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Home 2 \u2014 Corner Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Corner at Oak & 4th \u00b7 Since 1986<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Walk in.
Sit down.
Act like a regular.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Three barbers, six chairs, a pot of diner coffee on the back counter. No appointments, no apps, no awkward small-talk. You point at the chalkboard and we get to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u25cf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open now \u00b7 2 chairs free<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Est. wait \u00b7 15 min<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Corner<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Pinned on the Chalkboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Menu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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Regular Cut<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$28<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kid's Cut (under 10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$18<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Senior Cut (65+)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Beard Trim<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hot Lather Shave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$32<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cut + Beard + Coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$38<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cash \u00b7 card \u00b7 we trust your IOU if we know your face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The Story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty-nine years at the same corner.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pete opened the shop in the spring of 1986 with a secondhand chair and a handshake from the landlord. The neighborhood was quieter then \u2014 no coffee shops, no yoga studios, one bank. He cut hair for the postman, the high-school teacher, and the cop on the beat for twenty-six dollars. The coffee pot was electric, the same one is still on the back counter, occasionally plugged in when someone remembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pete retired in 2019 and passed the shears to his nephew Dom. The rent went up, the coffee got worse, the chairs are the same. Dom added one rule: if the same kid has been coming since kindergarten, the first cut after prom is on the house. It is printed in Sharpie, taped above the mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do not have a website logo, we do not have a mission statement, and we do not have a signature drink. We have a chalkboard, a tin of butterscotch candy by the register, and thirty-nine years of muscle memory. That has been enough so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Regulars Wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty-three people who kept showing up.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“I came in for a cut before my wedding in 1994. Dom still asks about her.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frank \u00b7 31 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“First cut at six, graduation trim at eighteen, a buzz before deployment. Same chair.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reggie \u00b7 since 1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“They still keep a tin of butterscotch candy on the counter for me. I am forty-seven.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leon \u00b7 34 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\u2702<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taped to the Mirror<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The bulletin \u2014 this month.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n