Comments on: A Clip Joint

By: YourSTLagent

YourSTLagent — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:36:55 +0000

Scott believe it or not there is a bathroom. The door looks like its part of the wall. Just enough room to sit down and then wash your hands:-) It is pretty amazing and I’m not just saying it because the owner happens to be my Dad lol

By: Dwight

Dwight — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:05:59 +0000

My dad took me to that barbershop once or twice back in the mid 1970′s. The barber’s name was Frank, and I think he had been there, cutting hair, for at least 20 to 30+ years even then.

Used to walk past it when friends and I would walk up to the McDonalds or A&W shop for a soda or ice cream cone. Frank would always wave at us kids as he was cutting hair or just sitting there reading a newspaper or magazine.

Not necessarily the best haircuts (you were better off going to Ron at Bel-Acre’s barbershop just 1/2 mile down Natural Bridge, especially if you didn’t want to get clipped super short for the summer.) but it was a neat shop and location.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:03:10 +0000

I have actually had a haircut there, I believe just prior to my beginning my enlistment in the Navy. My grandparents lived in Bel Nor for 54 years, and that area (which was best described as “humble working class”) was a great area to live in.
The barber shop looks like it should be a little building on a model railroad layout!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:02:45 +0000

So awesome. Good find, Toby.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:40:05 +0000

i worked by umsl and drove past it every day and i too thought it was pretty cool little business… however, where is the bathroom???!!

By: samizdat

samizdat — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:25:38 +0000

Ha! Interesting that Allan used a somewhat common colloquialism referring to a place where you would likely get bamboozled into leaving with significantly lighter pockets. Got a sense of humor there. Oh, and my Dog, that place is ADORABLE! Look at all that detail in such a small package: the quoins, the transom wondows, the soldiered brick wrapping (I assume) the building, the eaves. Like Debbie said, I just want to scoop it up, take it home, and plant it in my backyard.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:57:04 +0000

My grandpa took me here in 4th grade or so and I ended up with a terrible crew cut from the barber, who was about my grandpa’s age. At the time (’92 or ’93) it was Frank’s Barber Shop. The signage then was exactly the same, and I love the fact that Allan went and found someone to replicate the signs that were probably painted 50 years ago.

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:26:55 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated with this place too, Toby. It’s so small. I feel the way a kid with a clubhouse might feel. A tiny place all my own.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:25:33 +0000

Dontcha wanna just tuck this in your pocket and take it home? Great find.