CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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40 | July/August 2016 business BY ERIN PESUT PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW WONDERLY A CUT ABOVE Discovering the Perfect Men's Haircut at Savages Barbershop W hen length and style and tex- ture seem to have a realm of vocabulary all of their own, how can men ask for that perfect haircut if they don't even know the right words? At Savages Barbershop & Hair Salon, where stylists cut hair for men, women and children, a red Crasman tool organizer sits at each station. On top, clippers and scissors and hair products rest on ledges. Empty Jack Daniels bottles have been up - cycled into water spritzer bottles. Adorning the far wall is a huge American flag hand- painted by Jerry Llamas, the owner who also runs the shop with his wife, Nelly. Men play with the foosball table on the black- and-white checkered floor in the middle of the barbershop and in the back, a pool table waits. e Zedd mashup of "Take Me Home" makes it seem like a party. A line of men wait in black chairs against the wall. Jerry said, "I'm military. I always need haircuts," which is why he and his wife decided to open up shop. On Yadkin Road, where Jerry counted 42 barbershops between the Fort Bragg gate and Santa Fe Drive, he still couldn't find a place to get his hair cut. "I never got that haircut that said I'm go - ing to come back. If I want it right," he said, "I'll have to do it myself." His wife agreed, but only if he put it on paper, the costs, the details and planned it all out, which Jerry did, while he was deployed in Afghanistan. In August of 2011, almost five years ago, they opened their doors. "And you know what's great about it," one of the men says, "they have beer." He holds up his small cup. And they do. If you are of age (be - cause they do check ID), Savages has beer to drink. ey switch it up every week, cycling through a small keg of Shock Top, Yuengling, Coors and Shiner Bock, among others. What else could men want? Beer, sports, America? It felt like I was in the right place to learn about the art of the manliest styles.