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GQ - GENTLEMEN’S QUARTERS 127-10 ATLANTIC AVENUE RICHMOND HILL
This barbershop combines an unlikely pair: haircuts and tattoos. With outlandish haircut designs ranging from a picture of Lebron James to a Transformer, there is nothing the barbers at GQ can’t do. Feeling some color? Just ask the barber to give you a hot pink mohawk joined with eccentric lines on either side in turquoise. Doubling as both a barber and a tattoo artist, part owner Truth can couple that new do with a new tattoo. Opening the barbershop two years ago, Truth, who has been a barber and tattoo artist for 30 years, said tattoos weren’t originally in the plan, but later on it was decided to add that side of the business.
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QUEENS FINEST 77-20 QUEENS BOULEVARD ELMHURST
When you want to open up a barbershop in a place that’s out of the box and will be sure to wow everyone, what do you do? If your Queen’s Finest owner Mikki Azacon, you open up your barbershop inside an automotive shop. “It’s different and it’s something no one’s done before,” said Azacon. The barbershop, which offers haircuts for anyone ranging from little kids to old men, also doubles as a brand that offers a clothing line. Azacon said his goal is to keep Queens on the map. The barbershop’s customers have been spotted all over the country repping the city in his clothing. www.itsqueens.com Fall 2015 • 33