Fellow Barber

This may come as a surprise, but… The most anticipated sequel of the summer does not involve dinosaurs. It does, however, involve pocketknives, nine-ball and a really nice head of hair. Settle in for the second coming of Fellow Barber, the follow-up to the ever-popular Valencia Street shop, now open on Market. (Have a slideshow.) You know the Valencia shop. Lines out the door. Well-coiffed dandies everywhere. A veritable throwback to barbering’s halcyon days of straight razors, hot shaves and soul-baring conversations with the man in the mirror. Well, this one’s pretty similar to that. Only it’s housed in a century-old building and the floor tiles are repurposed bleacher boards and they’ve borrowed the bathroom door from the Oakland Public Library. So yes: they’re far more lax when it comes to the word “borrowing” here. You’ll step inside when you need to spruce up a bit. Shoot some pool or sift through some rakish goods (flasks, Filson bags, pocketknives…) while you wait. Then, when they’re ready for you, you’ll sink into a reupholstered vintage barber chair in the next room and request a haircut, a trim, a shave or their Hangover Treatment—a facial featuring hot towels and pore-relaxing oils. It’s a start, anyway.