This T.J. Saks, as we like to call it in our circle, has great housewares, shoes, luggage and women's separates. Best Old School Bank Columbia Savings still has passbooks, and their staff's personal attention is noticeable. They know who you are even when you call on the phone. 411 Ludlow Ave. For the three of us who saw Joe's Bed-Stuy Barber Shop, We Cut Heads, Spike Lee's student film and senior thesis, walking into Sonny's Barber Shop is very much liking walking onto the set of that film.
Haircuts are sometimes an afterthought.
Sonny's chair is closest to the rear door so he can watch all the goings on. To some he's known as the Sultan of Shag and to others he's more reverently referred to as the High Priest of Hair Beauty Orthodoxy. Nasser knows so much about hair and tells you with such bravado that you're hesitant to question his authority. And you're willing to let him do whatever he thinks is the best for your hair. Apparently, it's the Shag-way or the highway for Nasser.