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Best Barber Shops in Chicago, IL

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Our goal is to connect people with the best local professionals. We scored Chicago barber shops on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analyzed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best.

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2881 North Elston Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618

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Google
4.0 (163)
Yelp
5.0 (159)

Why choose this provider?

Pete's Barbershop is a barbershop that serves clients from Chicago. The shop offers a variety of services, including haircuts, beard trims, head shaves, and neck trims. Pete's Barbershop has been providing its services to the community since June 2011. The business is owned by Pete Huels, a professional barber who is also licensed in cosmetology. His team of barbers, which consists of Kristen Clackum and Johnny Lopez, has a combined experience of more than 15 years.

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1339 North Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60610

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4.0 (144)

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Old Town Barbershop has been serving clients in Chicago since 2012. It specializes in providing men’s haircuts, shampooing, hot lather neck shaves, and beard trims. The barbershop also represents several brands, such as Layrite Fine Grooming Products, Reuzel, Paul Mitchell, and Tea Tree. To achieve a contemporary vibe, owner Jamie Rutledge and her brother have renovated the barbershop while maintaining the legacy developed by its former owners. Jamie and Jeff are familiar with traditional and current hairstyles.

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2912 1/2 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659

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4.0 (87)

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Style Zone is a barbershop operating in Chicago. It offers a wide range of services for all hair types haircuts, beard trim, hydrotherapy bald treatment, thermal scrub, and Alaskan mask facial. Its owner, L.A. Williams, conducts one-on-one styling sessions with clients and provides consultations to determine their needs and preferences. With 30 years of industry experience as a cosmetologist, he also specializes in advanced barber systems such as color enhancement, ingrown hair extraction, and keloids nuchae therapy treatment.

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3218 West Montrose Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618

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Google
5.0 (130)
Yelp
5.0 (45)

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Located in Chicago, Frank's Barber Shop has been serving clients in the city since 1972. It offers to cut and style various lengths of hair, from shoulder-length to short hair, of adults and children. Its options include buzz cuts, shaves, pompadours, and side trims. The barbers at the shop also cut and style beards and mustaches. For clients awaiting their appointments, Frank's Barber Shop provides them with complimentary craft beers. It also has multiple beard oils, neck strips, and towels available for each session.

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4314 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60641

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4.0 (82)
Facebook
5.0 (22)
Yelp
4.5 (22)

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Kempt Barber Shop is a grooming business that serves clients in Chicago. It offers men's haircuts, boy's haircuts, beard trims, and shaves. All haircuts at Kempt Barber Shop come with a hot lather neck shave. The business was established by Lloyd Holder, who has a true respect for the profession of barbering. He likes music, bass guitars, and motorcycles, as seen in the barbershop. His colleague, Nic Dulin, also loves music and has been providing hair cutting services for 10 years.

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1845 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647

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5.0 (84)

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Black River Barbershop offers Chicago clients an array of services that blend cosmetology and traditional barbershop techniques. These services include haircuts, kids' cuts, buzz cuts, and beard trims. It also offers a combination of haircut and beard trim packages. Additional amenities, such as cold drinks, are available in-shop as well. Black River Barbershop and its barbers are dedicated to keeping updated on current trends in hairstyles and techniques on how to handle different hair lengths and textures.

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443 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654

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Google
4.6 (313)
Yelp
3.0 (13)
Facebook
5.0 (1)

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Goodman's Barber Lounge is a full-service barbershop that has been serving the residents of Chicago and its neighboring communities for two years. It specializes in high-end grooming services, including haircuts, straight razor shaves, beard trims, and head shaves. In addition, it offers facials, manicures, pedicures, scalp treatments, and shoe shining. The company has its own line of grooming products, such as pomades, clays, shaping pastes, texture sprays, and styling creams. Its clients commend the shop's calming spa-type ambiance.

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2860 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60657

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4.0 (304)
Yelp
4.0 (186)

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Gabby's Barber Shop in Chicago is a barbershop that serves customers in the metro and the neighboring communities. The shop provides haircuts with hot lather neck shave, haircuts with a beard trim, beard trim, bald fade cut, and bald face cut with a beard trim. Clients can now use the Booksy application to book an appointment. Gabby's Barber Shop has been in the heart of Lakeview for over 60 years. The business has been in its location since the mid-1980s.

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558 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60607

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Yelp
4.6 (54)

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Exec Barber is a Chicago-based barbershop providing versatile grooming services. It was founded by Steve Duroseau, who began his career and gained extensive experience in grooming in Miami. He has his own grooming style called "The Executive Approach," characterized by professional and personalized grooming. His principle is to treat each client like an executive and raise the standards of their grooming experience. The company specializes in the use of the Duro Dragon's Blood grooming product line.

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1632 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647

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4.0 (331)

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V's Barbershop of Chicago Wicker Park Bucktown provides barbering services to clients across the Chicago metro and nearby areas. The company offers hair care services, including beard and mustache trimming, shaving, and haircuts. It also has specific hair services for grooms and groomsmen. Additionally, the company features accessory and gift products from haircare brands like Jack Black, Uppercut, Oster, American Crew, and Suavecito. It also sells hair-themed stickers and other merchandise. The company's founder and CEO, Jim Valenzuela, established the company in 1999.

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149 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654

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Google
5.0 (98)

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Levant Barber Shop is a hairdressing salon that serves clients in the Chicago area. It provides a range of hair services, which include bald fade cut, business cut, razor beard trim, and straight razor shave. In addition, the company also offers nose wax hair removal, eyebrow threading, and head shaving services. Its staff receives continuing education to stay abreast of the latest hairstyles, trends, and techniques. One of its barbers, Adam, has been in the industry for over 17 years.

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2307 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647

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Google
5.0 (174)
Yelp
4.4 (19)

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Blue Line Barbers offers hair cutting services to clients in Chicago. Its owner and barber, Jose Alicea, is a Logan Square native specializing in shear and clipper work for several hair types. He offers haircut, beard trim, razor cleanup, edging, and hot lather shaves with hot towels. His co-barber, Marco Ortiz, has been a barber for over 25 years and has attended various hair and fashion shows. Blue Line Barbers offers haircutting for kids as well.

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Compare our Top Barber Shops

NameExpertise RatingAddressPromotionsLearn more
Pete's Barbershop
2881 North Elston Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618
Old Town Barbershop
1339 North Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60610
Stylezone
2912 1/2 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659
Frank’s Barber Shop
3218 West Montrose Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618
Kempt Barber Shop
4314 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60641
Black River Barbershop
1845 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Goodman's Barber Lounge
443 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654
Gabby's Barber Shop
2860 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60657
Exec Barber
558 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60607
V's Barbershop of chicago wicker park bucktown
1632 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Levant Barber Shop
149 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654
Blue Line Barbers
2307 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647