![]() ![]() “Once you’re certified, you’re certified as long as you renew every four years,” Hart said. Hart said being a barber doesn’t have to be a primary job, but a skill set someone can use for the rest of their life. We’re in the process of getting that all squared away.” “We’re actually going to open a barber school here. “We have big plans for the future now that we’ve opened,” Rossi said. Hart said people like him are starting to become the future of the barber scene and should everything go to plan, the Oneida Barber Shop is hoping to help teach the next generation. “You don’t just see the older gentlemen as barbers anymore. “The barber shop has become a trendy job. Hart said he went to barber school for the 4 and a half months needed before taking his exam and being certified. “I always loved the barber shop atmosphere and I knew that was something I’d like to work and enjoy being at work.”ĭuring his first week of school, Hart said he fell in love with the job and knew this was what he wanted to do in the future. “I’ve been getting my hair cut at barber shops since I was 12 years old,” Hart said. Joining Rossi and Vargas at the Oneida Barber Shop as a full-time barber is Oneida local Nick Hart, who found his love of barber shops at a young age. It’s the one place you can talk freely.”īavo said he hasn’t gotten his hair cut at the Oneida Barber Shop yet, but thinks he will in the future. “It’s like a men’s club or a place where people can talk and not worry about offending. “I think the local barber shops are being sought out by guys and making a comeback,” Rossi said. “There isn’t people everywhere,” Bavo said. Bavo normally gets his hair cut at the Parkway Barber Shop in Canastota, he said, and enjoys the barber shop atmosphere because it’s more calm and relaxing. Joining Charlie was his friend Lawrence Bavo, of Oneida. “It’s just that special interaction of a traditional barber shop.” “They know everybody when they walk in the door, what kind of haircut they get and they can talk to them about their family or daily lives,” Stoker said. “Hudson has been going to Canastota for years, but this is the first time coming here.” “It’s good to be supporting a family-owned, local business,” Bennett said. Now three years old, Hudson has only gotten his hair cut at a barber shop. Her husband has known Rossi since high school and has been cutting their son Hudson’s hair since he was eight months old. ![]() Rossi said while they have had a few new walk-ins, they have mostly been servicing overflow clients from their Canastota branch.Īmong those long-time clients is Brooke Bennett, of Rome. “He has the Canastota shop and this is their branch off. “We’re both owners, 50 percent,” Rossi said. 1, Rossi and Vargas opened the doors to the Oneida Barber Shop on 115 E. Rossi studied under his father Vargas for around seven to eight years, learning the trade and working at the Canastota Barber Shop with him. – With barber shops making a comeback, Richard Rossi and Angel Vargas’s family business is expanding the time-honored tradition to Oneida. ![]()
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