Patrick’s Barber Shop

Patrick’s Barber Shop offers more than a haircut or beard trim — it provides an opportunity for conversation and connection.

Todd Patrick has worked at the shop since 1988, joining the business his father, James Azell Patrick opened in 1966. Over the years, he has built lasting friendships with customers and has been the shop’s sole operator since 2012.

“I tell them all the time, my customers are not just my customers, they’re my friends,” Todd said. “If I cut your hair once or twice, we’re buddies already — I get that from my dad. You met him for the first time and it’s like he’s known you his whole life.”

Although it opens at 8:30 a.m., customers often arrive early and wait outside the locked door, eager for a fresh cut and a familiar face.

“It’s amazing because he makes you feel good,” Henry Ginter said. “He remembers your haircut, he remembers so many people’s haircuts, and that’s why people are willing to wait, you know, or to get up earlier, because you have that personal connection with somebody who cares. You’re not just another number.”

The shop is a place that feels like home for more reasons than Todd’s friendly demeanor. The atmosphere offers something for people of different interests and backgrounds: a checkerboard table for customers feeling competitive, Ale-8-One sold for $1 a bottle for those who are thirsty and an extensive collection of automotive memorabilia displayed throughout the shop for those who share Todd’s passion for cars.

Regardless of who sits in Todd’s chair, friendly chatter about anything and everything fills the shop against a backdrop of music from a radio tuned to Classic Rock 92.1 FM.

“It goes both ways,” Todd said. “It’s good for me, you get familiar with the customers, and, you know, people come in, and it means a lot that they can come to the same guy to get a service done for so many years. They know when they come, I’ll be cutting their hair and it’ll be the same way it has been for 35 years.”