Built for the regulars
Linework opened on Market Ave in 2014 with two chairs and a borrowed mirror. Today it's five chairs, five barbers, and a lot of the same faces every few weeks. That's the whole idea.
The story
Marcus Bell cut hair in three shops over seven years before opening Linework. The thing he kept noticing: clients didn't leave for a cheaper cut. They left because they waited too long, or got rushed, or got a different cut every time.
So Linework was built the other way round. Real times on the menu. Prices you hear before the cut starts. A booking system that shows which chairs are open, and a walk-in policy that tells you the truth about the wait.
In 2019 the shop moved two doors down into the old print-shop space with tall windows, and grew to five chairs. The regulars came along.
What we hold to
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Clean lines
The blend, the neckline, the edge of a beard. Small details are the whole job, so we check them twice and in good light.
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Honest chair time
Every service has a real time on the menu. We book to it, run to it, and tell you up front if your cut needs longer.
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Every head welcome
Straight, curly, coily, thinning, first haircut or forty years of the same cut. If it grows, we cut it.
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Regulars over upsells
We'd rather see you every three weeks than sell you a jar of pomade. Product is offered once, never pushed.
The space
- Chairs
- Five, one per barber, plus a bench by the window for walk-ins.
- Access
- Street-level entrance with no step. One chair lowers for an easy transfer from a wheelchair.
- Clean tools
- Combs, guards and scissors cleaned and disinfected between every client.
- Blades
- Single-use razor blades, opened in front of you.
- Capes and towels
- Fresh for every client, washed on site.
- Kids
- A booster seat, quiet clippers and no rush. Weekday afternoons are the calmest.
The barbers
Meet all fiveBook a chair, or walk in
Booking holds your chair at a set time with the barber you pick. Walk-ins are welcome when a chair is open and are served in order of arrival, between bookings.
Closed Mondays. Read the walk-in and cancellation policy