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Modern barbershop just south of Richmond Centre on No. 3 Road, geared to fades, tapers and beard work. Booking is done online rather than by phone tag, which is the main reason younger clients keep going back here.
Booking happens online here, which is most of the reason the chairs fill with a younger crowd. You pick a slot at eleven at night, you get a confirmation, and nobody has to call anybody back three times. That small friction, once removed, turns out to matter a great deal.
Fade Me works in skin fades, tapers and beard shaping, and that is a specific craft rather than a general one. Richmond has plenty of places that will cut your hair. Rather fewer are set up for clipper work at the level this style demands, where the gap between a good fade and a bad one is visible from across a room for the next three weeks. The shop is on No. 3 Road just south of Richmond Centre, in the run of ground-floor units heading down towards Granville.
This end of the corridor is easier going than the Golden Village stretch. Brighouse station is close and the street is less of a scrum. Barbershops of this type run on repeat appointments at two to four week intervals, so once you find a barber whose work you like, rebook before leaving rather than starting the whole search again each time. Bring a photo if you want something specific. It makes for a far faster conversation than trying to describe a fade in words, which nobody has ever managed on the first attempt.
In the Brighouse neighbourhood of Richmond.
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Walk-in only barber inside Richmond Centre by the Tim Hortons entrance, family-run since 1966. Adult cuts $23, youth $20, seniors $18, plus straight-razor shaves and beard trims. Open late six days a week, so it works after work.
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Leslie Road barbershop off Alderbridge, open seven days including Sunday afternoons. Fades, scissor cuts and beard shaping, bookable online, which helps because the chairs fill up quickly on weekends.
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Barbershop in the Broadmoor Village plaza at No. 3 Road and Williams. Straightforward men's cuts and fades for south Richmond locals, with free lot parking and a grocery run available in the same trip.
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The barber in Terra Nova Village shopping center at No. 1 Road and Westminster Highway. Men's cuts, head shaves, hot towel shaves and beard trims, open seven days with shorter Sunday hours. First come, first served in practice.
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Named for its corner at No. 5 Road and Cambie, this is the neighborhood barber for East Cambie and the industrial pocket around it. Cuts, fades and beard trims without a long wait, phone ahead to check timing.
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Small west-side shop on Francis Road serving the Seafair neighborhood. Men's haircuts, head shaves, beard trims and hot towel shaves, the sort of place you can usually get into without booking days ahead.
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