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Business In New Lenox

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Sports Clips Haircuts—A Spot for Real Guys to Get a Hair Cut

Sports Clips Haircuts just opened in New Lenox. It's like a modern day barber shop where a guy can get his hair cut, talk sports and watch a game on ESPN.

Sports Clips Haircuts owner Jim Dahl just opened his fourth barber shop-kind of place. It's a venue where guys feel comfortable getting their hair cut. There are no services for dying hair or getting a permanent. Pastel-colored boxes of nail polish are nowhere to be found. In the nutshell, Sports Clips, located at 420 E. Lincoln Highway, is for guys, said Dahl. It's an eight-chair shop that features a wall mural of a football game. A big screen TV is set on ESPN and the magazine rack is stuffed with the likes of Sports Illustrated.  There's a row of lockers to stuff a backpack or a baseball cap, but there is no place to get a manicure or facial.  "We're geared toward guys, but we take women too," as long as it's just a hair cut. The …

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