Yaks Hair Dresser

Yaks Hair Dresser is located in Shop No 8 of the Jitekar Building. We’re right on Sir J J Road in Byculla, which is one of the busiest parts of the city. If you stand outside the shop, you can see the police station right across the street. The traffic never really stops here, so there’s a constant hum of cars and buses going by. The building itself is quite old, number 480, and has that classic Mumbai feel to it. Inside the shop, we’ve got these heavy old-fashioned barber chairs that have been around for years. They are still the most comfortable ones we’ve found. We don't do anything fancy, just standard haircuts and shaves for the men in the neighborhood. A lot of people stop by after work before they head to the station. The walls have a few posters that have been there for ages. We keep the towels clean and the razors sharp. It’s a small space, so it gets crowded quickly on the weekends. I like being in Byculla because there’s so much life on the streets. You get to know the regulars who have been coming here for decades. Sometimes the rain splashes in through the front if we don’t pull the shutter down halfway. It's just a honest, local place to get a trim. No appointments usually, you just show up and wait your turn like everyone else. We keep the ceiling fans on full speed all day long.