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CAN THE HOT DOG BARBER MAKE THE UPPER WEST SIDE FUNKY AGAIN?

August 14, 2017 | 6:15 PM
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An entrepreneur found a popular corner to set up shop last week. Or maybe he was making a last stand against gentrification. In either case, things were getting hairy.

Thanks to Rosanna Apsan for the photo.

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Ish Kabibble
Ish Kabibble
8 years ago

Now THIS is the kind of thing I can support!

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Sue
Sue
8 years ago

Gross – where does all that hair go?
I thought was gross when people groom their dogs in the park, now this!? Unsanitary!

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steve
steve
8 years ago
Reply to  Sue

meh, that area is one of the filthiest parts of the UWS anyway, I can’t imagine this makes it much worse

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Nelson
Nelson
8 years ago
Reply to  Sue

…it goes right into your hot dog bun! Ewww. And I’m with you, Sue, about the giant dog fur balls in the park. If pet owners can pooper scoop, they should clean up the hairballs, too!

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Paul
Paul
8 years ago
Reply to  Sue

Relax, Sue. The hair goes in the hot dogs. You didn’t know that?

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Cat
Cat
8 years ago
Reply to  Sue

The hair flies into Ray’s Papaya of course, lol. Seriously though, where are people grooming dogs in the park? That’s something I haven’t seen (yet).

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Rodger Lodger
Rodger Lodger
8 years ago

Where are you supposed to sit while you’re waiting?

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UWSHebrew
UWSHebrew
8 years ago

It looks charming but it’s actually gross. Now the UWS is becoming Washington Heights, where you can do anything you want on the sidewalk.

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Mark
Mark
8 years ago
Reply to  UWSHebrew

That’s a very racist statement, the UWS would be lucky if it had half the sidewalk vibrancy the heights has

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UWSHebrew
UWSHebrew
8 years ago
Reply to  Mark

everything is a racist statement to you communists.

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Joel
Joel
8 years ago

No more unsanitary than everything else that you might find on a busy UWS street. May he prosper!

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DrMary
DrMary
8 years ago

Sue, with everything on the streets and in the air all the time you think a little hair is unsanitary??? LOL!!! What in the world are you doing living in NYC?? What do you wear when you leave your apartment, a HAZMAT suit?

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Ed
Ed
8 years ago

Gives new meaning to the expression, “hair of the dog”‘

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Li J
Li J
8 years ago

Ever heard of Mark Bustos? Look him up on IG. He’s a well known hairstylist ftom the Village that grooms the homeless and poor all over the world for free. He started a trend with barbers.What’s more gross is touching public door handles/knobs.

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Cato
Cato
8 years ago
Reply to  Li J

“Look him up on IG.”

What does he have to do with the Inspector General? Is he being investigated for breaking a law?

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Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas
8 years ago

Looking for a job as a manicurist. Is he hiring ?

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Carlos
Carlos
8 years ago

Everyone here is always complaining that there are not enough local businesses. There you go. As long as he is paying fair rent for the space.

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Joel
Joel
8 years ago
Reply to  Carlos

I hope this doesn’t become a case of hair today, gone tomorrow.

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Carlos
Carlos
8 years ago
Reply to  Joel

It looks pretty permanent to me. Perhaps they will open another near the Flatiron building.

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Jane
Jane
8 years ago

It might interest you to know that birds find dog hair an excellent material for building their nests. It IS all natural!

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UWSSurfer
UWSSurfer
8 years ago

Fantastic!

This is the antidote to the banks, phone carriers, and Starbucks taking over our neighborhood.

Maybe we won’t become a mall after all!

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wombatNYC
wombatNYC
8 years ago

At first glance the photo looks like a WSR Throwback entry . Well Done

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Nukleopatra
Nukleopatra
8 years ago

While I’m sure a few will be amused by this “only in New York” moment, it’s devoid of class and quite disgusting. It never fails to surprise me how trashy NYC can be at times. This type of behavior should be shunned, not celebrated.

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Sean
Sean
8 years ago
Reply to  Nukleopatra

You tell ’em. Westport this ain’t.

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Sherman
Sherman
8 years ago

This little patch @ 72nd & Amsterdam is awful.

It’s dirty and grimy and full of homeless people. It also smells.

Now some dude is giving haircuts there. Wonderful.

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Sean
Sean
8 years ago
Reply to  Sherman

Well clutch my pearls.

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Derek
Derek
8 years ago

On the UWS? This guy doesn’t stand a chance. The whiners will be out in droves against him.

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GG
GG
8 years ago

What someone really needs to do is put a couch and a chair out there and start giving psychotherapy sessions.:)

Why not? This is supposedly the new “Gig Economy”, per Thomas Friedman. This guy is just getting his “side hustle” on, as we are all being encouraged to do, right?

We should be applauding the ingenuity and the entrepreneurial spirit. What could be more American?!? U.S.A!!! U.S.A.!!!!

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Sean
Sean
8 years ago
Reply to  GG

A shirink would make a killing at that location.

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MarkM
MarkM
8 years ago

What does he charge? I can use the money saved from boycotting businesses involved with greedy landlords (Triumph Hotels) to spend it here.

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Mark
Mark
8 years ago
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Looking good!

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Rosanna
Rosanna
8 years ago

No shampoo?

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ron shapley
ron shapley
8 years ago

Where’s his license posted ??

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Bobby
Bobby
8 years ago

i’m getting my next cut there

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Kylee the Cattledog
Kylee the Cattledog
8 years ago

Next will be giving Brazilian waxes on the sidewalk.

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Sean
Sean
8 years ago
Reply to  Kylee the Cattledog

I’d pay to see that.

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Tony
Tony
8 years ago

Haircut maybe, Gray’s, not until I get an apology for a soaked bun in sauerkraut water. After one soaked bite the server said “you already ate it.” I’ve tried to reach the owner to help educate his immigrant help, to no avail.

By the way, what happened to their typical topical signage. Could the owner be a “deplorable”?

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Sean
Sean
8 years ago
Reply to  Tony

Oy.

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Steven
Steven
8 years ago

Does he do coloring?

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