Head-Quarters

Jan 2021

Salon owner Pia Corollo has been cutting my family's hair since she opened in 1976, and the salon in Claremont Avenue still looks the same with the same ferns and track lighting. I probably got my first haircut from Pia when I was seven or eight and 40 years later it's still the same even as my hairstyle has gone through several iterations (I was 18, OK???) including MC Hammer shaved lines in my head and a lookalike of Adam Sandler's Wedding Singer character. (I probably used up all of HQ's supply of mousse one summer in 1989). Pia's long-term partner Karen has been there as well since it opened and she's the queen of long hair if that's your bag. Head Quarters is an Elmwood/Uplands institution, like the Star Grocery (see my review for them too) down the street. You'll often find local art from neighborhood painters on the wall for sale to boot. Pia and Karen probably know everybody in the neighborhood and it's not uncommon for the two to cut hair at the homes of many of their senior clientele who can't get out anymore. They aren't the cheapest. ($40 for a men's haircut) Just the best.

Nov 2020

I love my cut and color Karen gave me at Head Quarters! Hurray! We're so lucky to have Karen, Pia and Dianne and their wonderful salon in our neighborhood as they are highly skilled and so wonderful to know!