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Business will carry on at Ernesto’s Barber Shop, but will do so without the man it was named after. Ernesto Falbo hung up his clippers on Friday after keeping heads neat and tidy in the Glebe for nearly 50 years.
“We’ve been like a family here for 48 years, but soon or later you have to do it,” Falbo said.
Falbo, 75, became the owner of Martella Barber Shop in 1970, renaming it Ernesto’s in short order. Over the years, Falbo said he’s had customers of all ages, from “one years old to 85.”
Falbo sold the barber shop five years ago to the owner of Sunnyside Barber Shop, just up the road from Ernesto’s on Bank Street. Sam Alnusry, now the owner of both shops, said he and Falbo have become very close in the five short years they’ve known each other.
“He’s a very nice, honest guy, and I would say he’s the best barber in town,” Alnusry said. “He’s one of the best friends I’ve ever had.”
Alnusry has owned the Sunnyside shop for 13 years. He said things won’t be the same at Ernesto’s without its former owner, but the service will remain the same. “It will be different in the beginning, because we depended on him a lot. But the staff there will be doing the same things, and they know all the clients.”
Staff at Ernesto’s know the clients well because they keep coming back. Alnusry said a big reason for the shop’s success is the loyalty of its clients, and the clients stay loyal due to quality cuts done the old-fashioned way.
“When you do a good job, word gets around. They still use razors and things like that, so it’s the old traditional way,” said Alnusry.
Ernesto Falbo, 75, hung up his scissors on Friday, May 4, 2018.
Though business is steady around the clock at Ernesto’s, Faldo said the lineups weren’t always as long as they are now. “(Business) was not too good when I started in 1970,” he said. “At that time, everybody started to grow their hair long.”
When the long locks of the hippy era faded out of style in the ’80s, men started coming in for haircuts, and business at Ernesto’s took off.
Guerino Turano, 71, has worked beside Falbo for more than 20 years. He’ll carry on cutting, but said he’ll miss his long-term co-worker.
“I feel sorry that he’ll leave, he’s a very good guy,” Turano said while trimming the hair of Remo Boselli, a returning customer for 15 years. “But he cannot work forever.”
Tri Nguyen, who has worked at Ernesto’s for four years, says he’s learned a lot watching Falbo and Turano. “When I came here, I learned a lot about being a barber,” said Ngyuen. Watching the older Falbo, he also learned “how to become successful,” and “how to live.”
Mark Paruch, a barber at Sunnyside, will move over to Ernesto’s starting Monday to fill Falbo’s empty space. Though he’d only met Falbo on a few occasions, he described him as “an absolute gentleman.”
“I’m honoured to go be a part of the team,” Paruch said, “and I hope he lives peacefully and enjoys the rest of his life.”
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“We’ve been like a family here for 48 years, but soon or later you have to do it,” Falbo said.
Falbo, 75, became the owner of Martella Barber Shop in 1970, renaming it Ernesto’s in short order. Over the years, Falbo said he’s had customers of all ages, from “one years old to 85.”
Falbo sold the barber shop five years ago to the owner of Sunnyside Barber Shop, just up the road from Ernesto’s on Bank Street. Sam Alnusry, now the owner of both shops, said he and Falbo have become very close in the five short years they’ve known each other.
“He’s a very nice, honest guy, and I would say he’s the best barber in town,” Alnusry said. “He’s one of the best friends I’ve ever had.”
Alnusry has owned the Sunnyside shop for 13 years. He said things won’t be the same at Ernesto’s without its former owner, but the service will remain the same. “It will be different in the beginning, because we depended on him a lot. But the staff there will be doing the same things, and they know all the clients.”
Staff at Ernesto’s know the clients well because they keep coming back. Alnusry said a big reason for the shop’s success is the loyalty of its clients, and the clients stay loyal due to quality cuts done the old-fashioned way.
“When you do a good job, word gets around. They still use razors and things like that, so it’s the old traditional way,” said Alnusry.
Ernesto Falbo, 75, hung up his scissors on Friday, May 4, 2018.
Though business is steady around the clock at Ernesto’s, Faldo said the lineups weren’t always as long as they are now. “(Business) was not too good when I started in 1970,” he said. “At that time, everybody started to grow their hair long.”
When the long locks of the hippy era faded out of style in the ’80s, men started coming in for haircuts, and business at Ernesto’s took off.
Guerino Turano, 71, has worked beside Falbo for more than 20 years. He’ll carry on cutting, but said he’ll miss his long-term co-worker.
“I feel sorry that he’ll leave, he’s a very good guy,” Turano said while trimming the hair of Remo Boselli, a returning customer for 15 years. “But he cannot work forever.”
Tri Nguyen, who has worked at Ernesto’s for four years, says he’s learned a lot watching Falbo and Turano. “When I came here, I learned a lot about being a barber,” said Ngyuen. Watching the older Falbo, he also learned “how to become successful,” and “how to live.”
Mark Paruch, a barber at Sunnyside, will move over to Ernesto’s starting Monday to fill Falbo’s empty space. Though he’d only met Falbo on a few occasions, he described him as “an absolute gentleman.”
“I’m honoured to go be a part of the team,” Paruch said, “and I hope he lives peacefully and enjoys the rest of his life.”
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