Pietros Park Plaza Unisex Salon

Wonderful place… a great gold fashioned barber. Pietro is terrific and tells great stories about Italy. I cannot recommend this place enough. –Brian

So in my hometown, you got a haircut at the mall for 8 dollars. It’s a little different in the back bay, and I was sure I wouldn’t find a place where I could walk in without an appointment, schmooze with a man with shears and a thick accent, and leave not broke. But then I found Pietro’s! In the basement of the Park Plaza hotel, just south of the Garden, this place is awesome. Very friendly, very chill, never a wait, and 20 dollars for a haircut which, if you ask, you can get from Pietro himself! For another 20 dollars you can get a shave, but they’re rockin’ the gilette-​in-​a-​can foaming shaving cream and CVS brand aftershave, so it’s not worth it. It’s this shaving shortcoming that keeps Pietro’s at 4 stars, but give it a chance. If you’re lucky, a German woman will come in during your haircut and complain to Pietro about her good for nothing chidlren for 10 minutes before letting out a string of expletives and making an exit. It’s magic.