{"id":40141,"date":"2024-10-15T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=40141"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:32:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:32:59","slug":"barbering-friends-open-ballston-spa-barber-club-in-carousel-village-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2024\/10\/barbering-friends-open-ballston-spa-barber-club-in-carousel-village-shops\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbering Friends Open Ballston Spa Barber Club In Carousel Village Shops"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40142\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/10\/ballspabarber-h-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/10\/ballspabarber-h-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/10\/ballspabarber-h-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/10\/ballspabarber-h-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/10\/ballspabarber-h.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballston Spa Barber Club owners Gilberto Barron-Nunez (center left) and Raffaele Rispo are flanked by barbers Shane Cook (left) and Pierre Lemoine.<br \/>Courtesy of Ballston Spa Barber Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Jill Nagy<\/p>\n<p>Raffael Rispo and Gilberto Barron-Nunez have been friends for many years. They learned barbering together and, for almost 10 years, worked for the same company. Now, they have their own shop, Ballston Spa Barber Club in Ballston Spa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a barber shop,\u201d Rispo explained. The \u201cclub\u201d reflects their strong interest in sports. There are no membership requirements or dues. \u201cWe want to cater to all kinds of people, he added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shop is located in the busy Carousel Village, between a gym and karate studio, near several restaurants and a hair salon, and across from a former Pizza Hut morphing into a Ted\u2019s Fish Fry.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe barbershop fits in well here,\u201d Rispo said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Walk-ins are welcome, encouraged in fact, but they also accept the appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the shop\u2019s business is haircuts. They also give \u201creally good shaves, especially hot towel shaves,\u201d he said. \u201cWe love doing that.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For clients who do not shave, they trim, sculpt, and otherwise take care of beards.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of our client have beards. They are very prevalent,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>They also see a lot of children and offer a discount rate for those 12 years of age or under.<\/p>\n<p>Rispo and Barron-Nunez are joined in the shop by two other barbers, Shane Cook and Pierre Lamoyne. A fifth chair is vacant but could be available to a barber with experience and a following. Rispo\u2019s fiancee, Allison Wildy, a hairdresser, practices in an adjoining room.<\/p>\n<p>In the four months since the shop opened, business has been \u201cvery nice,\u201d Rispo said. He finds that people are excited to have a barber shop in the area, particularly in a very active plaza with plenty of parking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Neither of the principals is from the Saratoga area. Rispo is from Yonkers. Barron-Nunez is from Los Banos, California. Rispo has family in the area and the two often came to visit and \u201cjust loved the area.\u201d Eventually, they stopped visiting and became permanent residents.<\/p>\n<p>Rispo\u2019s father was a barber and tried unsuccessfully to get him interested in the business right after high school. He resisted and tried other things. When nothing else worked out, he joined his father\u2019s shop, Major League Barber.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both the Barber Club<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>and its owners are very involved in the community, Rispo said. The shop sponsors soccer teams every season and they are involved in school sports activities. Both have school-aged children.<\/p>\n<p>Ballston Spa Barber Club, located at 2100 Doubleday Avenue, is open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jill Nagy Raffael Rispo and Gilberto Barron-Nunez have been friends for many years. They learned barbering together and, for almost 10 years, worked for the same company. Now, they have their own shop, Ballston Spa Barber Club in Ballston Spa. \u201cIt\u2019s just a barber shop,\u201d Rispo explained. 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