You can visit Barack Obama’s barber Zariff and the bulletproof-glass-encased presidential barber chair at the Hyde Park Hair Salon. Staff don't mind if you come in and take a look.
Hyde Park Hair Salon
Chicago
Transportation
- metro: Metra Electric Line to 51st-53rd
- bus: 6
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