Clearly don't need a haircut, but could buy a hat
From today's Pioneer Press list of local highlights for convention-goers:
Heimie's Haberdashery, 400 St. Peter St., 651-224-2354. An old-fashioned men's dress-clothing shop, Heimie's offers a wide assortment of suits, shirts and ties plus all the finishing touches, from Italian shoes to pocket watches. Cap your vist with a cigar and a shave by resident barber Moustache Jim.
We passed this place on our first drive to the Republican convention site today, and never has passing by a store caused me to break into such a full-throated mental rendition of Puttin' on the Ritz.
Here's the website, with pictures, and here's "a manly review" on a blog. About a salesman, the manly blogger writes, "One was helping me choose a new hat. Ever since my favorite was unabashedly stolen from me, I've been looking for a new one. … Lastly, there's an on-site barber with an awesome waxed mustache. He was nice, though I half expected him to speak in an old-timey accent." On the downside, they have no Dopp kits. I love a good Dopp kit, so this is a fair concern.
But I'm not obviously not on this shop's level. I fall into a category another site describes well, "Stepping into this prominent corner shop could convince a Dockers guy to smarten his look."
Final note: Moustache Jim. A Star Tribune story has a picture of him — yes, he looks as much like Bill Hader as you'd hope — and says he's also known as the "singing barber." No word on what he sings.
