Hi, I'm Lee Brown. I am the owner and operator of Mr. Brown's barbershop and social located
here in North Park in San Diego. We're a barbershop and social. We focus here on classic gentlemen's
haircuts, kind of like redefining the 20s, 30s and 40s era. Also focusing on straight razor
shapes and a lot of beard work. Barbering has been dead. It's on its way up. It's at its peak right
now. A lot of people are really getting involved in it like myself and it's definitely here to
stay for sure. With Mr. Brown it's different. I wanted to recreate something where you looked
forward to coming here. The second you stepped in, the smell of the place, textures, the designs,
products and first and foremost it's definitely the level of service. I'm providing a service here
at a barbershop that you're not going to find anywhere else. Well I moved to San Diego not
knowing what I wanted to do in my life whatsoever. I was searching around, trying to pursue different
avenues and this little light went up in my head and I was like, what about barbershop in San Diego?
What makes Mr. Brown different from anyone else is the look and feel of the place. It's the second
that you stepped foot into my establishment. You know that you stepped into something that's
out of the ordinary and something that kind of gives you that feel. This is different than
anything you've ever experienced. I mean, I love coming here every day. I just love it. I mean,
I wake up in the morning. I've never been so inspired to come to work ever in my life, you
know what I mean? Because it's just like I have this passion and this drive and I just love doing
what I do here. My biggest thing is change. I love changing people. I love giving them a
different look. When they come in to when they leave, I want them like when they go outside of
here, I want someone to walk over and go right away. Go. Wow, dude, you look great. You look
different. Like, you know, what's going on? That's what I do. So it's all about creating a change,
making people look good and feel good essentially.
There's so many things in life that you do. And you have to find obviously something that you
also love to do and something that's very good at doing. And you also have to find that inside
you that whatever you're doing, that you're the best at what you're doing and that no one can do it better.
