Meraki Barbering

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It may be October but there is still plenty of great golf ahead!!! And be sure to check out the Pro shop...Get your holiday shopping done early!

MERAKI GARBAGE SALE WEEKEND PSA 😂💈

Alright guys, the World’s Largest Garbage Sale has officially taken over Warrensburg again. The town is packed, parking is basically nonexistent unless you want to pay for it, roads are blocked off, and traffic is already getting tight.
So before you head to Meraki today, PLEASE CALL THE SHOP FIRST and make sure I’m still here. I’m here now, and I’ll stay as long as it makes sense, but if it gets to the point where it takes me an hour to get to the Northway instead of five minutes, PJ may be pulling the ripcord.
Also, you guys know me—I’m too nice. And if I stay here long enough, Meraki is eventually going to turn into the unofficial Garbage Sale information center, waiting room, directions desk, and public restroom. I’d rather leave before my inability to say no gets me in trouble.
So again: CALL BEFORE YOU COME. And if you’re not actually coming to Warrensburg for the Garbage Sale, I’d probably avoid town if you can. It is PACKED.
Love you guys. Have a great weekend, be safe, and if I don’t see you today, I’ll see everybody Tuesday. 💈❤️
~PJ
~Steff
~MK
~Alison

✂️💈 THREE GENERATIONS. ONE FAMILY TRADITION. 💈✂️

This is one of those moments that means more than just welcoming someone new to the shop. ❤️

We’re so excited to welcome my niece Alison to Meraki, making her the third generation of our family to step behind the chair.

Our family’s barbering story began with my father, Skip Pecor, who spent an incredible 56 years behind the chair. I’m Stephanie, and for the past 29 years, I’ve had the privilege of carrying on the craft and tradition that my dad passed down to me.

And now I get to watch my niece begin her own chapter. ❤️

Alison may be starting something new at Meraki, but she certainly isn’t new to this world. She grew up around barbering and salon life, has training and experience in cosmetology, and has been surrounded by this craft for most of her life.

And pictured here is a pretty special milestone — Alison with Tony, her very first client at Meraki! ✂️💈

Pete 🖤, my fiancé, business partner, co-owner and Master Barber, is the backbone of Meraki barbering and a huge part of everything we’ve built here together.

And then there’s MK, our apprentice, who continues to absolutely blow us away with his natural talent and skill set. Watching him grow into this craft and become part of what we’re building at Meraki has been incredible.

So today feels like a chance to appreciate just how far this journey has come…🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Pete 🖤 — fiancé, partner, co-owner & Master Barber
Skip Pecor — 56 years behind the chair.
Stephanie — 29 years and carrying Dad’s tradition forward.
MK — our incredibly talented apprentice.
And now Alison — the third generation of our family.

Different paths brought us here, but we share the same love for the craft, the people who walk through our doors, and everything Meraki stands for.

Dad, I think you’d be pretty proud to see this. ❤️

Welcome to the shop, Alison. We’re so happy to have you here.

Three generations. One family. One incredible team. And the story continues… 💈✂️🖤

🎃 THE OCTOBER CLEANUP 🎃

Alright North Country apparently October is the month everybody decorates their house to look dead so we figured we should at least make sure your haircut doesn’t match

For the entire month of October Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday $5 OFF ANY HAIRCUT for anyone 10 years old and up No coupon no secret password no sacrificing a pumpkin in the parking lot just walk in sit down and let us fix whatever has been happening up there Fades tapers regular cuts mullets whatever bad decisions you’ve been growing since summer Come hang out with PJ MK and Stephanie at Meraki Barbering Between the three of us somebody will make you look better 😆

Just so nobody tries to lawyer us in the comments this special does NOT apply to anyone under 10 years old or any female cuts

Walk ins only like God intended

Barbershop of the North Country ✂️ 🇺🇸

And please remember Halloween is October 31st Your haircut does not have to participate

Popping up in Vegas.

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🇳🇱 BACK FROM HOLLAND — BACK TO REALITY 🇺🇸💈

As everybody knows, we just got back yesterday from the Netherlands, and what an absolutely incredible trip. We had an amazing time, got to spend some much-needed time with my brother Birkan, and I’m happy to say he’s doing well.

And yes, I’m sure I’m not the only one waiting for him to make his way back here someday. Birkan is a phenomenal barber, but more importantly, he’s a phenomenal human being with a huge heart. I’ve always believed the two go together. You can have all the talent in the world, but character still matters. You don’t get to treat people like garbage Monday through Saturday and magically become the town’s favorite salesman on Sunday. Life generally keeps better receipts than that. 😂

Anyway… vacation is officially over and reality has sent the invoice.

WE’RE BACK TOMORROW — WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 PM.
💈 Wednesday: 1:00 PM–7:00 PM
Then we’re back to our regular business hours throughout the rest of the week.

I also have an announcement coming Monday, so keep an eye on the page. 👀
And here’s something I want to remind everyone about:

🚔 ACTIVE SHERIFFS & POLICE OFFICERS — YOUR HAIRCUT IS ON PJ and MK !! ✂️
Warren County. Saratoga County. Washington County. Wherever you work, it doesn’t matter.

If you are an active sheriff or police officer currently on the job, come see us and your haircut is FREE.
This particular offer is haircuts only, for active law enforcement, and does not include retired officers or State Troopers.

Why those rules?
Because I own the place. 😂

Meraki is currently operating under a highly sophisticated dictatorship, and management has reviewed management’s decision and found management to be in complete agreement with management.

I’ll continue rolling out free haircuts for different groups in our community as I choose. Giving back has been part of Meraki since the beginning, and that isn’t changing.
And while we’re talking about community, I’ll say this again because I mean it:

You do NOT have to spend a dollar to belong at Meraki.
Come in. Have a drink. Shoot some pool. Grab a snack. Sit down and bu****it with us for a while. You don’t need an appointment, a haircut, or your wallet out to be welcome.

I never wanted to build four walls with barber chairs inside them.
I wanted to build a community barbershop.

God has blessed us with some truly incredible people who walk through those doors, and we’re grateful beyond words. We wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
Thank you to everybody who understood that we needed a little time away. We appreciate you more than you know.

Vacation mode: OFF.
Meraki mode: BACK ON. 💈🔥
We’ll see everybody Wednesday at 1:00 PM.

God bless you all. 🙏
— PJ / Meraki Barber

Birkan’s Barbershop 💈 🇳🇱 we’ve come to bring him home!! 🤎🤍It’s an honor for us to see our picture at his station in the Netherlands . Meraki was inspired by the barbershops in the Netherlands and look how this all has come full circle 🙏🏽🙌🏼🙏🏽🙌🏼
Pete needs a Dutchboy haircut 😂

Stephanie actually had a great idea, so we're gonna run with it. She said, why don't we bring everybody along with us a little bit on this trip? And the more I thought about it, the cooler the idea sounded.

Just a heads up, everybody — you guys usually get to see the front end. The business, the professional side, the polished stuff… although if you know me, you already know “professional” has never stopped me from just being me.....

But this trip to the Netherlands is going to be a little different.

If you want to get off the front porch and see a little more of what goes on behind the scenes, go to the Play Store and download NOLYM — N-O-L-Y-M.

We're bringing you guys with us.

Not ALL the way behind the curtain — some s**t needs to remain classified 😂 — but definitely into the middle of it. When we're traveling, exploring, handling business, hanging out, laughing, getting into whatever we inevitably get into, we're going to be jumping on NOLYM and sharing pieces of the trip in real time.

That means you're not just going to see the Netherlands through some perfectly edited highlight reel three days later. You'll get opportunities to see what we're seeing while we're actually there, interact with us, chime in, and basically hang out with us from wherever you happen to be.
You'll see a much more personal side of us — hair down, guard down, just living life and enjoying the experience.

And I think that's what makes this cool. We're not asking you to watch the trip from the outside.

We're inviting you into it.
So download NOLYM from the Play Store, get yourself situated, and come kick it with us in the Netherlands. 🇳🇱

Let's see where this thing takes us. 😎

Before we disappear for a little while, I wanted to give some love to somebody who is still very much a part of Meraki every single day. We’ll be leaving September 7th and should be back around the 14th, but we’re going to give ourselves a couple days afterward to remember what time zone we live in, get our heads screwed back on straight, and get back into the swing of things before reopening. This has been one of the busiest years we’ve ever had. Plenty of ups, plenty of downs, plenty of business nonsense, people nonsense, and just life doing what life does. But sometimes I look around this shop and think back to when we were building it and basically running a damn workshop inside a former pizza place ( TGs). And right in the middle of all of it was my Uncle Gary. Uncle G was the mastermind behind so much of the woodwork and character you see in this place. He was one of those guys who could look at something for five minutes, figure out what needed to happen, and somehow make it happen. No YouTube tutorial. No committee meeting. Just Gary being Gary. 🙏🏽 People still come in and ask me about the redwood burl slab table, the redwood slab table with the juniper base, where they came from and why they're here. And every single time, it makes me smile. Before Uncle Gary died, he wanted to see the redwoods. I couldn't change what was coming, but I could bring a little piece of those redwoods home to him—and now part of that story lives right here in this shop. That's something money could never buy. I look around at what Meraki has become, how busy we've been, the friendships we've made and the people who continue walking through that door, and I'd like to think Uncle G is somewhere looking at all of this thinking, "Not bad, kid." I hope we're making you proud, Uncle G. I miss you more than I probably ever say out loud. You were one hell of a dude, and your hands helped build more than furniture in this place—you helped build the soul of it. And to our customers: thank you. Seriously. We somehow ended up with the best damn customers in the northern galaxy of New York, and I don't take that for granted for one second. This place has always been about more than haircuts. It's people. It's stories. It's memories. It's family. And some of the people who helped build it may not be standing here anymore, but their fingerprints are still all over it. ❤️💈

~PJ
~Stephanie Marie
~ Our adopted kid 😆 and protégé future hair Mamba
Mert Köse

Good morning everybody ☕️

We normally open at 930am Tuesday today we will be open at 1030 am .

Have a good morning we will be ready to cut all day ✂️