Seems Like Old Times Barbershop

The name gives away the pitch before you ever sit in the chair. Seems Like Old Times Barbershop occupies a spot on N Ponce De Leon Blvd, well north of the tourist-heavy plaza and cathedral area, in a stretch of the city that reads more like everyday St. Augustine than postcard St. Augustine. That location matters, because it tells you who this shop is actually built for: residents driving in from the surrounding neighborhoods for a haircut on their way to work or on a Saturday morning, not day-trippers wandering over from the fort. Barbershops with names like this one tend to lean into a specific identity, positioning themselves against the sleek, appointment-only styling studios that have become common elsewhere in town. Instead, the emphasis here appears to be on dependable, traditional men’s cuts delivered without pretense, the kind of shop where a customer can expect to leave with a clean fade or a simple trim and not much else. There is nothing publicly documented about the interior décor or the specific service menu, but a name evoking nostalgia usually signals a shop that trades on familiarity and repeat business rather than trend-chasing. As an independently owned business on a busy arterial road rather than in the historic core, Seems Like Old Times likely competes on convenience and price as much as on ambiance, drawing customers who want in-and-out service close to home. That is a meaningfully different customer relationship than a downtown shop catering partly to tourists, and it is worth noting for anyone trying to understand the texture of St. Augustine’s barbering scene beyond the postcard district. Unfortunately, detailed operational information, such as confirmed hours, a functioning website, or an established founding year, was not available at the time of this review. Businesses of this size and type frequently operate primarily on repeat local patronage and phone bookings rather than a strong online footprint, so a call ahead remains the most reliable way to confirm the shop is open and staffed before stopping by. Given its location well outside the main tourist corridor, this barbershop is a good example of the kind of small, family-oriented service business that keeps residential and commercial stretches of Ponce De Leon Blvd functioning day to day, distinct from the souvenir shops and restaurants clustered closer to the old city gates. For anyone new to that part of town, the safest approach is a short phone call before stopping in, since a shop this size can fill its chairs quickly on a Saturday morning and may have no formal waitlist system in place.