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Starter locs
Comb coils or two-strands, parted clean.
$165
Est. 1998 · Freetown, Lafayette
Locs, fades & family since '98.
Three generations of the Thibodeaux family starting locs, cutting fades and keeping Lafayette's crowns in order.
The parlour
Twenty-eight years on Lee Avenue.
Clarence Thibodeaux opened the shop with two barber chairs and a loc station his daughter talked him into. Twenty-eight years later, Vivienne runs the loc side, grandson Andre runs the fades, and Clarence still sweeps up at closing.
Old-school craft, new-school care: straight-razor line-ups, interlocks you could set a watch by, and a coffee pot that has never once been empty.
— Clarence Thibodeaux, founder
- 28years on Lee Avenue
- 3generations
- 7chairs
- 40,000cuts & retwists
Signature services
What we're known for
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The Freetown fade
Skin, low or mid fade, finished with a straight-razor line.
$35
03
Graduation cut
Fresh for the photos, plus a free line-up the morning of.
$40The work
The scrapbook
Sample client reviews
Heard in the shop
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Mr. Clarence cut my hair when I was six. Now Andre cuts my son's. That's this shop.
Vivienne started my locs in 2009. Sixteen years and not one thin root.
Andre's fade is the cleanest in Lafayette. I drive in from Opelousas every two weeks.
They did my whole wedding party at the shop with coffee and beignets. Legendary.
Marcus's detox and retwist made my locs feel brand new.
The straight-razor shave is the best twenty minutes of my month.
My grandson sat still for his first haircut. Mr. Jamal is patient as a saint.
The team
The family
Clarence Thibodeaux
Founder · Master barber
Vivienne Thibodeaux
Master loctician
Andre Thibodeaux
Barber · Fade specialist
Marcus Guidry
Loctician
Three generations, one shop. We start your locs like family, line you up like Sunday, and send you back down Lee Avenue looking like somebody.
Recognition · sample
- The Advocate · Best Barbershop in Acadiana
- Acadiana Profile · Shops That Built Freetown
- Lafayette Travel · Local Legends
- Black Barbers Association · Member
- KRVS Community Radio · Small Business Spotlight
- Times of Acadiana · Readers' Choice
The shop
Take the salon home
Online store teaser — products shown are samples.
Bayou Loc Oil
$18
Cane Sugar Beard Balm
$16
Hot Towel Tonic
$20
Wooden Loc Comb
$12
Satin Durag
$15
Edge Control
$14
The experience
Your visit
Every Bayou appointment starts the same way it did in 1998.
- Chicory coffee, always on
- A hot towel before every cut and retwist
- Saints game on the corner TV, sound off unless you ask
- A lollipop for kids and a line-up check before you leave
Visit
Find us in Freetown
- 411 Lee Avenue
Lafayette, LA
Free lot beside the shop; ring the bell after 6p - (337) 555-0128
- Text us
- [email protected]
- @bayoulocbarber
Hours
- Tue – Fri8a – 7p
- Saturday7a – 4p
- Sun – MonClosed
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