The kind of barbershop your dad used to go to.

Trace opened The Rustic Rooster on Main Street in the spring of 2025 with one idea: Columbia deserved a real barbershop again — the kind with a straight razor, a hot towel, and a barber who remembers your name, not just your last haircut.

He learned the trade in a chair like the ones here and built the shop around the same idea: take your time, do it right, and keep the conversation going. Doesn't matter if it's your first visit or your fiftieth.

Stop in and see what folks in Columbia are already calling their regular spot.