Refinery 29's new San Francisco edition stopped into the just-opened Freemans Barbershop—the first outpost of the famed chop shop outside of New York. They caught up with FSC's Sam Buffa (a Cali native) to talk about haircuts, left coast style and the vintage-inspired space which features five antique barber chairs, an old-fashioned shoe-shining station and a large back bar which was salvaged from the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.

I originally opened in New York because I saw a gap in the market. It was always like, 'Do I go to the cheap barbershop that does three types of haircuts, or I do go to the $100 salon?'

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