A standalone walk-in and appointment shop at 1226 University Avenue on the eastern Hillcrest stretch near Vermont Street, The Secret Barbershop runs fades, tapers, scissor cuts, and beard work inside a free-parking street-level storefront rather than a suites building. The corridor position places it east of the 535 University suites cluster that includes Lux Cuts Hillcrest further toward the Pride Plaza end of University Avenue. Walk-ins and online bookings share the same chair rotation, so a same-day slot stays possible when the book has gaps. The shop is marked LGBTQ+-friendly with gender-neutral facilities, matching the inclusive grooming network that extends into the salon side with Bloom hair boutique. The most complex appointment in rotation is a full scissor restyle on longer or grown-out hair, where the barber reshapes the perimeter and interior layers rather than running a clipper across the whole head.