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Film Junkies Guide to North Carolina
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Floyd’s City Barber Shop
129 North Main Street, Mount Airy (336-7862346) The shop is open from 7 am to 5 pm on
Monday - Wednesday, and Friday. 7 amto 3 pm
on Saturday.
H
aircuts cost less than $10. Bearing
a striking resemblance to Floyd
on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Russell
Hiatt is Mount Airy’s star barber. He’s a tune by bluegrass artists The VW
been cutting hair at his shop since Boys. But it’s the show’s reference that
1948. Don’t just peek, go inside and draws media attention and customers.
behold an authentic Mayberry-style The Carolina blue exterior and 1950s
barbershop. Adept at multitasking, sign beckon customers. Inside, the
Hiatt chats with clients and visitors, no-frills diner sports paneling, faux
sells souvenirs, poses for pictures, brick, booths, tables, a counter,
and waves at passersby—all the while and an old-fashioned grill. Lining
smiling and cutting hair. Customers the walls are stills from “The Andy
don’t seem to mind the interruptions, Griffith Show,” pen-and-ink drawings
the shop’s two chairs are rarely empty. of Mayberry, and photos of Mount
Don’t be surprised if Hiatt asks to generous fried porkchop sandwich
take your picture for his wall of fame, served with mustard, chili, slaw,
which now boasts over 20,000 images, and onions—sells for less than three
including celebs Oprah Winfrey, Lou bucks. Sandwiches are prepared by
Ferrigno of “The Incredible Hulk” owner Charles Dowell and served
fame, and George Lindsey, who played by friendly relatives and longtime
Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show.” employee s. B ack i n t he 19 4 0 s ,
high-school st udent s prov ided
Snappy Lunch
much of Sn appy ’s lunch t rade.
125 North Main Street, Mount Airy (336-786- Today, approximately 90 percent
4931) Snappy Lunch is open from 5:45 am to of lunch patrons are visitors from
1:45 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and across the United States and abroad.
Friday and from 5:45 am to 1:15 pm on Thursday Celebrity customers have included
and Saturday.
Oprah Winfrey, Lou Ferrigno of
“The Incredible Hulk,” Mount Airy
or a taste of Mayberry, the Snappy country-music diva Donna Fargo,
Lunch is the place. An early Andy Griffith as a young boy, and
episode of “The Andy Griffith Show” George Lindsey (Goober) and Aneta
entitled “Andy the Matchmaker” Corsaut (Helen Crump) from “The
refers to Mount Airy’s oldest dining Andy Griffith Show.”
establishment, in business since
1923. Other references have followed From the Film Junkies Guide to North
i n A ndy ’s ver s ion of t he s ong Carolina by Connie Nelson and Floyd
“Silhouettes” and more recently in Harris. www.FilmJunkiesGuide.com
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