Glen Ellyn, Illinois · Since 1922

The best haircut in town.

Headquarters for Glen Ellyn sports and good conversation. Men’s and kids’ haircuts on Main Street for more than a hundred years, from barbers who remember how you like it.

Call (630) 469-1805 Hours & Directions

Serving Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, Lombard, Glendale Heights and the neighbors.

The Busy Bee Barber Shop storefront on Main Street, with its sign over the window and a barber pole

Est. 1922 Glen Ellyn

Our Story

A century on Main Street.

In 1922, Tommy Williams bought a barber shop on Main Street and gave it a new name: the Busy Bee. More than a hundred years and five owners later, the chairs are still full, and the Busy Bee is likely the oldest continuously named business in downtown Glen Ellyn.

The faces don’t change much, either. Joe, Jim and Norm have been cutting side by side since the 1970s. The chairs fill up with about one-third kids, one-third working folks and one-third retirees, and the conversation covers all of it. No rotating staff, no seven-day chain hours. Just barbers who know your name.

Up front sits a cash register more than a century old. It still rings, just not past $3.99.

“It’s a big part of the town, and the town is a big part of us.”

Joe · Owner

The Busy Bee’s three barbers in the shop, one seated in a barber chair and two standing behind him — Behind the chairs since the 1970s

The Shop Ledger

1922: Tommy Williams buys a Main Street barber shop and names it the Busy Bee.
1960s: The shop settles in at 417 N. Main, where it’s been ever since.
1976: Joe takes his first chair. He’s owned the place since the early ’80s.
2022: One hundred years. The anniversary shirts read “100 years of great customers.”

Services

Classic cuts, done right.

Haircuts for men and boys of every age, from a first haircut in the big chair to the same cut you’ve been getting for forty years.

Getting ready for homecoming, prom or the wedding day? Mention it when you call and we’ll make sure you look the part.

Call (630) 469-1805

Busy Bee Barber Shop

Price List

Men’s Haircut $20
Clipper or scissor, the way you like it.
Kids’ Haircut $18
For the young regulars. Ages [AGE] and under.
Baby’s First Haircut [PRICE]
A big day. We’ve done a few.
Beard Trim [PRICE]
Head Shave [PRICE]

Tuesday – Saturday · (630) 469-1805

The Wall

Headquarters for Glen Ellyn sports.

Every season the park district baseball team photos go up on our walls, more than a hundred of them, swapped out each year. Forty-plus years of past teams are boxed up in the basement. Signed balls from championship teams sit at the stations, and the talk is mostly box scores. Come find your kid’s team. Or your own.