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Bergenfield Barbershop Specializes In Dominican Styles

BERGENFIELD, N.J. — The seven barbers at Cache Latino Barbershop in Bergenfield do everything Dominican style.

Cache Latino Owner Ricardo Peña, left, and Manager Mike Hogan.

Cache Latino Owner Ricardo Peña, left, and Manager Mike Hogan.

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Mike Hogan of Bergenfield puts the finishing touches on a client at Cache Latino in Bergenfield.

Mike Hogan of Bergenfield puts the finishing touches on a client at Cache Latino in Bergenfield.

Photo Credit: Lorraine Ash
A street view of Cache Latino on the corner of West Clinton ad South Washington avenues in Bergenfield.

A street view of Cache Latino on the corner of West Clinton ad South Washington avenues in Bergenfield.

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Stylist Vlady Garcia of New Milford works on a client at Cache Latino in Bergenfield. Garcia hails from Santo Domingo.

Stylist Vlady Garcia of New Milford works on a client at Cache Latino in Bergenfield. Garcia hails from Santo Domingo.

Photo Credit: Lorraine Ash

“We do a lot of designs with a razor and the outlines we do are more sharp,” said Manager Mike Hogan, 26, a lifelong borough resident.

“We also use different kinds of gels and pomades.”

The shop, celebrating its grand opening, has attracted both Latino and non-Latino customers.

Already, it’s popular with kids who come to get their soccer or football numbers shaved onto their heads, Hogan said.

Of course, he added, Cache Latino also fills a need in serving the significant Hispanic population in the area.

The staff hails from the Dominican Republic, Spain, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.

Owner Ricardo Peña of Teaneck, originally from Santo Domingo, has been a barber for more than 20 years.

His bright, gleaming shop also offers hair coloring, hot towel shaves, face and eyebrow waxing, manicures, pedicures, and shoulder and face massages.

Peña’s wife owns Elsa’s Restaurant, which features Dominican food, in Teaneck.

His nephew, Gary Sanchez, also originally from the Dominican Republic, is a catcher with the New York Yankees.

Everyone who walks into Ricardo Cache Latino is met with a wave of hospitality and offered a fresh cup of coffee.

“Sometimes we think we should call the place Café Latino,” Hogan quipped.

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