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Here I was nervous about moving from the city to Buffalo for school. But as a tattoo lover, I was even more paranoid about finding a good tattoo shop! (Especially after my first tat I got in the city) After shopping around for sometime I stumbled into this rather… Interesting to say the least… shop not too far from my campus. The staff is overly friendly and helpful. They are more than willing to answer any questions and concerns you may have.
After speaking about the sankofa tattoo I had been vying after for about a year, I was booked to come in and have it done with Tommy! He’s absolutely awesome. Took just under or about 30 minutes to do it, was nice, kept conversation at a good level (not too chatty and not too quiet) and it looked EXACTLY like the picture I brought in. Clean lines and affordable too. The base price is $ 70 which I complained about at first. Being a broke college student is no joke but if I can muster up the money for a tattoo it might as well be well worth what I’m paying! I even tipped… Tipped! Tipping in college?! Unheard of. I loved Tommy’s work so much I’m already booked to get my next tattoo with him once we return from break.

I am satisfied with the tattoo. However, they are not professional. For starters, I was never asked for ID. Then, the guy doing that tattoo had a terrible cold. Ummmm why would I want a sick person giving me an open wound?! Lastly, and the worst part of all, while getting the tattoo I overheard a conversation in the back (between 2 employees) about white supremacy, which needless to say made me extremely uncomfortable. And no, they were not talking about it negatively. In fact, they were laughing about it. I won’t be going back nor recommending this place to anyone.