Published October 11, 2010
Moto Rising
Old-School Motorcycles and Shaves in Lakeview
It’s Monday. The week ahead is just one big open road of possibility.
Now, let’s get you suited up for the journey.
Welcome to
Isle of Man, a
storehouse of classic
cool in West Lakeview with everything you need for any given situation... and, better yet, some things
you don’t.
Think of this place when you need a few basics for your next overnight trip: a badger-hair shaving brush, a
framed vintage
Penthouse cover... a vintage motorcycle.
You’ll walk into a musty, library-styled space that looks like what would happen if
Wild One-era
Brando opened a men’s shop. Then, you can start browsing for such essential nonessentials as
turn-of-the-century steamer trunks, high-carbon steel butcher knives and a 1920s ball-and-chain from
Louisiana’s Angola Prison, perfect for revitalizing that men’s ankle jewelry trend.
And because no trip to an old-school motorcycle shop is complete without an old-school straight-razor shave,
you can book their by-appointment-only barber. You’ll be escorted to an old-time barber’s chair in the
back, and soon your face will be ensconced in a series of eight steaming-hot towels to soften your
skin.
We hear Brando would tap out after seven.
VITALS
Isle of Man
3856 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60613
773-697-8035
official website