This particular tattoo parlor has been opened since 1979 and is said to be Houston’s first licensed tattoo shop. I’ve never had any work done by them, but I hear they specialize in stuff Tribal, Fine Line and Custom tattooing. Shaw’s is adjacent to the Montrose staple, Hollywood Food Store, the go-to place for rolling papers, clove cigarettes, the New York Times and porn galore. (I sincerely hope someone, at some point in time, has walked in HFS and asked for all four of those things at the same time.)
Note: They do not offer piercing services here, so take your crazy hippie ways to another place.
Historical Tidbit: Per their website, Larry Shaw, the shop’s owner, recently sold the oldest tattoo studio in the world back in 2004 (opened in 1927 in Long Beach, CA).” Neat.
See Why Montrose is called “storied."
202 Westheimer Rd
713-528-2263
