Anthony Gionnotti

Anthony Giannotti is a Sacramento barber and founder of Victory Crown Barber Co. He co-created Bottle & Barlow, the widely covered bar-and-barbershop on R Street that helped define the city’s modern style culture. Regional and national outlets have followed his work for years; the Sacramento Bee has cast him as a fixture of Sacramento’s louder, faster corner of life, Imbibe spotlighted Bottle & Barlow’s bartending-meets-barbering concept, and Sactown Magazine singled out his clubhouse cut on Tim Lincecum—one of several San Francisco Giants and touring musicians who have sat in his chair—later echoed by MLB.com. As a writer, Gianotti has contributed to Submerge Magazine with pieces and photography from Sacramento’s punk scene—early proof of a first-person voice that is sharp, unsentimental, and built on lived detail. Online, readers know him as @anthonythebarber916, where he has cultivated a substantial audience for his work and point of view. No Guard is his first book.