Uptown Tattoo

There is a guy that works here that creeps me out. He had always crossed boundaries and seems very unusual. Never have got a tattoo but it was because that guy was so weird.

Without a doubt, Uptown Tattoo is the best shop I've ever been to...

Unbelievably gifted staff/artists.  All custom work.  Unparalleled quality.  

If serious about getting a quality piece of art done, look no further than Uptown Tattoo.

Sigh, I wanted so badly for this to be my go-to tattoo parlour. Alas, I had a BAD experience. I went in for a consultation on redoing an old tattoo of mine. My artist, Matt, showed up 20+ minutes late. He was apologetic but after telling me he doesn't drink (no hangover) and lives about 5 blocks from the shop I was further perturbed. He made up for it by offering to do the work right then, instead of me having to return. He also did it for free. I appreciate that and would consider him in the future except for two things: he has 13 years' experience and for how simple the tattoo is (a ribbon) I was still disappointed in the line work. Also, he finished the work and didn't bandage me. I was sort of in a weird place already after the whole late appointment fiasco that I thought maybe he didn't want to cover it up and thought it should breathe. I left, he called me 5 minutes later and said "I didn't bandage you!". I told him it was fine, I would go home and take care of it. The flakiness scares me a bit when you are using needles on me.