Gail Stanton has been cutting hair in Granger for the past 23 years. She says “a good haircut is still nine dollars.” What is unique about this barber shop is it also has a liquor store. Photo by Adam Smith

By Adam Smith
GRANGER - Over the past 23 years Gail Stanton has made a living in her Granger store selling a service, and a commodity, that most everyone in the community needs, or procures, at least from time to time.

Stanton’s is the local barbershop, as most folks that reside around the Toppenish/Granger I-82 corridor are aware, but the quaint glass front shop also doubles as a contracted state liquor store outlet.

It has been that way since 1988 when she moved down the street in Granger to her current location. The next closest liquor store is in Zillah, and is run by the state.