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AfricanHaircare and Beauty.
Was the African hair desk at 208 Nicholson. The door is now 100 Story Building. Keep the slug. Do not book here.
Location
What people get wrong
208 Nicholson is 100 Story Building. Directories still print (03) 9687 9888. Do not trust that as a live chair. Paisley is Salon Africa. Roha is 95. Medra-Genet is 117. We last walked this on 2026-09-17. Hours move with the week. Checking the shopfront keeps the night easy.
What was African Haircare known for?
When it traded, this was the Nicholson African hair and products desk people named separately from Salon Africa on Paisley. Protective styles, braids and the products shelf sat on the Ethiopian restaurant strip, next to kitchens food guides already know.
It was never Roha at 95, never Medra-Genet at 117, never Afriqoz at 154, never the Springvale namesake on Springvale Road. Those mix-ups still waste trips. The new mix-up is worse: walking into 100 Story Building with a braid photo.
Queen of Sheba is food on this strip. The library is Paisley. Neither is this chair. If you came for braids, you want a live desk, not a literacy workshop.
Is the chair still at 208 Nicholson?
No. 100 Story Building contact lists 206-208 Nicholson as the visit address. The May 2024 opening used this building. Fitzroys marketed 206 (106sqm) and 208 (108sqm) for lease, later marked leased.
Opening-hours directories may still print Monday to Saturday 9am-6pm, Sunday closed, and (03) 9687 9888. That is a leftover card. Do not travel on it. Call Salon Africa, Roha or Medra-Genet instead.
The photograph on this page is the 100 Story Building team outside 206-208 Nicholson during the handover, Prime Fortune signage still on the glass. It is this address. It is not African Haircare fascia. It is not Salon Africa on Paisley.
Hours, booking and the stale phone
Closed as a salon. Do not quote a 9am-6pm widget. Last checked 2026-09-20.
(03) 9687 9888 remains on directories. 100 Story Building is (03) 9689 0420. Different job. Different number. If 9888 still rings a hair desk, ask where they sit now. Do not assume 208.
Live braid bookings: Salon Africa (03) 9396 0006, Roha 0435 935 349, Medra-Genet 0401 429 731, Afriqoz 0423 558 499. Eat first. Book daylight.
How do you get to 208 now?
If you meant the old salon, do not go. If you meant 100 Story Building, Footscray station then Nicholson to 206-208. That is a kids creative literacy centre, not a chair.
Roha at 95 and Medra-Genet at 117 are still on Nicholson. Read the number. 95 is not 117 is not 208.
After dark, Nicholson Mall is not the walk this directory recommends. Barkly or Hopkins if you were already on the strip for food.
What do people mix up about this address?
They trust a maps hours widget. They mash 208 with Salon Africa. They mash 95, 117 and 208. They send a Springvale African Haircare search here. They treat 100 Story Building as a shopfront that still cuts hair.
- 208 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011. Salon vacated.
- Now 100 Story Building, (03) 9689 0420.
- Stale directory phone (03) 9687 9888. Do not book 208.
- Live chairs: Paisley Salon Africa, Roha 95, Medra-Genet 117, Afriqoz 154.
- Handover photo of this address. Not salon signage. Not Paisley.
Questions people ask next
- Is African Haircare still at 208 Nicholson?
- No. 206-208 Nicholson is 100 Story Building. Directories still print the old salon. Do not send a braid booking there. Last checked 2026-09-20.
- Where should I go instead for African braids?
- Salon Africa at 20-20A Paisley, (03) 9396 0006. Roha at 95 Nicholson. Medra-Genet at 117 Nicholson. Afriqoz at 154 Barkly. Book. Eat first.
- Is African Haircare the same as Salon Africa?
- No. Salon Africa is Paisley and live. This listing was 208 Nicholson. Different street. 208 is now a storytelling centre.
- Is the photograph African Haircare?
- No. It is the 100 Story Building team outside 206-208 Nicholson, this address, during the handover. Prime Fortune signage is leftover. Confirm the glass says 100 Story Building.
Where we checked
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Salon Africa
Paisley braid chair next to the grocers. Call to sit. Not 208 Nicholson.
20-20A Paisley Street, Footscray VIC 3011
Roha Beauty Salon
Woman-owned Black-owned chair at 95 Nicholson for braids, wigs, silk press. Genet is 117. This is 95.
95 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011
Queen of Sheba
Molokhia and injera. Closed Wednesday.
224 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011