salonTabatha Takes Over · Season 2, Episode 3 · Aired November 17, 2009
Eclectic Salon
Los Angeles, California
Yes. This one is still open.
On the show
Season 2, Episode 3 · November 17, 2009 · salon
aired as Tabatha's Salon Takeover
What happened after
Active Facebook (131 followers, 5/5) and Instagram (103 followers) at 5356 Wilshire Blvd, plus Birdeye reviews (11, 5/5 rating); 'Miracle Mile' location matches the original LA episode area.
What happened on the show
This second season episode set the takeover in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles. As across the run, the show followed Coffey's format rather than a surviving narrative: she embeds in the salon, delivers blunt assessments of the staff and the owner, restructures the team, and closes with a renovation reveal. No synopsis for this installment has survived, so we do not reconstruct the specific incidents. The documented ground is the format and the setting, a hair salon on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles put through the overnight process. Coffey's throughline held here as everywhere, that a salon reflects its leadership and standards, and that the point of the visit was to force an owner to confront both before the renovation reset the room.
After the cameras left
Eclectic Salon is open. An active Facebook page and Instagram account at the Wilshire Boulevard address in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles, along with a handful of strongly rated reviews on a review platform, point to a continuing business. The active social presence and matching location make this a high confidence survivor. The salon came through its takeover and kept operating in its Miracle Mile spot.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.