salonTabatha Takes Over · Season 5, Episode 3 · Aired April 18, 2013
Top Cuts
Bethpage, New York
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
On the show
Season 5, Episode 3 · April 18, 2013 · salon
Owner was a former Tabatha protégé, per episode synopsis
What happened after
Official site (topcutssalon.com) states 'over 31 years' of service; Yelp lists current status at 3956 Hempstead Tpke; Facebook has 709 followers (4.5/5, 123 reviews).
What happened on the show
This season five episode carried a personal wrinkle, as the salon's owner was a former Coffey protégé, which the show noted in its framing. The takeover otherwise followed the usual sequence: an immersive look at the operation, blunt assessments of the staff and owner, a team shakeup, and a renovation reveal. Because no synopsis survives for this installment, we do not reconstruct the specific scenes. The documented facts are the format, the protégé connection, and the setting, a Top Cuts salon on Hempstead Turnpike in Bethpage, New York, taken through the overnight process. Coffey's premise held here too, that a salon reflects its leadership, and that the intervention's purpose was an honest reset, made pointed by the personal history between fixer and owner.
After the cameras left
Top Cuts is open. Its official site states over three decades of service, Yelp lists current status at the Hempstead Turnpike address in Bethpage, and its Facebook carries hundreds of followers with a strong rating across more than a hundred reviews. The live official site, the stated three decade run, and active social presence make this a high confidence survivor. The Bethpage salon run by a former Coffey protégé came through its takeover intact.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.