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Saturday, 10/20/07, 9:30 pm - West Village
For this post, a special treat -- pictures. I happened to have my camera with me, so I thought I'd add some dimension to this review (can't promise it'll happen all the time). Little did I know this location wouldn't actually lend itself to pictures.
It seems that the restroom was an after thought in this small bistro. It's literally just a toilet and a sink. There was a rectangular mirror with a gold frame. There are pale tiles halfway up the wall and the upper portion is painted red. In this case, the waste basket was also overflowing. Perhaps it's meant to not distract from the food, but definitely doesn't enhance it.
Here's more on CAMAJE.
Thursday, 10/11/07, 8:30 pm - Murray Hill
The interior is country quaint. But efforts to extend this into the bathroom failed. The unfinished floor looks simply like that -- unfinished. While it could be part of the country facade, it really just looks like they forgot to tile it. It makes the whole room look dirty.
The rest is really unremarkable. The chair rail divides the lower white title from the deep-red upper portion. The toliet and sink are just plain white. Two mirrors had some etchings, personalizing the bathroom room somewhat.
Their website has little more than their address, but if you're interested, here's more on Penelope.
Saturday, 10/6/07, 10 pm - Midtown West
This is a small wine and cheese place so the single stall seems fine to service customers. It was clean and streamlined, white walls and white toilet and sink. Classy but not fancy. The one thing I do remember not liking is there was no place to hang your purse. I would recommend a hook on the back of the door.
Here's more on Casellula.
Saturday, 10/6/07, 8:30 pm - Upper West Side
This cozy Greek restaurant has two unisex stalls. The one I visited was quite a good size and clean. It fit in well with the rest of the establishment -- white and blue walls. The square sink was offset by a bronze square mirror. However the mirror was placed was too high. I consider myself average height (5'4") and I could only see half of my face.
Here's more information on Kefi.
Friday, 10/5/07, 8:00 pm - Morningside Heights
It's hard to decide whether to judge this place as a bar or as a restaurant, so I'll just tell you what I saw and let you decide. There are two unisex stalls and I've usually used the larger one but this time I got the smaller one. Very tight fit. Dark paneling. There was no soap in the dispenser and the metal garbage can didn't appear to open so paper towel were stacked on top. Not thrilled.
For more on Radio Perfecto, visit radioperfecto.com
Thursday, 10/4/07, 8:45 pm - Chelsea
Don't be deceived -- there's only one stall behind this substantial wooden door. It is sparking white. The mirror and pedestal sink look like they're straight out of a Pottery Barn catalog and work well in the restaurant. The faucet is antique looking, but the stoilet and paper towel dispenser are both magic eye. On the wall is a washed-out, 1920s-looking framed picture of a woman. Overall it was very clean.
For more on this Belgium restaurant, visit www.marktrestaurant.com
Thursday, 10/4/07, 6:45 pm - Upper West Side
The hand-painted decor continues on into the single stall bathroom, which seemed right for this place. Aside from the seemingly random black and white checked floor, the rest of the room fits perfectly with the establishment. The sink looks hand painted too and the are cute reminders all over the walls (Flush with an arrow pointing down; turn light on, arrow up; turn light off, arrow down). In the corner sits an old sewing table. The trash can looked like it was missing it's top. But overall, very nice.
For more on Alice's Tea Cup, visit www.alicesteacup.com
Monday, 10/1/07, 8:15 pm - Murray Hill
I have been to Josie's on the west side and don't remember being impressed by their bathroom. The one in this location is better. The walls of the two-stalled bathroom are lined with yellow raised-dots panels.
The silver soap dispenser hovers directly in front of you above the sink. The geometric-looking faucet sits on the left side of the bowl -- interesting design. The magic-eye paper towel dispenser probably rolls out a bit too much paper for this envirnomental-friendly restaurant, but it is recycled paper.
For more information on Josie's, visit www.josiesnyc.com
Saturday, 9/27/07, 8:30 pm - Cleveland Park
This restaurant is sleek, but not cold and the bathroom reflects that. Mostly black and white, the two black stalls work well. The toilet paper is dispensed from a holder on the back of the door. The one weird thing that stuck out at me was the only soap dispenser was a Method brand disposable one. But overall it was clean and well suited for the place.
For more information about Ardeo, visit www.ardeorestaurant.com
