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Sunday, 5/17/09, 12 pm
This restaurant is in a very nondescript area, until you walk into it's courtyard. In a tiny little house, the one room stall seemed to make sense. Although it looked a little like they used the bathroom for storage as well (not one of my favorite things), the knickknacks around the room warmed up even the pale walls. There were 50s-like framed saying as well as pictures of the staff. However - also not a big fan of the visible septic tank.
Apologies for the out-of-focused pictures.
An added bonus - Grub is owned by Betty Fraser from the second season of Top Chef. My friend who took me there didn't even realize. Always a nice surprise on a Sunday morning.
Wednesday, 5/13/09, 2 pm
This tourist restaurant along the water in Monterey wasn't as outrageous as it's outside. But it's bathroom was something else. Looking as though it hadn't been renovated in decades, with marble-looking walls and mirrors everywhere, this restroom was over the top.
I remember there not being much soap in the dispensers, but other than that, it was relatively clean. Again I was on vacation so I wasn't paying that much attention.
Here's more on Old Fisherman's Grotto.
Wednesday, 5/13/09, 7 pm I was out West for vacationand sort of slacked off on my restroom viewing. I will say the restroom at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse in Berkeley is perfectly in line with the rustic, farmhouse look of the place (even though it's on a shopping strip in Berkeley). But I did stay at a very cute place in Cambria, right on the beach, with a great bathroom.
Here's the actual room at the Fogcatcher Inn.
Monday, 5/4/09, 7:30 pm - Foggy BottomI often skip mentioning the restrooms in Asian restaurants, usually because they're just forgotten spaces with a storage closet. However that wasn't the case at Kaz. This well-thought out bathroom also smelt pretty good (and no storage closet in sight). The scent sticks seemed to be working.
Beside the half-wall mirror over the sink, the single stall had a full length mirror, but not in an awkward place (you can kind of see it in the right corner). I liked that the garbage can was disguised in the wood vanity. The paper towel dispenser and toilet paper holder were my least favorite parts, but I guess you can't get everything. Here's more on Kaz Sushi.
Again, I don't particularly look for news about bathrooms, but the Times seems to be covering them a lot lately in relationship to new venue openings. Check out this paragraph in the coverage of the opening of the latest Broadway theater: White Way Gets a ‘Green’ Theater
The 50,000-square-foot theater, which includes a spacious women’s restroom with 22 stalls, three times the number required by code, is built behind the preserved and restored neo-Georgian facade of the original 1918 theater.
I'd like to point out that it's progress to note the restroom as part of the viewing experience. The simple idea that not having to wait in line might enhance the performance is a recognition of how a wait could ruin your day.
Friday, 5/1/09, 9 pm - Penn QuarterWedged between the kitchen and the bar and up a ramp sits Central's restrooms. I loved the pearlized glass tiles covering the walls. They were offset by pink/dark mauve walls and a matching sink - a tilted-trough sink. The three stalls were fully separated and the handicap stall has its own sink it (I didn't get a chance to check it out). The toilet paper roll perched on its own stand was a nice touch.
Again, apologies for the blur. I meant to also get a picture of the door - pieces of dark blue glass set in a glass door with a wooden frame. It allowed you to see figures outside, but wasn't that translucent to make more much more than a shape. The branding continued into the restroom, with the door handles were large "C"s - on both the inside and the outside. The bathroom was clean and well kept, definitely living up to the restaurant - stylish, but no over the top. Here's more on Central.
This restaurant is in a very nondescript area, until you walk into it's courtyard. In a tiny little house, the one room stall seemed to make sense. Although it looked a little like they used the bathroom for storage as well (not one of my favorite things), the knickknacks around the room warmed up even the pale walls. There were 50s-like framed saying as well as pictures of the staff. However - also not a big fan of the visible septic tank.
