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Tuesday, 9/27/11, 6 pm
After dinner with a friend at this San Diego restaurant, I ducked into the restroom before heading to the airport. While the place is has that rough wood/rustic-wine-bar feel (there's even a fake deer head on the wall), the bathroom felt more like an outhouse than an indoor restroom. All I'll really say is that it's clean.
While the food at Bankers Hill was definitely yummy, the bathroom left much to be desired.
Monday, 9/26/11, 11 am
I stopped into this cute French cafe for breakfast on a visit to San Diego. The single-stall restroom definitely fit in with the rest of the place. With warm lighting even in the middle of the day, it was an embrace walking in. The single orchid on the credenza and the simple candles were a great touch. I loved the double mirror which probably made the stall feel larger (not sure if that's a need in a bathroom but when you only have one, it works). The sand tiles were set off by a metallic chair rail. Even in this small place, no details was ignored - the paper towels set on a glass table were very high quality.
Here's more on Café Chloe.
Sunday, 9/25/11, 11 am
I had been really wanting to try this restaurant by one of my Top Chef favorite's Brian Malarkey. Even just trying brunch I wasn't disappointed. Located toward the back of the place, the stalls stood behind simple wooden doors with traditional reading material posted on the walls for those who might have to wait (raving articles about opening night or how the place was setting a trend).
Nothing exciting about the actual stall but it was clean and I always think a full length door is a better option.
The sink area offered clean lines with a bit of country charm. It featured two sinks on a marble-wood vanity with chunky round mirrors. I do prefer magic-eye sinks (I never understand why places put magic eye on the toilet but not the sink and vice versa) but maybe it didn't work with the faucets.
Searsucker is in downtown San Diego.
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.
