The Smith

Friday, 5/16/08, 10:00 pm - Union Square East

A lot of thought was put into the restaurant bathroom. You walk down stairs and there's no real entrance. You walk past a photo booth and an old time barber's chair to a row of four co-ed stalls with wooden doors. The doors go to the floor so you have to walk by the stalls to see if the "vacancy" or "occupied" is showing.

Once inside, it was practically a room unto itself. There's a mirror and a hook on the back of door as well as a light. The floor, like the floor of the restaurant, is lined with white subway tiles. The lock was hard to close.

The row of sinks were large white rectangles, with '30s looking faucets and knobs. Definitely fit in with the decor of the restaurant.

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Josie's West

Wednesday, 4/30/08, 10:00 pm - Upper West Side

Now I feel like I can update an earlier post. The restroom was definitely eclectic. In this location the far wall was mirrored, but only from the waste up (so you weren't on the toilet starring at yourself). Another was covered with wallpaper with rocks or stones all over it.

I did like the asymmetrical white sink with the sleek brushed silver faucet. But the room just seemed confused and wasn't really an "organic" flow which I think it was the restaurant wants to go for in the dining room.

Here's info on Josie's West.

Lombardi's

Sunday, 4/27/08, 8:00 pm - Soho

So my friend who had been to the restaurant before was hesitant to go to the bathroom here, which made me nervous, but there was no need to be. While the bathroom wasn't anything exotic, neither is the restaurant. But it was clean, white tiled, no garbage can overflowing. Just goes to show you, you can get a decent restroom in unexpected places.

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Tree

Friday, 4/25/08, 11:00 pm - East Village

The restroom was perfectly fit for the cute little restaurant. There was potpourri on top of the toilet. The touch made sense. The walls were dark with white toilet and sink. It was clean and tidy. On the walls were two pictures - prints with soft colors that fit well.

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Cafe Sabarsky

Saturday, 4/12/08, 1:00 pm - Upper East Side

Ok so I know the bathroom for this restaurant is technically a part of the gallery, but you can visit the cafe and the restroom separate from the gallery so I felt like it was fair game. It was quite modern, mostly white, about three stalls. The all white definitely made the place seem cleaner. There were two sinks and the faucets stood out as a little out of place since they weren't really sleek, but a bit more ornate.

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Sala

Saturday, 4/5/08, 9:00 pm - Central Village

The bathroom is trying to be as trendy as the tapas restaurant. It's single stall was black and sleek. I remember it being relatively clean, but the garbage can was relatively full.

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Uva

Tuesday, 4/2/08, 10:30 pm - Upper East Side

Stateside now. The restroom at this wine restaurant was in a weird location - sort of in the middle of the place. I guess it makes sense close to the bar, but it doesn't seem to make sense if you're eating there. There are two uni-sex stalls behind wooden doors.

The one I visited was small but everything was in proportion. The small white sink was tucked in a corner. I thought it could have been a little cleaners. They tried to make it a little fancy with incense sticks on the top of the toilet tank, but it didn't really fit with the room. But overall it wasn't too bad.

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Bellini's Trattoria

Saturday, 3/22/08, 8:00 pm - St. Lawrence Gap, Barbados

One last review from the Caribbean. I wasn't overwhelmed by the bathroom here. It was a single stall with plenty of space, but the toilet didn't exactly flush. The white tiles were fine, but I guess I thought for a seaside restaurant I had hoped for more.

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Pisces

Friday, 3/21/08, 8:30pm - St. Lawrence Gap, Barbados

Ok so I had the chance to escape New York for some warmer pastures, and you never quite know what you're going to get. The restroom at this waterfront restaurant was plain, but clean. Two stalls with an interesting sanitation system (at least I think that's what it was). The funny thing about toilets here is that the lever to flush is on the left side of the toilet, not the right (maybe it has something to do with what side of the road they drive on). Anyway, the decor wasn't anything special, but it didn't stand out to me as completely out of character.

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Tavern on Jane

Tuesday, 3/11/08, 10:30pm - West Village

This neighborhood restaurant is trying to have character and it does, extending into the bathroom. You walk through a woden door with frosted glass to a sort of waiting area with a mirror. There are two single unisex stalls. The one I went into was wood paneled with a framed drawing on the wall.

The one problem I had was the sink. I get that it's supposed to look like the original fixtures, but the basin was stained black, probably from a water drip. But I think it just makes the bathroom look dirty and that's the last thing you want in a bathroom.

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