tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42537670907161704372024-02-21T01:46:08.757-05:00PLACES TO DO BUSINESSA guide to public restrooms for gentlemen of discerning taste.Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-13852463381548738562012-10-13T23:29:00.001-04:002012-10-13T23:29:15.543-04:00The Loft, Regent Square<div><p>Grade: A-</p>
<p>Not bad. Not bad at all. Decorative tile, auto-flushing toilet, great water temperature at the sink, beautiful lighting. The one problem - and it's a big one - is that the lock on the door was broken. That's fine for the urinal, but it's hard to use the toilet in a one-y with a non-locking door.</p>
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<p>The Boutique Hotel Palacio in Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial is a 3-star hotel, and its bathrooms - at least in the so-called "Superior Rooms" - reflect such a rating. They are bright, attractive, practical and comfortable. They come with faux-marble wall and floor tiles, open shower stalls with hand showers, and two toilet flushing options for conserving water. There are phones mounted on the walls beside the toilets, I assume for making phone calls while sitting on the toilet. The restrooms also offer butt hoses - Is that what they're called? I'm calling them butt hoses - for the hosing off of butts. And please see the photo of the decoratively folded spare toilet paper roll. Wow. </p>
<p>So these are A+ restrooms, right? Not quite. Notice I've been speaking of the facilities in the plural. We started off in one room, but woke one morning to find an ever-expanding pool of water in front of the sink. The ceiling was dripping water. We reported it, and the issue was somehow fixed within an hour (we suspect they may have shut off a valve somewhere). The next morning, the leak was back and the ceiling was dripping in even more places. They promptly moved us to a new room, with a bigger restroom and an automatic faucet where our previous room had a manual one. This mess and inconvenience was enough to knock the restrooms down a full letter grade.</p>
<p>(Please note the photos below are of the second, larger, restroom.)</p>
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<p>Unexceptional and not in great shape. Interesting tile theme, but the soap dispenser broke off in my hand. Ran into a stoic dude I casually know but hadn't spoken with in a long time. Our conversations are always supremely awkward, but it was even weirder when I tried to explain why I was taking photographs.</p>
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<p>Superficial decorative flourishes disguise an otherwise pedestrian - even somewhat rundown - restroom. One of the sinks has no water pressure to speak of, but the other is quite powerful and offers good water temperature. The wall paint has seen better days. The biggest issue is that the door takes a very long time to swing shut, leaving the back of the person at the urinal exposed to the restaurant for a significant amount of time.</p>
<p>Also: this is a (quite good) Mexican restaurant. What's with the Miller Lite poster?</p>
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
This men's room was a pleasant surprise. Not that I should have expected something crummy - it is the arts building, after all. The restroom is private and, while not exactly glamorous, does sport some impressove faux-marble tile. There's a veritable army of cleaning supplies lined up on the window ledge, which is reflected in the facilities' cleanliness and pleasant (fruity/floral) smell. Nothing to luxurious - everything is manually operated - but nice all the same.<br />
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<p>What this restroom lacks in amenities - it's about as basic as you get, with utilitarian tiles, one toilet, one urinal, one sink and manual everything - it makes up for in privacy. In all my time using this bathroom, I have come across one other person while inside. I don't know if it's the out-of-the-way location or the relatively low number of men on Chatham's campus. Either way, it's a great place to get away and relax. </p>
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<p>Entirely decent for a university campus restroom, especially in a fitness center. Clean, decorative tiles, foam soap, Rihanna's "Umbrella" blasting over the radio (this, of course, was coincidence). Only thing that could have pushed it into the realm of the truly elite would have been auto flushing/sinks/dispensers. Recommended, if you get a chance to check it out.</p>
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The restroom at Most Wanted Fine Art is kind of great. Despite the creepy descent into the building's basement -- the stairway looks like you're entering John Wayne Gacy's crawl space -- the restroom reveals itself to be cozy and pleasant. The facilities are clean and have a finished/unfinished feel that reflects the DIY nature of the gallery itself. The ceiling is extremely low, but a sign at the "door" helpfully reminds you of this. I place door in quotation marks because the door is actually just a zebra-print curtain hanging across the entrance. This adds to the charm and somehow does not make the restroom feel any less private, usually because the next person in line is standing watch for you at the top of the stairs. </div>
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<br /></div>Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-9790179997057270132011-11-28T19:52:00.001-05:002011-11-28T20:36:36.076-05:00Shadyside Market DistrictGrade: B<br />
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My apologies for the extended absence. It seems I am doomed to post with great regularity for six months, only to go into hibernation for the next six. I will try to post at least once a week, or possibly more if my schedule allows me to visit multiple new restrooms in a week.<br />
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For those of you who were not aware, we have moved our headquarters back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While a great deal of the posts going forward will be for establishments located in Pittsburgh, we as always welcome guest restroom reviews from anywhere in the world. We are also interested in receiving reviews of women's rooms, if you are so inclined. Please leave a comment, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/placestodobusiness" target="_blank">visit our Facebook page</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/plces2dobizness" target="_blank">tweet at us</a>, or e-mail placestodobusiness@gmail.com if you are interested in writing for us.<br />
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But on to the Shadyside Market District men's room. This is a solid public restroom, with automatic flushing urinals and toilets and some nice decorative details (see: wall paint, fake potted plant, above-average floor and wall tiles). The hand dryer is a little weak, but I appreciate that both paper towels and a hand dryer are offered.<br />
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My one major qualm with this men's room is its proximity to the front end/registers. The restroom is so close, and is accessed through an open corridor - as opposed to a door - so the noise from the front end is quite loud. This really diminishes the feeling of privacy and solitude that a great restroom offers.<br />
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<br />Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.com0Shadyside Market District40.4566538 -79.934455440.455143299999996 -79.9369229 40.4581643 -79.93198790000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-38612624349989250412011-05-14T20:05:00.000-04:002011-05-14T20:05:56.656-04:00Getty Center, Tram Station<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=the+getty+center&fb=1&gl=us&hq=the+getty+center&cid=15132445189522163056">1200 Getty Center Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90049</a><br />
Grade: B<br />
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The Getty Center's tram station men's room is nothing particularly special, but it does rise above the average public restroom thanks to its (I'm assuming faux-) marble floors and walls and its automatic faucets. Unfortunately there are no hand dryers, and the bathroom somehow feels a little dirty and soulless, lending to an oddly uncomfortable experience.<br />
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</b></div><div>My sister came out of this restroom and told me that it was not the worst restroom she had ever seen in her life. After experiencing the facilities for myself, I would say that I agree; it is not the <i>worst</i> I have ever seen. It is probably in the top 20, though.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Where do I start with something like this? Absolutely everything is wrong with it. It's completely filthy, despite the (empty) "Operation Clean Restrooms" sheet on the door. There is only a cold water tap on the sink. Instead of a paper towel dispenser or hand dryer, the bathroom features one of those continuous-towel loops, which I find extremely unsanitary to begin with. This one also has the distinction of being broken: the towel has become detached at the top, and is constantly falling from its precarious position on top of the unit to lie on the disgusting concrete floor.</div><div><br />
</div><div>But hey, at least there are two soap dispensers.</div><div><br />
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</div>Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-15533644630179068762011-05-09T20:36:00.000-04:002011-05-09T20:36:25.610-04:00Curtis Winery<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=curtis+winery+california&fb=1&gl=us&hq=curtis+winery&hnear=California&cid=11724513904944982384"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">5249 Foxen Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93441</span></a></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">...unisex bathroom. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with a unisex restroom (provided that it locks, as this one does). I can understand the need for one if it is a smaller establishment that does not have room for two separate restrooms. But Curtis Winery has two separate restrooms, both of which are unisex. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What is the point? I could see this potentially yielding many red-faced, "do-not-go-in-there" type situations when a member of one sex exits the restroom to find a member of the opposite sex waiting to use it. The management presumably tried to rectify this situation with the aforementioned can of air freshener, but if you smell mad air freshener in the bathroom when you enter, that just means that whoever was in there before you did something just as nasty as if you smelled something... nasty. I lost my train of thought. Unisex bathrooms are awkward.</span><br />
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</span>Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-59369254117264871392011-05-07T11:42:00.000-04:002011-05-07T11:42:25.188-04:00Coral Beach Cantina<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://Ste 310, 29350 Pacific Coast Hwy , Malibu, CA 90265-3970"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ste 310, 29350 Pacific Coast Hwy , Malibu, CA 90265-3970</span></b></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Coral Beach Cantina features a small yet comfortable and decorative men's room. There is little in the way of above-average convenience features, but it does include toilet seat covers and appears to be kept extremely clean. The pedestal sink and wood/metal mirror frame are nice.</span><br />
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</span>Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-12381268923632963262011-05-06T13:28:00.002-04:002011-05-07T11:45:03.541-04:00Sonoma Wine Garden<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=sonoma+wine+garden+santa+monica&fb=1&gl=us&hq=sonoma+wine+garden&hnear=Santa+Monica,+CA&cid=8233790821669802254"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA 90401</span></b></a></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b>Places to Do Business had the pleasure of traveling to Los Angeles last week, and my posts for the next week or so will cover the various men's rooms - and one unisex restroom - that I came across. In general I found many of the facilities to be quite nice, though it is true that we mostly only visited nice establishments (it being a vacation and all).<br />
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Sonoma Wine Garden in Santa Monica has a fantastically decorated men's room. In keeping with the restaurant's theme, the floor-to-ceiling wallpaper displays a wide variety of wine bottle labels. The sliding door includes a fun illustration with directions on how to lock it, just in case a rube such as myself finds themselves very confused by the non-traditional setup. The toilet automatically flushes, and the urinal is of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinal_(restroom)#Waterless_urinals">water-free design</a> that I encountered almost everywhere in Los Angeles.<br />
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Perhaps my favorite part of this restroom, though, is the layout. While some might find the sink placement awkward (outside of the restrooms themselves and directly in between the men's and women's rooms, so that men and women share the two sinks), I find that this is a great way of keeping people honest when it comes to washing their hands. Everyone will know if you do not wash your hands, as you will simply exit the bathroom and walk right past the sinks. This is not just great for appearance's sake, but for helping to stop the spread of germs and bacteria in general.<br />
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Plus, the sinks - and the sink area in general - are beautiful.<br />
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First of all, my apologies for being away for so long. I was on vacation last week and am preparing for a big move in the next two weeks, so it's going to be hard to keep up with posting for a bit. I will certainly try, though.<br />
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Here's one I've had on deck since several weeks ago. Papa Gallo's men's room pulls off its Mexican-themed decor very well, especially with its wooden cabinet and backsplash. The sink basin and faucet are very nice, as are the wall tiles, mirror frame and light fixtures. There is nothing particularly special in terms of convenience - pretty much everything is manually operated - but it's a pleasant atmosphere nonetheless.<br />
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Also, the time-release air freshener is definitely working overtime. While I was taking a picture of the sink, it somehow managed to spray me directly in my eye.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Grade: C-</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">No surprises here. This Wendy's off of Interstate 90 features a very standard men's room. The facilities are a little on the dirty side, the hand dryer offers very weak performance and the toilet paper dispenser is a bit of a reach from the toilet itself. Not much more to say, really.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">While there is nothing particularly special about this restroom in terms of appearance, convenience or features, it's the location that makes it so unique. This tiny bathroom -- and many others in the State Tower Building -- is located in the stairwell. As seen in the second picture below, the door opens directly off of the stairwell itself. Many of the restroom doors are locked, and presumably can only be accessed by people with offices on the corresponding floors. The 16th floor women's room was open, though, allowing me a peek inside. (Note: I did not realize it was a women's room until after I was inside, so please don't think of me as too much of a creep.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Again, this is fairly standard stuff. But the view from the large window is absolutely spectacular, and quite unlike any you will find from most bathrooms.</span><br />
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</span></b></span>Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-80214299800505680932011-04-19T19:59:00.000-04:002011-04-19T19:59:21.020-04:00Burgatory<b><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=burgatory+pittsburgh&fb=1&gl=us&hq=burgatory&hnear=Pittsburgh,+PA&cid=13653999034864343507"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">936 Freeport Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15238</span></a></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Grade: B+</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b>If you don't mind waiting 2 hours on a weekend night, Burgatory is an excellent spot to partake in the eating of creative/customizable burgers (mine was organic beef on focaccia with chipotle sour cream and avocado... right??), washed down with a cucumber/rosemary gin and tonic or alcoholic milkshake.<br />
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If you don't mind navigating the establishment's inexplicably slick floor through a thick crowd of people, you may even have a chance to visit their perfectly decent men's room. The facilities are decorated in a somewhat industrial fashion, with gray floor and wall tiles and a light fixture that seems as though it is made of iron pipe fittings. The glass/stone mosaic liner tiles on the wall are a very nice touch, as is the above-counter sink. The only real drawbacks here are the lack of a hand dryer and a proper, built-in soap dispenser.<br />
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There is something I would like to mention, though it is somewhat embarrassing. This goes without saying, but the usual labeling system for men's and women's restrooms is "Men" and "Women." Certain establishments do tend to get cute with this sometimes (take the <a href="http://placestodobusiness.blogspot.com/2011/03/rex-theater.html">Rex Theater</a>, which instead uses images of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe to differentiate between its bathrooms), but generally it is spelled out and pretty clear. With Burgatory, though, I almost walked straight into the women's room. Their restrooms are marked with "B" and "G," which in retrospect quite obviously means boys and girls. Myself, having just imbibed one of these aforementioned cucumber/rosemary gin and tonics, first saw the "G" and took it to mean "guys" (the women's room is at the end of the corridor and is the first that is immediately visible, with the men's room only coming into sight as you move further into the corridor).<br />
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Don't ask me why I thought this; wouldn't one restroom being labeled "guys" mean that the other would most likely be labeled "gals," hence leading to great confusion in their abbreviated forms? Still, I did not immediately find the "B" and "G" to be sufficient in pointing out which restroom was which, especially when the "G" was the first thing I saw.<br />
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Anyway. I'm not sure the point I'm trying to make here. Maybe some readers will see where I am coming from, and maybe others will think I am completely daft.<br />
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Also -- if the pictures below are somewhat underwhelming, it's only because my phone is horrible at taking photos in low-light situations. And to say that the restroom is a "low-light situation" is not a bad thing; it is a pleasant dimness.<br />
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</b>Stoolian Assangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108096030100332154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253767090716170437.post-91035797659274898292011-04-17T13:16:00.001-04:002011-04-17T13:17:21.185-04:00Park Bruges<b><a href="http://www.pointbrugge.com/">5801 Bryant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15206</a></b><br />
<b>Grade: A</b><br />
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<b></b>While at first glance I found Park Bruges' men's room disappointingly plain, a closer inspection revealed beauty in the subtle details. The white-on-white color scheme is somewhat generic, but the restroom's decorative touches -- the light fixture above the mirror, the trim where the wall tile meets the painted wall, the modern urinal and top-mounted sink designs -- offer a classy appearance nonetheless. The facilities are clean and temperate, and the soft lighting (from the fixture above the mirror, as well as from recessed bulbs in the drop ceiling) lends a comfortable ambience. And then there is, of course, the Xlerator hand dryer, otherwise known as the greatest invention of all time.<br />
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The one slight drawback was the roll of toilet paper sitting on the back of the toilet, though that might have been a way to get around the somewhat frustrating toilet paper dispenser (detailed <a href="http://placestodobusiness.blogspot.com/2011/04/starbucks-wexford.html">here</a>).<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Grade: D</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Well, now we know that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://placestodobusiness.blogspot.com/2011/03/sheetz-edinboro.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> was not a fluke.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I could be wrong, but it has always seemed to be that Sheetz attempts to differentiate itself from other convenience stores/gas stations with its focus on food service, <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09046/949348-66.stm">incidents involving intoxicated athletes</a> (RIP) and all-around hugeness. I worked in the wholesale grocery and tobacco distribution industry for some time, and it does seem that, in general, Sheetz wants you to think of it as something other than an everyday gas station.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">But based solely on their men's rooms, it isn't. This is an entirely different location than the one that I visited in March, but it suffers from many of the same problems: water and paper towels all over the floor, a dirty sink, a "wet floor" sign despite the fact that the facilities did not seem to have been thoroughly cleaned anytime recently. This restroom had the added bonuses of a toilet that had not been flushed and whose seat was sprayed with urine (I spared you a close-up photo), as well as an extra toilet paper roll perched, for some reason, on top of the condom dispenser. Also, this Sheetz has decided to display not one but <i>two </i>signs promising the cleanliness of its restrooms. I contacted them regarding the state of the last one I reviewed, and I am certainly going to contact them about this one. But come on, Sheetz. This is getting old.</span><br />
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Though this Starbucks men's room is fairly nice (as expected), it was slightly on the stinky side upon my viewing. I would also think that a company like Starbucks would at least attempt to give off an image of environmental friendliness by providing an automatic hand dryer as opposed to just a paper towel dispenser, but this is not the case. There are also no automatic fixtures to speak of, and there was a high amount of condensation on the urinal lever, making for an unpleasant flushing experience (which, perhaps, is why the patron before me did not bother to flush it at all).<br />
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The dual-colored walls are pretty though, as are the decorative wooden mirror frame and vanity light.<br />
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This might be the occasion to bring up an annoyance I have been experiencing (but not really menitoning) in several restrooms recently. The toilet paper dispenser used in this bathroom is of the dual-roll design, with one roll being stored on a track above the other. The idea is that when the first roll is empty, one moves the second roll into place and it slides down the track so that the user can retrieve the paper. The problem with this system is that when the second roll drops down, it sits on top of the first (now empty) roll, which causes a good deal of friction and prevents the new roll from rotating smoothly. As a result, I often find that several small amounts of toilet paper are accidentally torn free at a time. These small amounts then need to be collected and wadded into a larger, useable portion, which is somewhat inconvenient and frustrating. Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Grade: D+</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here we have a relatively plain bathroom with enough minor drawbacks to knock it into the realm of below average. Though the facilities are mostly clean, there were some paper towels on the floor around the garbage can. The toilet paper dispenser seems to be coming apart, and it is mounted so far from the toilet that one needs to lean way forward to access it. The original lock on the stall door is missing and the hole left in its absence has not been covered up, so you can see straight through to the toilet from the outside of the stall. The base of the stall has also become detached from the floor.</span><br />
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<strong>Grade: B</strong><br />
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Though I've only been away from Pittsburgh for 10 months, the Crazy Mocha men's room seems cleaner than I remember. Perhaps this is only a nostalgic effect of being in the city again, but the cleanliness does seem genuine.<br />
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The walls are painted in warm colors, and though there is a copious amount of graffiti -- including a very large volume scratched into the mirror -- it fits the coffee shop's hip vibe and is mostly in good taste (ex: "Danny DeVito is older than you think"). The establishment could elevate the facilities by adding a few more decorative/convenient touches, but for now it is pretty decent.<br />
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The one drawback I should mention: though this is a single restroom with a locking door, the door seems very thin and you can hear almost everything going on in the coffee shop around you. This does slightly diminish the sense of privacy.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Grade: B+</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Were it in perfect condition, the Wise Guys men's room would easily merit an A. The decor is quiet classy, with brass light fixtures, decorative green, red and white tiles, wooden stalls/urinal divider and nice wallpaper. Unfortunately, the facilities are slightly dilapidated and, as a result, feel somewhat shabby. There is a hole gouged in the wall above the urinal, one of the metal brackets securing the urinal divider to the wall has cracked in half, there is visible grime along the countertop behind the sinks, and the cabinet beneath the sink is missing a door, leaving the cleaning supplies exposed. I would like to see Wise Guys join the ranks of the true elite restrooms of Syracuse by clearing up some of these issues.</span><br />
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