Showing posts with label shadyside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shadyside. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2011

Shadyside Market District

Grade: B

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.

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, visit our Facebook page, tweet at us, or e-mail placestodobusiness@gmail.com if you are interested in writing for us.

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.

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.














Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Harris Grill

5747 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Grade: B-


The most notable aspect of Harris Grill's men's room is the incongruity of the decor. I am not sure exactly what they were going for with the fleur-de-lis/giant mouth urinal/nice decorative wall tile combination, but if they were attempting to establish some sort of theme, it was certainly lost on me. 


No matter, though. This is not really a bad restroom at all, and I suppose the mouth urinal does fit in with the jokey nature of their menu (see: pretty much anything listed here). My only major complaints are that it is a little small, has more graffiti than you might expect and does not feel quite isolated enough from the rest of the restaurant. That, and it definitely doesn't seem quite as clean as it should be.