Comments on: America's best public bathrooms

By: shay simmons

shay simmons — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:31:00 +0000

The women’s restroom at the Cornbelters’ baseball stadium at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois (I swear to God I am not making any of this up) looks like it came straight out of Tony Soprano’s house. Black marble and a suede fainting couch.

I just wish I could see what the men’s room looks like.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:12:00 +0000

There ‘Green House on Main’ in Shediac has an old British phone booth serving as a entrance to the entrances to the bathrooms. Quirky and function (the doubling of the doors provided extra sound proofing).

By: Daemonworks

Daemonworks — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:01:00 +0000

Restaurant bathrooms and the like are privately owned, not public…

By: twianto

twianto — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 05:22:00 +0000

Isn’t this just another item on the long list of American euphemisms for words that a Good Christian(tm) shouldn’t say in polite company? Toilet – bathroom, arse – ass etc. It doesn’t have to make sense…

By: benenglish

benenglish — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:58:00 +0000

As a young man I firmly believed that you could judge nightclubs by their restrooms. It always seemed that the best clubs had the most women in the men’s room. I’m now old and no longer go clubbing. Does that metric still hold?

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Hahahahah! Happy friday, my friend.

By: dioptase

dioptase — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Some restrooms are impressive for where they are. My favorites have been: on top of the Eiffel Tower, on top of the Vatican, and on the Great Wall. The Continental divide in the Monte Verde Cloud Forrest of Costa Rica gets an honorable mention, but wasn’t technically a bathroom.

I’m leaving my mark on this world!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:50:00 +0000

I guess that “best” is subjective. The men’s room at Herbie’s Ramrod Room in Boston in the 70s always seemed really popular, but it didn’t fit any of these criteria.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:07:00 +0000

I gotta admit, I heard that waterfall being hyped up for so long that it was actually a bit disappointing when I finally got to pee in it. I guess I expected something more… majestic.

By: iamlegion

iamlegion — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:57:00 +0000

Larry Craig approves.

By: Senor Schaffer

Senor Schaffer — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:43:00 +0000

If the Madonna Inn isn’t listed, I’ll eat my hat. You pee into a waterfall.

http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/e9840698358f11e180c9123138016265_7.jpg

Be careful if you’re wearing sandals. The waterfall sprays a bit.

By: Jardine

Jardine — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:26:00 +0000

You don’t generally have a rest in there either. Or if you do, anyone waiting for a free stall is not going to be happy with you. Probably best to be unambiguous and ask where the shitter is.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:20:00 +0000

I can’t believe I’d forgotten that. I once asked a bartender where the pub’s bathroom was. He said, “Do you want to take a bath?” We then discussed the differences between English on both sides of the pond before laughing about the widely held misconception that Australians speak English.

By: Bender

Bender — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:20:00 +0000

We visited Jungle Jim’s one time and I’ll never forget the look on my daughter’s face when she saw several women walk into what looks like a single porta-potty.

By: Dave Lloyd

Dave Lloyd — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:07:00 +0000

Childish I know, but I still can’t get over the fact you call them bathrooms when nary a bath have I found in such places. Restrooms are also good euphemisms.

By: Squirt Lancaster

Squirt Lancaster — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:01:00 +0000

Imma let you finish but the men’s room at the Tony Madonna Inn outside San Luis Obispo is the best men’s room of all time. Of ALL TIME.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:46:00 +0000

I’ve been taking a series of photos of public bathrooms that I call “Dear John”.

Knowing there’s a contest that I could submit the nicest ones to makes me want to start purposely seeking out even more.

Also, the Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville is known for its very nice art deco men’s bathroom. It’s so nice, in fact, that once when I was coming out of it a group of women in evening gowns met me at the door and asked, “Could you go in there with us?”

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:38:00 +0000

Just like the port-a-potty from “Doctor Who!”

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:38:00 +0000

Good luck finding a public bathroom, never mind a nice one.

I’m convinced that McDonalds and Starbucks are public bathrooms that serve food and coffee on the side.