There are two ways to best judge a restaurant's quality: the soup and the bathroom. Both signify a venue's subtle, yet overall, attention detail. Visiting a new restaurant's bathroom is one of the most titillating moments of a meal for your editor. So, much to our delight, today SF Chronicle's Michael Bauer discusses restaurants' cans, giving top ratings to Gitane on Claude Lane. "The somewhat quirky interior, designed by Mr. Important Design, has a sexy aura that's also encapsulated in the bathroom. It feels like walking into an extension of the dining room, starting at the draped foyer," he gushes. Our favorite has to go to Orson. See, they have seven private bathrooms, all of them complete with low-lighting, black walls, and bowls of coffee grounds. Have a favorite? Let us know in the comments.



*bowls of coffee grounds*
This. This I like.
Oh, yes! That's a trick from flight attendants: a bag of joe is the best air freshener available/permissible on a plane. Great idea to use grounds on the ground.
waziema!
Bushi-Tei and hltheir Japanese Toto toilet. Rinse, dry, repeat.
I still like the venerable stalls at Slanted Door. Individual stalls, totally enclosed. In case one "gets away from you", it's pretty hard to tell who was the culprit. Nice.
I like the bathroom at Conduit.
Don't forget Kennedy's.
There is inadequate discussion of 'ease of cocaine use' considerations here.
What about the bathroom at Pizzetta 211? Albeit tiny, the bathroom is cool with that television / art installation.
Disco bathroom at Triptych. I miss the Candyland bathroom at Pow.