I need to get out more…and travel, so I can review some bathrooms not in the Sacramento area. Which reminds me…if you’re interested in writing for us, pop me an email at goodies[at]nobathanksthroomgoodies[dot]com. We’d love to hear from ya (and hopefully get a crazy bathroom or two in!)

Okey dokey…wow, this was further back than I thought! Here I was thinking I was gonna talk a bit about the Double Down sandwich and it turns out this was a much earlier outing (I guess twice in 3-4 months isn’t horrible). So I can only guess this was about the time they released the grilled spicy wings (would be about right…around football season marching toward “the big game”—thanks for not suing me, NFL!). On a side note, the Double Down sandwich a couple months later was alright, but overly greasy (they were fresh…think they might have needed to sit a bit), and frankly, missing a bun. Not sure about the missing bun thing…although it probably saves a couple hundred calories off a quarter of your daily intake (540 original/460 grilled…nearly half from fat…from KFC’s nutritional document—requires Adobe Reader). Two trips in four months now seems like more than enough.

Anyway…onto the bathrooms…they’re more or less your “neo-typical” fast-food bathrooms. Nothing fancy, but not the old dingy look from back in the day. They’re nicely accented with red tiles on the white background, and the staff does a decent job of keeping them clean. I’ll give ‘em 3 rolls for a clean bathroom and not the plain ol’ white.

I always like to see clean restrooms in fast food joints because it’s slightly encouraging that the kitchen may not be terrible. People get all weirded out with bacteria and grease build-up, but are a-okay with eating two slices of pepperjack cheese and two slices of bacon between two fried chicken breasts…

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Friday 10/02/09 a buddy of mine and I went to Arby’s for dinner…as fast food goes, it’s likely one of the smarter choices…depending on what you choose, of course (and I’m sure adding their Horsey Sauce® can’t help things, probably don’t wanna add anything that bares a resemblance to zesty mayo).

They keep the bathroom clean, so that’s certainly a plus. I don’t think they check on it very often though, or the franchisee maybe just doesn’t care? Take a look at picture four, you’re looking at one of those combination paper towel dispensers/trash cans (pretty common in fast food places, department stores, and even some “sit-down” restaurants). Where’s the trash can?!? Oh wait…check out picture five…there it is! Underneath the sink…I’m not sure that’s quite how the parts fit together. Pictures six and seven are the paper towel dispenser part…the paper towels wouldn’t come out the bottom so I opened up the dispenser…you’d think they’d make sure all of that was working and prevent people from opening that door (it’s thin sheet steel, maybe not the safest thing to be opening and closing through that little hole). Two-and-a-half rolls for the apparently neglected bathroom.

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I was here on 10/01/09, apparently that was an all-Mexican meal day (I skipped lunch…not purposely, but ya know how things can go). Don Quixote’s layout shares some similarity with Chipotle (so if you’re familiar with how you order at Chipotle, you understand how you order here). I really wish Mexican restaurants would stock some hotter hot sauces though (if there are any proprietors of Mexican restaurants out there reading this right now, please click that link and order some insane sauces!!!).

This is a really crazy bathroom. I was all ready to give it four rolls from the get-go, but doing all these bathroom reviews has really lead me to be far more detailed in my reviews. I get way behind pretty consistently, as you can see if you read through the reviews…every five or six days I drop a content nuke and put that last 6 days’ worth of content in one or two days. I’m really working on improving my timing…but it hasn’t seemed to have an effect yet. Way to get off-topic…

Like I mentioned, this bathroom is pretty cool (I think I said “crazy”…but when you’re me, there’s no difference—how would you know that though? you’re not me…I’m pretty sure anyway…) The walls are covered in a brown textured wallpaper that looks like leather grain. They put clear yellowish stones in designs, and even put a clock in (really helpful when you forget your cell and have people waiting for you). Seriously, more bathrooms should have clocks in them. Some of the stones broke off (came unglued?) and haven’t been repaired yet (I’m not sure how long, maybe someone stole some of the stones?). Overall, the intelligent and cool design and overall cleanliness give this bathroom four rolls. However, I have to deduct half a roll for the unrepaired missing stones (it just looks bad).

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Home of gourmet burgers (Zagat rated them #1) and Endless Fries™, Red Robin is sort of 50′s-ish diner in execution…and sort of not (I’m pretty sure 50′s diners never had in-floor TV’s or flat screens in every corner). They have fantastic drinks, too…all-in-all a recommended restaurant. I even got to watch my Panthers take the lead over the Cowboys while I was there Monday (9/28/09)—we won’t discuss the second half…(40 years of Monday Night Football!!! crazy!!!)

The bathroom is a pretty happy place at Red Robin (like the rest of the restaurant)—lots of bright vibrant colors and a friendly reminder as you walk in to wash your hands after using the restroom (check it out in the entrance picture). Oddly enough there’s only one urinal in here, too (and emergency lights…still laughin’)—maybe it’s a new-restaurant-in-Lincoln thing (both Red Robin and Mimi’s were built here within the last couple of years). Three-and-a-half rolls for the clean well-lit brightly colored bathroom.

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