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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I dropped by Mimi’s for breakfast yesterday (9/28/09)—they have good food and a wide array of breakfast (and lunch and dinner, but I was there for breakfast) options. I’m especially fond of the Pain Purdue—cream cheese and orange marmelade stuffed between two layers of French toast. I wouldn’t recommend this as a daily meal but on the rare occasion that I have it, I’m sure it shortens my lifespan. Oh well, it tastes good. I’m not sure why they serve muffins with the pp but they do, so that muffin became this morning’s breakfast (when a single muffin has more calories, fat, etc. than French toast stuffed with cream cheese…well, it’s best not to do that more than once in a great while). Not realizing it, I got Mimi’s Meaningful Muffin, for which they donated $1 to Share Our Strength®, an organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger. All I was thinking was “Pineapple Coconut Crumb sounds pretty good…” (it was, by the way). If you’re interested, you have two more days (the muffins are served til 9/30/09) to grab one. I suggest you do—help out a great cause and get a tasty muffin.

Overall, the bathroom is clean and well-designed. I’m not sure why there’s only one urinal, that seems odd where the minimum is usually two. It’s not a big deal or a dealbreaker, just odd. I love the tile floor you can see in picture three, and I had to laugh when I looked at the emergency lights (shown in picture four). The thought of getting stuck in a bathroom when an emergency occurs and having it lit up like a football stadium makes me laugh. Yeah, I probably do need help. Three-and-a-half rolls.

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