We were here 4/25/2010 for breakfast. Although Awful Annie’s serves food all day long (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), they’re most known (and revered) for their breakfasts. There were ten of us at breakfast, and I can’t even begin to remember what everyone ate…I had some great cinnamon French toast, however, with a side of bacon. The bacon was good and meaty, and not over-done…their French toast is awesome…just awesome. Awful Annie’s is packed weekend mornings, so if you’re planning to go, you should probably make reservations the day before (no joke). They do have a beer and wine license as well, so if you want a Sunday morning mimosa, all is good. Sometimes they’ll give you a tiny bottle and let you mix it yourself…here’s my suggestion: 1) give the orange juice to an underage member of your party; 2) drink the champagne (no, not out of the bottle…ask for another glass). If Bloody Marys are more your style, I hear they have good ones (tomatoes are great turned into pasta sauce, ketchup, or served on hamburgers…I’m not into drinking them). Anyway, I happened to be driving on this occasion, so it was coffee and water for me (don’t feel too bad, I drank so much coffee I couldn’t sleep for a week). The restaurant is definitely cozy, there are two levels (not really stories, since the upper level is maybe five feet above the lower level), and when they’re busy, it’s packed!

The bathroom is pretty nice, I’m sorry I don’t have more pictures (I can’t believe I forgot my feet picture), but it’s a one-person bathroom and there was a line outside the door…and I don’t want to inconvenience anyone having to use the bathroom (I don’t appreciate it much). I kinda tripped out over the chalkboard, I’m not really sure why it’s there, but if I had more time (and some chalk), I would have at least put BathroomGoodies.com on it. I’ll have to do that next time, and I’ll grab some more photos (including a feet shot!) next time I’m there. Three rolls for an average clean bathroom, plus half a roll for the chalkboard (man I wish I’d had some chalk!)

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So on 2/20/2010, a couple friends and I visited Tugboat [London Style] Fish & Chips in Lincoln. The sign on the window says “and Sushi”…and we were a little nervous at the prospect of fish and chips and sushi. I ordered a piece of fish and a piece of chicken with chips, and they were pretty good. However…the sushi was very good! There are a few sushi places in Lincoln, so I can see why they’d serve both, but that was pretty freakin’ good sushi. I’d definitely recommend you check em out for the sushi, and give the fish and chips the ol’ college try!

The bathroom was pretty impressive…it was painted two-tone aqua and white and nicely decorated! I’m not sure what the deal was with putting the toilet paper so high (see picture #2), but that was really the only complaint I had here.  The art was pretty cool, too. Overall, I’ll give ‘em three-and-a-half rolls for a great bathroom (they would have gotten four except for that toilet paper height…I fail to see the logic in design when everything else was so well done!) I thought the flowers and bow-and-arrow set with quiver was certainly interesting. Cupid anyone?

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I last visited Dillian’s on 2/15/2010. The food is standard bar & grill food, I had a steak sandwich (which was fantastic btw) for lunch. The service was pretty quick (there were five of us total), the food served hot (and plenty of it!), and they were showing UFC and NFL highlights on the flat screens. Dillian’s is dark inside (as you’d expect a corner neighborhood bar to be) and is pretty much your standard bar from a decorative standpoint. They have a covered enclosed patio, separated from the main area, to allow smokers to enjoy a cigarette or cigar with their drinks or food. It’s probably been ten years since I’ve seen a “smoking” section, and I thought it was pretty cool they had it there.

The bathroom was not at all what I was expecting! Honestly, I was expecting dark and dingy…instead, it’s pink and white! The stalls are gray, and they have their upcoming events on the mirror. This is a clean bathroom and comes recommended (come for the bathroom, stay for the food!).

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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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