Royal Flush: Johnny Brenda's

At the POPPED! opening night party this Monday, I got the pleasure of visiting the upstairs ladies' room at Johnny Brenda's. This may be one of the prettiest bathrooms I've seen in town. Yup, that's right: the decor in this restroom is simplistically beautiful.

The sign outside of the door is made of red glass and has black writing. It always makes me feel like I've magically left the country and stumbled upon the only bathroom in Paris with a sign in English. Inside, the floor is black and white checkered, and the stalls are made of black wood - and ample in number (I have never waited for more than a minute and a half for a toilet there). Everything was clean, without a scary faux-hygenic smell announcing attempted sanitation.

There are a couple of sinks, set in a marble countertop, upon which sit two containers of soap (the bottles say the soap is "blue iris," but the waitress who was in the bathroom at the same time pointed out, and I agreed, that the soap smells like almond). To the left of the door, there's a towel dispenser (also full) over a garbage can. Once you're done with that, you can leave the happy pretend-you're-in-Paris restroom and return to Philly.

Image via europeforvisitors.com.