July 2011
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Spaghetteria
Spaghetteria 1953 India St San Diego, CA 92101
We decided to go to San Diego the same weekend as Comic Con, not to go to the convention, which we’ve been talking about for years. No, this time we just wanted to visit a friend. And so it was we found ourselves wandering around downtown San Diego for hours. and there were badly-dressed people wandering around. I wasn’t sure if they...
February 2011
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Happy Buffet
Happy Buffet 5600 Van Buren Blvd #A Riverside, CA
I have been reliably informed that Chinese food is not, in fact, Chinese food. What we have in America is “Westernized Chinese food”. Actual Chinese people stare down their Oriental noses at our imperfect Occidental ways. I know how they feel, having experienced what they consider Irish cuisine in the colonies. However, there is...
August 2010
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Bann Thai
Bann Thai 6461 Brockton Ave. Riverside, CA
We like Thai food. We heard good things about Bann Thai, so we tried it out. After the magic of some coconut curry, I had to go to the bathroom. It’s one of those ones that looks like it’s in another building. Where the rest of the restaurant had pleasant, warmly-lit, wooden floors, the restroom had cold rust-coloured tiles and harsh...
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Ruby's Diner
Ruby’s Diner 1298 Riverside Avenue Riverside, CA 92503
It was near 7 o’clock when, after a hard afternoon spent walking through the entire mall, we decided to reward our devotion to the temple of consumerism with some fries. I wanted to wash my hands before eating, so I went straight to the restroom, conveniently in an small alcove next to the register. The door opened easily,...
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The Cottage
by special guest contributor Sarah Bakabak
The Cottage 7702 Fay Ave La Jolla, CA 92037
The unisex restrooms in The Cottage are among the finest I have ever used in my short life. They are tucked into the back corner of the restaurant, far away from the kitchen (they get a point for that since I’ve been in too many restaurants where the restrooms and the kitchen are worryingly close)....
July 2010
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Pizza Time
Pizza Time 18955 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside, CA 92508-9263
This was one of the more unwelcome bathroom adventures I’ve had recently.
The men’s room isn’t terribly clean, for one thing, and there were graffiti marks all over the walls and the mirror, some gouged out with a sharp object. But that’s not the fault of the restaurant.
The first thing I do before sitting...