Planet of the Grapes

between West 62nd and 65th Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues

Across the street from the Upper West Side location of the entry above sits ”the real deal,” nest of the culture vultures, Lincoln Center. Since the purpose of our investigations has always been to serve the interests of ”quick relief” while spending the day as a pedestrian, we visited the more publicly accessible restrooms at Lincoln Center, as opposed to those utilized while attending performances at night, which we trust our readership does regularly.

We found that the grandeur of the performances these facilities host are only slightly hinted at in their restrooms. However, a slice of Pavarotti is still a slice of Pavarotti. The sink found here is a clean, glistening black, reflecting the early 1990s modernist movement in Europe. The urinals in the men’s room echo that aesthetic, sitting high on the wall with short bodies, again clean, but losing points for not having dividers. The toilets in the stalls, however, provide the more basic “school aesthetic” of white bowls with black seats. All in all, this is more Andrea Bocelli than Puccini, but it gets the job done well enough.

Rating: 6.5