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This is my go-to app to find bathrooms: https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator
by ytdytvhxgydvhh 5y ago
This is my go-to app to find bathrooms: https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator
- mikeryan 5y agoMy go to in Manhattan is just to walk into the nearest big hotel like you’re a guest and find the restroom off the lobby.
- Apocryphon 5y agoThat also works well in San Francisco.
- yusuke242424 5y agoReally? Should I call it as Pee Francisco?
- galdosdi 5y agoNice restaurants were also a good place to go because they had good customer service habits. Any bar or places that serves alcohol has to have a bathroom. In NYC iirc, 20 seats or more and built before 1970 or so also required it. I looked this up once after getting sick of being told there was no bathroom at places that seemed likely to be lying.
- yusuke242424 5y agoI tried to sneak in a restaurant to use the bathroom but couldn’t. I used a bathroom in a bar once.
- galdosdi 5y agoYour mistake was acting sneaky.
- yusuke242424 5y agoAlso some restaurants say “customers only”.
- yusuke242424 5y agoAs a tourist, I didn’t know this. Will try this next time. I was wondering if I should pay tips or not in that case.
- mikeryan 5y agoUnless there’s a bathroom attendant you’re just ignored. Tips wouldn’t be necessary.
- nerdponx 5y agoThis works in pretty much any American city. If anything, you have to be careful with this in New York specifically, because some of the little boutique hotels have tiny lobbies that don't have a bathroom. Make sure to go for a big brand-name hotel. The outer boroughs are trickier, but I've found that McDonald's and KFC generally have open bathrooms. And gas stations with attached convenience stores, which do exist in Queens.
- jhunter1016 5y agoThis is a top-notch comment.
- crispyalmond 5y agoMy local one doesn't allow customers in the bathroom unless they buy something. Are there ones that don't?
- zests 5y agoHow recently did you check? There was a debacle in the past year or two and I think the policy changed.
- ytdytvhxgydvhh 5y agoAt a corporate level there was an open bathroom policy instituted a few years back [0]. I’m not aware of that changing but I’m also not surprised that a local outlet might not comply with that policy. 0: https://people.com/food/starbucks-bathroom-policy-change-arrest-black-men/ https://people.com/food/starbucks-bathroom-policy-change-arr...
- ThePadawan 5y agoTIL they changed this policy. Used to be the bathroom had a PIN lock, and the PIN was printed on your receipt. (I assumed it rotated regularly)
- nikkinana 5y agoNo need for that, just shit on the sidewalk like the rest.
- mikeryan 5y agoI’ve only seen this in areas with a bit of a homeless issue. Even then just ask the barista for the code. You can always say you’re waiting for a phone order. But I can’t say I’ve ever been asked.
- yusuke242424 5y agoI went to a bar to use the bathroom and ordered an orange juice. The orange juice made me want to pee again in the NY train and had a nightmare on the way home. You can guess what happened lol
- closeparen 5y agoMost Starbucks around here closed their bathrooms for the pandemic.
- yusuke242424 5y agoYes they did. Even Macdonald also closed them. I was asked to pee around the counter by a staff at a street shop.
- yusuke242424 5y agoSome Starbucks does not have a bathroom especially in NY. Also we don’t want to drink when we want to pee.