Article: The Most Important Room in a Restaurant These Days Is the Bathroom
The Most Important Room in a Restaurant These Days Is the Bathroom
● It’s not only the selfie station—it’s where the biggest impressions have an outsize impact.
By Kate Krader, for Bloomberg Businessweek
When you walk into Coqodaq, New York’s buzzy fried-chicken-and-Champagne emporium, the first thing you see is not its gleaming arched ceiling, its golden nightclub glow or a glamorous host.
It’s a row of sinks.
These aren’t just any old sinks. Directly inside the front door, they’re built into a soapstone hand-washing station outfitted with weathered bronze Italian faucets and a half-dozen high-end hand cleansers, including Le Labo and Loewe. Oval tinted mirrors are surrounded by soft lights; look into one and you instantaneously become the star of the party.
Coqodaq designer David Rockwell put the washroom front and center to provide a soothing transition from Manhattan’s hectic streets to a clubby dining experience.
He didn’t necessarily intend for it to be a selfie station—but these days, what well-lit mirror isn’t?
We agree Kate, and think our gorgeous Japanese Tiles should be involved :)
