America's Best Restroom Contest Seeks New York Restaurant
Nominees  We at Fork in the Road have a thing for intelligent
restaurant bathroom design. (Antiquated elevators? Cyclone
flush? Yes, please.)  And so does David Brandt, the survey
editor of the annual Best Restroom Contest. Brandt was just on
The Brian Lehrer Show to talk about the national competition
(there's also a Canadian version), which is accepting
nominations until August 31.  After Lehrer questioned why a New
York restaurant loo has never won the honor, Brandt acknowledged
that Grub Street had asked the same question, in slightly more
scatological terms, two years ago. The problem, it seems, isn't
our porcelain thrones as much as the people who use them:
Apparently, not enough of us bother to nominate or vote for our
favorites, and thus our chances for glory are flushed down the
drain.  Currently, the contest nominees include the Bryant Park
Hotel, which is fine, but no substitute for Morimoto's
mechanized toilets and trippy flower arrangement