Frank Bruni Drains the Main Vein
The Times restaurant critic, like some alter cocker he encountered at Danny Meyer's the Modern, has a urinary problem.
I'm less than half his age, and I was confused and frustrated myselfby the restroom at the Modern on this night, by the restrooms at BLT Fish, Per Se and plenty of other places on plenty of other nights. ...
But I couldn't figure out how to trigger the electronic-eye sensors above the commodes, motion-detecting flushing mechanisms with enough of a delay that you were sometimes asked simply to trust in a cleansing aftermath to your departure. I've encountered religions with less daunting leaps of faith.
And what about bathroom attendants? Can't you do something about bathroom attendants, Frank? We hate that it costs us a buck to pee at Balthazar.
(Full disclosure: We had to get a waiter to help us figure out how to even open the bathroom doors at the Modern.) JO
