Bathrooms often are seen as a necessary—and expensive—evil of restaurant design. And yet, while they may not bring in any money, some operators see reason to invest in them. “When you’re trying to create an atmosphere for a restaurant, if you don’t have a seamless experience [extending] to the bathroom, you’re going to have a disconnect,” says Franck LeClerc, owner of Gitane in San Francisco.
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