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Cincinnati,
OH – August 2022 / Newsmaker Alert: From one of the busiest airports
in the country to a restaurant within an old manufacturing building, Cintas
Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS), is proud to announce the top 10 finalists
for the 2022 America’s Best Restroom®
contest. The 21st annual contest celebrates businesses that develop and
maintain innovative restroom facilities. Now through August 31, the public
is invited to vote for their favorite finalist at bestrestroom.com.
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“This
year’s top 10 finalists include small and large businesses from diverse
categories competing for the title of America’s Best Restroom,” said Julia
Messinger, Marketing Manager, Cintas. “The public holds higher standards
for the cleanliness and technology used in public restrooms which is why
we’re proud to recognize these businesses that maintain clean and exceptional
facilities.”
The
2022 America’s Best Restroom top 10 finalists include (alphabetical order):
Delaware
Botanic Gardens – Dagsboro, DE
Just
a few miles from the southern Delaware beaches, an oasis of tranquility
and beauty has been steadily cultivated at the Delaware Botanic Gardens
at Pepper Creek. Designed by the local firm of SEA Studio Architects, the
new restroom is situated gently at the threshold between the Meadow Garden
and the Woodlands. The building combines contemporary forms and a thoughtful
material palette in a structure that both enhances the landscape and serves
its function as a fully accessible restroom. Natural cedar cladding makes
the building feel at home, while floor-to-ceiling south windows provide
natural light and transparency into what are typically stuffy, private
spaces. Several didactic features on the exterior demonstrate simple stormwater
management practices, including a rainwater collection cistern and rain
chains that feed a “living” wall, dry riverbed, and rain garden. Lastly,
the interiors boast a clean and contemporary look with modern tile finishes
and floating, stainless-steel vanities. Without a doubt, the restrooms
at the DBG are truly part of the unique garden experience.
Eberly
– Austin, TX
The
restaurant’s entire design is centered around its cedar tavern bar, brought
in from New York City, and the restroom is also a nod to the bygone era
when those bars were in vogue. Each stall has an illuminated old-school
New York tavern vacancy light outside the door that turns off when you
lock it. The restroom includes images from Grammy-winning music photographer
Alan Messer. It is also awash in Fine Paints of Europe’s Hollandlac Brilliant
Paint in Dark Cobalt Blue.
Headlands
Lodge and Spa – Pacific City, OR
Headlands
Lodge was designed to highlight its special spot on the Oregon coast, and
the same is true for its restroom. It features a dark, wave-like concrete
sink with touchless faucets. Dark shiplap lines the walls along with modern
wall sconces to match the restroom’s spa-like feel. Meanwhile, patterned
floor tiles create a rustic, masculine tone.
La
Pâtisserie – Charleston, SC
Located
inside the Hotel Bennett, the restrooms in this French themed patisserie
are the closest to France you’ll get without hopping on an airplane. The
chic gold-accented wallpaper and elegant wall sconces are as appealing
to the eye as the bakery’s sweet and savory pastries. Above, decadent chandeliers
light the way to fully enclosed, private stalls.
Newark
Liberty International Airport Terminal B All-Gender Restroom – Newark,
NJ
This
project provides a new restroom facility in a 1970’s-era terminal departure
lounge area at Newark Liberty International Airport that was required due
to inadequate capacity at the existing restrooms. The restroom design provides
an exceptional experience for all passengers by eliminating the traditional
amalgamation of restroom facilities through gender-based separation in
favor of public environments that allow privacy for all users. An added
benefit of this all-gender solution was the ability to accommodate a larger
number of users than a traditional restroom configuration, with “potty
parity” for all. Areas for traveling companion waiting and passenger reorganization
are provided to compliment the private areas. Local imagery, integrated
into the architectural treatment of glass and tile, establishes a sense
of place to remind the users where they might have visited or what they
might want to experience during a return trip. Sound and scent compliment
the visual experience to create a calming environment.
No.
5 Bistro & Bar - Sedalia, MO
Housed
in a restored 55,000 sq. ft. building from the 1800s, No. 5 Bistro &
Bar is a lively environment colored by attentive and friendly service.
The restaurant’s vibe pays homage to the history that is unique to the
Original Plat area of Sedalia and can only truly be found where their city
began. The building’s deep history is highlighted in the restroom which
is outfitted with the original sinks, exposed brick, and penny floor tiles.
Dramatic green subway tile and wall sconces provide a modern touch paired
with vintage mirrors. The restroom is a beautiful combination of the building’s
historic past blended with the experiential living of the modern twenty-first
century.
North
Hollywood Recreation Center – North Hollywood, CA
The
self-cleaning restrooms at North Hollywood Recreation Center are holding
to its promise in a community with a large homeless population. They cut
maintenance cleaning times considerably. The restrooms’ interior is sanitized
automatically after a set number of flushes. Touchless features include
toilet tissue dispenser, soap dispense, faucet and hand dryer. Exiting
the restroom is also touchless. Graffiti is easily removed from the stainless
steel and porcelain interior. An alarm will sound off if someone attempts
to stay inside for too long and the door will open.
Stone
Mountain Public House – Stone Mountain, GA
Located
in the charming historic Village of Stone Mountain, GA, this restroom follows
a fun, prohibition theme. The sink is made from an old whiskey barrel and
features a beer tap handle to dispense water. The vinyl wood walls are
adorned with prohibition pictures. There’s even a butler toilet paper dispenser.
Tampa
International Airport – Tampa, FL
Tampa
International Airport’s Airside C showcases new high-design, spacious restrooms,
coupled with quality craftsmanship and an inviting, yet durable, material
palette. The entrance welcomes travelers to their uniquely-Florida experience.
Boasting large graphics and a natural, deep blue stone, the undulating
veining is reminiscent of waves crashing along the shore. Once inside,
large format tiles skin the floors and seamlessly fold up the walls, bolstering
the well-lit environment and furthering a “freshly cleaned” aesthetic.
A wood-look wall tile adds warmth and softness for a balanced, resort-like
feel. The luxury feel is bolstered by high-res images of quintessential
Florida flora, back printed on floor-to-ceiling sheets of impact-resistant
glass ensuring its beauty for years to come. The clean, contemporary aesthetic
is completed by light-colored solid surface vanities, which incorporate
TPA’s signature “cockpit” concept. This “cockpit” provides guests with
their own sensor-activating sink and soap, personal paper towel dispensers,
and trash receptacle, all within an arm’s reach!
Tori
Tori – Orlando, FL
Modeled
after the famous green restroom from “The Aviator,” the Tori Tori restroom
will have other facilities feeling green with envy. The space is gorgeous
with dark green hues and light touches of marbling. The rotating floral
display behind the restroom doors make this the go-to place for taking
mirror selfies and photos. Gold accented mirrors and faucets complement
the green décor.
The
top 10 finalists were selected based on cleanliness, visual appeal, innovation,
functionality and unique design elements. The winner will be honored with
a place in the America’s Best Restroom Hall of Fame and receive a Cintas
UltraClean® restroom cleaning service and $2,500 in facility services
or restroom cleaning from Cintas.
Last
year, Two Cities Pizza in Mason, Ohio took home the title of America’s
Best Restroom for its restrooms designed to capture the atmosphere of New
York and Chicago. The restrooms are fully outfitted with a subway platform,
train car, station stops playing over the speaker, authentic subway handles
above the sinks, and even graffiti on the walls.
Vote
for your favorite restroom at www.BestRestroom.com.
Images
of the finalists are available here.
About
Cintas Corporation
Cintas
Corporation helps more than one million businesses of all types and
sizes get Ready™ to open their doors with confidence every day by
providing products and services that help keep their customers’ facilities
and employees clean, safe, and looking their best. With offerings including
uniforms, mats, mops, towels, restroom supplies, workplace water services,
first aid and safety products, eye-wash stations, safety training, fire
extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm service, Cintas helps customers
get Ready for the Workday®. The company is also the creator
of the Total Clean Program™ – a first-of-its-kind service that includes
scheduled delivery of essential cleaning supplies, hygienically clean laundering,
and sanitizing and disinfecting products and services. Headquartered in
Cincinnati, Cintas is a publicly held Fortune 500 company traded
over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component
of both the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and Nasdaq-100 Index.
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