# Proud to report LA doesn't want to eat on the toilet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 3, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904 "2014-06-03T08:37:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/1 "2014-06-03T08:37:48Z")

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Or out of serving dishes shaped like toilets:eek:, or dishes named after human excretions.:eek:

Or maybe that had nothing to do with it, because it’s undeniable that the [restaurant business is definitely a crapshoot.](http://la.eater.com/tags/magic-restroom-cafe)

Nyuk nyuk nyuk:D

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**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/2 "2014-06-03T11:25:41Z")

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That seems like a shitty idea to me.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/3 "2014-06-03T13:23:38Z")

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And here I thought they were flush with cash.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/4 "2014-06-03T13:40:00Z")

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You’d think they’d have been more successful, what with the popularity of Game of Thrones.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/5 "2014-06-03T13:42:26Z")

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I’ll bet they wouldn’t even blink if you changed a baby’s diaper on the table.

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**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/6 "2014-06-03T13:53:19Z")

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No turds-in-a-blanket for you!

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/7 "2014-06-03T13:54:12Z")

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The [Taiwanese](http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Restaurant_Review-g293913-d1437880-Reviews-Modern_Toilet_Taipei_Ximending-Taipei.html) version is still going strong.

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/8 "2014-06-03T22:32:00Z")

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I’m actually very disappointed. I didn’t want to eat there but I LIKED the idea of such a weird restaurant existing around here.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-to-report-la-doesnt-want-to-eat-on-the-toilet/689904/9 "2014-06-03T22:51:04Z")

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Holy crap! You mean Mencken was wrong?