Add A Ball- Pinball, booze and oddities!

Posted on September 11, 2014 by kevinzelko

This Fremont video game and pinball madhouse situated in the underbelly of an odd building across from Brouwers will bring laughter and good times to most. You wouldn’t believe that there are over 20 pinball machines and 20 video games spread among the labyrinth of this layout. It just seems to keep going and going! They maintain a full bar and a fun loving staff!

The bathrooms are a hoot! It’s all makeshift, and works like a charm! Some fun touches to make this bathroom something that Shits & Giggles was excited about! Great use of a ketchup squirt bottle for soap located on the sink. Exposed pipes make me reminisce about Mario Bros., a redneck hotub truck outfront on hot days, tampon dispenser for the ladies via a toy machine! You may just find a spider in one of the restrooms waiting to say “Hi!” to you!

Ketchup Soap Bottles!

Two versions of Indiana Jones are always a plus!

Redneck Hot Tub Truck!

Tampon Dispenser!

Cleanliness: 2 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 4 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 3 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 4 out of 5 toilets

Stoup Brewing: There it is!

Posted on August 18, 2014 by kevinzelko

Stoup: There it is! This brewery was named cleverly with the owners loving both soup and stew. Voila!

We made another stop along the Ballard Brewery circuit! Stoup puts out some of the best beers, and is only fitting that their restroom is classy too. Their brewery fits into one of the side streets of industrial Ballard, and has a very open brewery concept. The tanks are there for your eye gazing, and the staff are helpful in getting you the beer you want!

The outside of the bathroom hides the beauty inside this industrial looking door.

The bathrooms are dominated with a 1960’s star which adds some great class! Bonus points for the great lighting!

Concert posters and punk stickers fill one wall, while the others are neat and classic modern.

Cleanliness: 4 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 5 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 4 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 4 out of 5 toilets

Hilliard’s Brewery: Chevron Madness Never Looked Better!

Posted on August 11, 2014 by kevinzelko

Hilliards Brewery: Chevron Madness Never Looked Better!

Bike tours to Ballard’s breweries are a new Seattle ritual. Handover your Seattle passport if you haven’t done at least one by now! One of the best interiors of any of them is found at Hilliard’s Brewery. They even went all the way with great bathrooms, which has made us very happy at Shits and Giggles!

Hilliard’s focussed the bathroom on their chevron branding and used classic bathroom sinks, toilets and fixtures.

The gold chevron does feel a bit Escher-esque after too many beers, but luckily for you, this is usually one of the last stops on your bike tour in Ballard.

Cleanliness: 5 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 5 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 3 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 5 out of 5 toilets

Safeco Field: Some people took deuces to the sweet sounds of Jay Z and Beyonce!

Posted on August 4, 2014 by kevinzelko

Safeco Field: Porta-Potties on the Field For Jay Z & Beyonce!

Warning: There is a tasteless photo at the very end of this entry of the porta-potty insides. It will disgust. We warned you.

We had field tickets for the second concert at Safeco Field on July 30th concert. To my surprise, they had bathrooms on the field in front of the outfield wall right in front of the bullpen. I had to join in on this special experience of urinating while on Safeco Field. I will look upon the Mariners ground in new light. Not only have I thrown out the first pitch at Safeco, I can now say, I peed on the field too!

Safeco looked great when Jay Z called for “Cellphones Up!”

The Porta-potties were lined up right against the outfield wall.

One could still hear the jams from the insides of the bathrooms. Thank you promoters! Here is a shot from the inside of the bathroom.

The bathrooms were clean and well kept. Kept the funk on the outside!

Cleanliness: 4 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 5 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 4 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 4 out of 5 toilets

However, here is your gnarly photo of what goes down at the Porta-Potty. Looks like some people took deuces to the sweet sounds of Jay Z and Beyonce!

Unicorn: Keep it Flashy and Loud!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by kevinzelko

Unicorn: Keep it Flashy and Loud

It’s not often that a bar comes onto the scene and succeeds from day one, much less becomes the big monstrous bar to make sure you hit when you are visiting Seattle, or on your monthly jaunt from the Eastside on a weekend. The Unicorn has been a massive, fun success, and just keeps getting smarter. The decor on the outside and the inside will keep your mind sizzling! Try to win some fancy prizes at the Claw machine! Also possesses the Pinball machine of pinball machines: Medieval Madness.

The bathrooms are all over it as well. Their decorators went all out with the paint brushes. The stripes are brilliant aqua, pink and black downstairs or emerald and black upstairs. The interior of the WC’s are very functional, and industrial cement floors. Keeps the cleaning needs easy for the masses coming through, while still keeping slick and odd.

The doors are all pieces of wild art with classy flapper girl heads, unicorns and wild stallions, and Gents, Dudes, and Ladies signs. The paintjobs on some of the doors are intricate! Great work keeping it flashy!

At times, the bathrooms will get a bit sweaty smelling, but it arrives more as a bad gym smell, than a nasty toiletry found at the Hurricane. More so due to the volume going in on a Saturday night! Amazing turn around from the previous Satellite Lounge!

Keep it Flashy and Loud Unicorn!

Cleanliness: 3 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 4 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 5 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 2.5 out of 5 toilets

Tin Hat: Bruce Lee Wall, classy articles from Playboy and more!

Posted on April 1, 2014 by kevinzelko

Tin Hat: Bruce Lee Wall, classy articles from Playboy and more!

The Tin Hat has been a Ballard dive bar mecca that all should attend. Their tater tots are famous, as is their super cheap Taco Tuesday! Great old pinball, and super easy going staff!

Their bathrooms fall into the classice dive bathroom shape! You get good ole fashion class here! Plenty of Playboy articles, some of the 70’s- tastic pinups and random collage of funny ads. The women’s restroom is a bit more porn-tastic! There are band stickers everywhere! You can just imagine the pride a fellow must have when they see their bands sticker on the toilet at the Tin Hat!

The hilight for me was the tribute to Seattle hero and martial arts legend Bruce Lee! The stall door is covered with great images of Bruce kicking ass!

Cleanliness: 2 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 3 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 3 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 2 out of 5 toilets

Cafe Bizzarro: 700 Hobo Names and good times!

Posted on March 25, 2014 by kevinzelko

Cafe Bizzarro: 700 Hobo Names and good times!

At Cafe Bizzarro, the gaudy over the top and all over the place decor dominates the scenery. Great Italian food, and wonderful staff make it a great evening place for romantic getaways or fun family events! The bathrooms of course follow suit! Head to Wallingford to this great headroom.

If a restaurant adds audio effects to the experience, I’m a huge fan already! Cafe Bizzarro has a looping old recording of 700 Hobo names to keep your mind laughing while you are doing you business. Here is a bit of our experience:

With the 700 Hobo Names loop, you also have odd family photos, many at different angles, some odds and ends, peculiar collectables!

Alice leads the way to the Women’s WC!

The Men’s restroom has great lighting, and the bathroom goer must not be gunshy. All of the odd paintings of cats, hobos and weird dudes are staring at the toilet user.

Cleanliness: 4 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 5 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 4 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 5 out of 5 toilets

Bonus toilet for audio interaction!

Tommy Gun: Doctors Appointments Encouraged

Posted on March 11, 2014 by kevinzelko

Tommy Gun is a Capitol Hill hide out with a great hideout vibe. Running with the gangster/speakeasy vibe, the bathroom has an interesting chalk board that can lead to some good laughs! Bartenders are good conversationalists with a good hand on conjuring up and special drink requests you may need!

The bathrooms set the table with an amazing door. Very heavy, thick wood with a great pattern carved into it. The walls are freshly painted, and the bathroom was stocked, clean and neat. On the wall is a huge classic Doctors Appointment Chalkboard. Candles to keep the mood lighting and scent fresh. Some great appointments are sure to be had in this restroom. The hallway is lined with some great Capone photos to remind you of the beaut that Al was.

Cleanliness: 4 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 5 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 3 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 5 out of 5 toilets

Witness: WC’s of Southern Comfort & Charm

Posted on March 4, 2014 by kevinzelko

Witness: WC’s Southern Comfort & Charm

This newish Broadway bar has delivered great times every visit! Drinks are Southern kitsch with their Libations menu! The decor is classic, clean Southern church themed, and the bar staff are classy, talented and well dressed. The head bartender leads a passionate sermon at 10pm on Saturday nights! Be there for good times!

The Water Closets are fine tuned!

Nice thick, solid doors! Great cement floor. Rustic shelves with old Southern furniture. Baskets of towels. Classic soap dispensers. Divine paintings referencing Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam and classic cock paintings fit into Cap. Hill quite well. Very pleasant experience, and well stocked! The posters outside the restroom with Sir Frederick Douglas will entertain if there is a line. This is where you’d bring Frank Underwood when he visits Seattle.

Cleanliness: 4 out of 5 toilets

Stocked: 5 out of 5 toilets

Unique: 4 out of 5 toilets

Smell: 5 out of 5 toilets

Tractor Tavern: Troughs and Tightfits.

Posted on February 16, 2014 by kevinzelko

Tractor Tavern in Ballard is one of the few timeless places left in Old Ballard. Shows there are always smiled upon. Good divey atmosphere, great stage, above mediocre sound and a good shady bathroom! The welcoming GENTLEMEN sign warms you up!

It’s a graffitied mess in the restroom. A classic trough that fits two comfortably. A stall is available, with a ton of interesting nooks and crevices on the ceiling. The boarded up walls fit right in!

My buddy Tim and I were reviewing and photographing the scene. We had our first model opt out of being included in the shoot. He objected to a photo of the back of his shirt being used while he was trough filling. Tim stated, “He is a proud member of the small member club. Give him a break.”

The Tractors toilets were good and trashy. Smelly in a good divey way. The bathroom is compact, and keeps with the theme of a no frills rock bar. I need to get my bands stickers up on the walls!