As you can see from the date in the question, we received this reader's plea some time ago. Since then, we're pleased to report that the whole saga of the Terrible's McDonald's toilet has reached a happy conclusion, with the Welch family finally tracking it down. Their quest was aided by some serious sleuthing from Tanya in the LVA research department, who thought she'd pinned it down to an unspecified street address somewhere at Russell and Polaris. Here's how the story played out.
"Your diligence in this matter paid off for us. We found Russell and Polaris, thanks to our Garmin navigational device that we brought from home. That was not the correct address, but they directed us to a Terrible's McDonalds at 7310 S. Las Vegas Blvd. at the intersection with Warm Springs. That wasn’t the correct place either, but they gave us a Terrible's magazine that listed all of their locations. They also looked up the corporate phone number for us.
"Well, we called the number and the lady who answered knew exactly where to send us. She didn’t have an address, but gave us specific directions from the store we were presently at. She even told us the mileage from point to point and boy, was she right on! We finally got there and it was truly an exciting moment for us. Gold everything in the ladies bathroom, and gold chandeliers hanging all throughout the dining area -- in a McDonald's! For everyone else who'd like to check it out, here's the address: 2836 W. Ann Road, North Las Vegas (corner of Ann and Craig).
"Once again, thanks for the time and effort that you put in to help us find our last of the Travel Channel's 'Top Ten Bathrooms in Las Vegas.' We truly had an enjoyable experience scavaging around the city to eyeball all of these locations."
Now, this whole QoD and reference to the Top Ten restrooms in our fair city served as something as an inspiration, and we thought we'd share with you some of the other interesting facilities, both past and present, that really stand out from the crowd.
We'll start with some bygone favorites, namely Pink E's and Caesars Magical Empire. The former was a seedy bar/pool hall formerly located opposite the Rio, which earned its name from the pink décor throughout, from the bathroom tile to the felt on the pool tables. What really made Pink E's stand out for us, however, was the fabulous restrooms, which were adorned with nude centerfolds of women (in the men's room) and men (in the ladies' room -- yup, for once, we girls weren't short-changed!).
The current writer had personal experience only of the latter, but was less impressed by the eye candy than by the generous array of toiletry products that festooned the sink area, with every kind of lotion, deodorant, hairspray, etc., you could think of either sitting on the counter top or hanging on ribbons from the ceiling. (We seem to recall being told that the men's room wasn’t similarly equipped, so far from being short-changed, we got the better deal here.)
Sadly, Pink E's is no more, demolished to make way for a condo tower that's unlikely ever to see the light of day, but we still remember it fondly.
For those unfamiliar with the other casualty referred to above, Caesars Magical Empire was an impressive and extremely costly failure that attempted to cash in on the late-'90s love of all things magical in Las Vegas. A whole complex dedicated to the art of high-tech wizardy and close-up prestidigitation, it had fire pits and soaring birds, a dining experience featuring all kinds of hocus pocus shenanigans, lots of different magicians performing in different rooms, and even a real wizard with a long beard and everything!
Nothing at CME was ever quite what it seemed, including the restrooms, where spooky holograms of faces mysteriously appeared and disappeared from the mirrors as you washed your hands, giving the impression that the whole place was haunted. We recall getting stuck in there during a power failure once and it was p
