Don’t mind if we doo: The best bathrooms in Little Rock (and beyond)

Well before Republican legislators began using them to drum up transphobic panic among conservative donors, public restrooms have been a political battleground that demanded our attention. A proxy for bodily privacy and autonomy upon which questions of equality and safety have been plumbed for eons — since toga-clad, working-class Romans were urinating communally in ancient stone-lined gutters — the local loo remains a realm of intimacy, social hierarchy and, occasionally, artistic expression. Here, in no particular order, we nod to a few charming and noteworthy favorites, from the rustic to the ritzy.

Colonial Wines & Spirits

11200 W. Markham St., Little Rock

There is a “Dear Customer” letter hanging on the wall in the loo at Colonial, which reads, in part: “Our aim is to offer you a r