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Mapping the 20 Best Places to Poop in Downtown Seattle

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Can we all be adults here for a second? Look, sometimes you're out and about and nature calls. You're too far from home to make it back in time. You're not near your office and none of your friends are home. You don't want to have to wait in line or pay $10 for something you don't want just to find some relief. And you know you're rolling the dice with certain public restrooms. You're left to scramble Seattle for a private bathroom, if you can find one that doesn't have a lock or code.

This is one of those moments in life when you end up saying "thank goodness for Reddit" because when one person asked the question, "Where is the best place to poop downtown?," 323 comments appeared shortly thereafter full of pooping possibilities. We scoured them to figure out the very best strategic locations to squeeze out a Seattle steamer and picked out the 20 best. Most of them have to be credited to "nipple_u_used_2_know," who listed a ton of special spots "I frequent." Best not to ask any more questions. Just say thank you and keep this list handy next time you need to bury a figurative Bertha.


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Olympic Sculpture Park

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"Hang a right at the bottom of the ramp, 2 bathrooms, cold but clean. No code needed."

Green Leaf Vietnamese Restaurant

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" Go through that door, go down the stairs on the left, bathroom will be straight ahead. Clean and discreet. No code needed."

World Trade Center

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"Go through door, down the hall take a left, bathrooms on the right. Clean and discreet. Requires a code, ask the front entrance employee"

Seattle Marriott Waterfront

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"Go through entrance, go down hall, to the right of the bar is the bathroom. No code needed."

Bell Harbor Marina

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"In that blue hut. Ask the attendant for the code. Cold but clean."

Whole Foods Market

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"Go through entrance, past customer service desk, bathroom on the right. No code needed."

Westlake Center

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"Main bathrooms on the 3rd floor. Not very clean, always crowded. No code needed."

Nordstrom's Downtown

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"Go through the doors, downstairs, hang a left. Sometimes clean, always crowded. No code needed."

Pacific Place

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"Nearly every floor has a bathroom. I prefer 3rd floor. Sometimes clean, usually crowded. No code needed."

Pike Place Market

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"Bathrooms on the 1st floor, dirty, crowded. No code needed."

U.S. Bank Centre

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"Through the doors, up the escalator, down the hall, up another escalator, on the left/right. Clean, discreet. Code needed."

Washington State Convention Center

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"These bathrooms are the 'private' ones for convention goers. Generally no one gives a shit if you use it though. Go through the doors, up the elevator. Several clean and discreet bathrooms on the 2nd/3rd/4th floors. Usually open, sometimes closed. No code needed."

Fairmont Olympic Hotel

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"Through the doors, hang a right past the elevators, bathrooms on the right. Clean and discreet. Act like you belong and no one gives a damn about you. No code needed."

Seattle Public Library

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"Through the doors, to the right. Dirty and sometimes crowded. No code needed."

Renaissance Seattle Hotel

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"Through the doors, take the escaltor on the left up to the 2nd floor, hang a right, bathrooms on the left. Clean and discreet. No code needed."

Seattle Ferry Terminal

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"Behind the ticket booth. Dirty and sometimes crowded. No code needed."

Columbia Center

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"Several good bathrooms throughout the tower. All clean and discreet. No code needed." According to another poster, focus on the Columbia Tower Club's upstairs women's bathroom. "I'm a man and work in the building and haven't gotten to try it but supposedly it looks out over the city. So you can poop on everyone like a God on Mount Olympus."

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

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"Bathrooms on both top and bottom floor. The bottom floor is more discreet and cleaner. No code needed."

King Street Station

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"Through the doors, all the way to the back. Sometimes crowded, but usually clean. No code needed."

Union Station

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"Public restrooms available Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm, with a 1 hour closure between 11:30am - 12:30pm. Happy pooping!"

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Olympic Sculpture Park

"Hang a right at the bottom of the ramp, 2 bathrooms, cold but clean. No code needed."

Green Leaf Vietnamese Restaurant

" Go through that door, go down the stairs on the left, bathroom will be straight ahead. Clean and discreet. No code needed."

World Trade Center

"Go through door, down the hall take a left, bathrooms on the right. Clean and discreet. Requires a code, ask the front entrance employee"

Seattle Marriott Waterfront

"Go through entrance, go down hall, to the right of the bar is the bathroom. No code needed."

Bell Harbor Marina

"In that blue hut. Ask the attendant for the code. Cold but clean."

Whole Foods Market

"Go through entrance, past customer service desk, bathroom on the right. No code needed."

Westlake Center

"Main bathrooms on the 3rd floor. Not very clean, always crowded. No code needed."

Nordstrom's Downtown

"Go through the doors, downstairs, hang a left. Sometimes clean, always crowded. No code needed."

Pacific Place

"Nearly every floor has a bathroom. I prefer 3rd floor. Sometimes clean, usually crowded. No code needed."

Pike Place Market

"Bathrooms on the 1st floor, dirty, crowded. No code needed."

U.S. Bank Centre

"Through the doors, up the escalator, down the hall, up another escalator, on the left/right. Clean, discreet. Code needed."

Washington State Convention Center

"These bathrooms are the 'private' ones for convention goers. Generally no one gives a shit if you use it though. Go through the doors, up the elevator. Several clean and discreet bathrooms on the 2nd/3rd/4th floors. Usually open, sometimes closed. No code needed."

Fairmont Olympic Hotel

"Through the doors, hang a right past the elevators, bathrooms on the right. Clean and discreet. Act like you belong and no one gives a damn about you. No code needed."

Seattle Public Library

"Through the doors, to the right. Dirty and sometimes crowded. No code needed."

Renaissance Seattle Hotel

"Through the doors, take the escaltor on the left up to the 2nd floor, hang a right, bathrooms on the left. Clean and discreet. No code needed."

Seattle Ferry Terminal

"Behind the ticket booth. Dirty and sometimes crowded. No code needed."

Columbia Center

"Several good bathrooms throughout the tower. All clean and discreet. No code needed." According to another poster, focus on the Columbia Tower Club's upstairs women's bathroom. "I'm a man and work in the building and haven't gotten to try it but supposedly it looks out over the city. So you can poop on everyone like a God on Mount Olympus."

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

"Bathrooms on both top and bottom floor. The bottom floor is more discreet and cleaner. No code needed."

King Street Station

"Through the doors, all the way to the back. Sometimes crowded, but usually clean. No code needed."

Union Station

"Public restrooms available Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm, with a 1 hour closure between 11:30am - 12:30pm. Happy pooping!"