This Central Florida restroom is getting national recognition. Here’s what it looks like

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Cintas — a restroom products supplier in the U.S. — has released its annual “America’s Best Restroom Award” for 2023.

Each year, Cintas announces which restrooms in the country are considered the “best” based on a public vote on Cintas’ website.

In 2023, the award went to the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland, though there were nine runners-up for the year — including one restaurant in Central Florida.

That restaurant was Hell ‘n Blazes Brewing Company in Melbourne, which offers American dining and a “rustic” brewing taproom.

According to the restaurant’s website, the building at 1002 E. New Haven Ave. is over 120 years old, having been used as a hardware store, bank and mortuary before being sold to the mayor.

It would later go through a few more transformations before being taken over by owner Don DiFrisco and his family, who turned it into a craft brewery over the course of one year.

Now, the restaurant sports a huge game room, complete with flat-screen TVs, darts and table football, the website notes.

But the reason the restaurant earned a runner-up spot on Cintas’ list is thanks to its women’s restroom.

Decorative chandeliers hang above the sinks and stalls, and the room features a unique color palette, sitting couch and clean facilities, pictures show.

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In previous years, other Florida locations have also achieved recognition by Cintas. Tampa International Airport’s Airside C restroom won the award for 2022, and the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel took the top spot in 2018.

Meanwhile, the following Florida locations have also been runners-up in previous years.

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