BATHHOUSE - Flatiron, I’m sure you guys all saw that recent New Yorker article about the girl who claimed she got a UTI at this place. I don’t know if that’s possible or even trackable, but when you walk into this Gen-Z sex dungeon filled with wet towels and drunken Tik-tokers, you could see it happening.
All STD aside, I didn’t dislike Bathhouse. I found the “Aufguss,” a wellness ritual in which an Aufgussmeister pours essential oil-infused water onto hot stones and wafts air in your face as he dances around with a towel, quite enjoyable. I loved that, unlike Othership, I wasn’t getting thrown out at the seventy-five-minute mark and that I had more than one sauna to choose from.