The bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers knows how hard it is to find a bathroom in downtown Minneapolis. Flea detailed his frantic search for a toilet in an infamous 2023 tweet. Now the city is working to add new public bathrooms. The Minneapolis City Council amended the mayor’s 2026 budget to include $700,000 in ongoing funding for five to eight standalone restrooms on Nicollet Mall maintained by a private vendor. Read more at the link in our bio. Reporting by Susan Du. Photos by Aaron Lavinsky adlavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune, Jonathan J. Cooper/AP and Throne Labs. Graphic by Jake Steinberg. Data for graphic from the Minneapolis Downtown Council and map sourced from OpenStreetMap. #minneapolis #minnesota #twincities