Next Generation Coin-Operated Electric Shoe Buffers

Because sometimes while out dancing or enjoying a pasta dish you’ll find your hair has a little too much frizz:

It’s hard to know what goes on behind bathroom stalls in New York City nightclubs, but starting next month denizens of the night will have one more service they can purchase there — hair straightening.

Aimed at women and men who want to de-frizz their locks while out on the town, the machines are already popular at nightspots all across London and other cities in the United Kingdom.

The wall-mounted hair-straightening flat iron machines charge patrons a small fee for use. In England, the service costs a pound for 90 seconds; here in New York, businessmen are thinking of charging a dollar for 60 seconds. The machines here would accept bills.

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The manager of an Italian eatery in Murray Hill called Bistango Restaurant, Anthony Avellino, said he would consider installing a flat iron machine in his restaurant. “Being that I have three daughters who use straightening irons all the time,” Mr. Avellino said. “I think it could be an added plus.” Others in the industry, however, aren’t so keen on the idea of placing hot ceramic tongs in the hands of customers who may be inebriated.

“It sounds dangerous,” a bartender at Rogue Restaurant and Bar in midtown, Jessica Freeborn, said, “I don’t know if America is ready for hair straighteners in bathrooms.”