Room Service With Some Art On The Side

Met up with my friend Kyle tonight. I haven't seen her in a long time. The nice thing about Kyle is she's one of those friends who I can hang out with without it having to be a group thing. You know how some friends, it's only fun to hang out with them if there are a lot of other people? Kyle's not like that.

These trippy butterflies hang in the
entrance to ABC No Rio

We headed down to Alphabet City, over on Rivington, to ABC No Rio for an art show to benefit Daniel McGowan. ABC No Rio is kind of a hole-in-the-wall, but the art show was great. A bunch of artist had come together to donate work to benefit Daniel McGowan and his defense. Kyle and I didn't stay too long (the lack of air conditioning was pretty unbearable), but I did pick up a nice little print for me new place.

Some of the art from the show

We headed back to my neck of the woods (Chelsea) and searched around for a place to grab dinner. We were both pretty indecisive about where we wanted to eat, but then we passed this one restaurant, Room Service. Both Kyle and I immediately stopped and swung our heads around. It has a very hip interior that caught our eyes. We both looked at each other and knew that this was the place to eat.

Overall, I really liked Room Service. The food was delicious and very affordable. You could easily get an entree and appetizer for under $20. However, Kyle and I also indulged in there list of special drinks so the bill started to add up. The atmosphere was very young. The service was a little slow, but the people watching made up for that. Kyle and I were seated near the window so we had fun watching people on the street and in the restaurant. Chelsea boys were running rampant (it is Chelsea, so what else do you expect?).

I'll be moving out of Chelsea next week, but this is definitely a place I'd come back to.

Interior of Room Service