Thrillist New York
Emailed on: Monday January 12, 2009La Chiva
Sure, party buses sound magnificent in theory, until you find yourself touring the city in a sticky-floored jitney, or performing shameful acts for $500 and a pledge that your dad will never see the footage. For a party bus that delivers on its promise, hire La Chiva NY.
Chiva's a full-scale party bus service from a cadre of Colombian entrepreneurs who wanted to bring their country's proudest tradition to the States, but due to too-small rectums, settled for its 2nd proudest. The rig itself is brain-melting: room for 50+ revelers, with limo-like bench seats, disco lights, a fog machine, a full bar w/ bartender (slinging your choice of hooch or Colombian rum), plus a DJ booth w/ DJ who'll play your pref'd music or Colombia's greatest hits (damn, we already made that joke). Irresponsibly inexpensive seven-hour tours can start with festiveness at their set-to-open Queens cantina, or they'll pick you up anywhere to ferry you through Manhattan, stopping wherever you choose -- unless you're Sammy Hagar, the only way to successfully woo women by nodding toward your bus.
Because alcoholism knows no borders, Chiva also books three-day weekend trips to any regional destination -- a far more magnificent way to get Jersey Shore girls to get shameful than inviting them into the back of your ZipCar.
La Chiva's restaurant, Chivatazo, opens on Northern Blvd and 81st St in two weeks. Make a bus rez via LaChivaNY.com, or call 718.532.8713




