DNAinfo/Elizabeth Ladzinski
By Elizabeth Ladzinski and Michael Ventura
DNAinfo Staff
MEATPACKING DISTRICT - The Standard Hotel was evacuated Friday after a fire broke out in the basement, fire officials said.
The posh boutique hotel at 848 Washington St. owned by Andre Balazs is known for its swanky Boom Boom Room, and a beer garden on the ground floor.
A man in town for business, who identifed himself as Alex Z, 45, said he was woken up from his nap by the fire alarm.
"I was just chilling, and I very much needed to chill," he said. "Too bad I left my camera in the room, cause this would be a great photo-op."
Thomas Contenay, 26, who's visiting from Paris, was also woken up by the alarm and an annoucement to leave the building.