Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I LOVE how Ocho interacts with his fans on twitter!  (But Ocho next time you’re in town, can you come up to Flex’s show?  We’d love to have you up!)

New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco treated 200 fans to dinner at iconic Harlem soul food restaurant Sylvia’s Monday night after sending a last-minute invitation out on Twitter.

The line for dinner at the Lenox Avenue restaurant began not long after he tweeted the invitation, according to DNAInfo.

The diners filled the uptown restaurant, and feasted on ribs, fried chicken, greens and macaroni and cheese, all paid for by Ochocinco.

He also tweeted that he gave his phone number out to all 200 fans, as a way to stay better connected.

“Being able to reach out is better than a picture,” Ochocinco told diners, according to the site.

This isn’t the star’s first invitation through the social site — in October 2010, he bought steak dinner for the first 85 fans who met him at XO Prime Steakhouse, in Cleveland.

He’s also taken random fans out to the movies and dinners when visiting different cities.

Ochocinco was in town to finalize a new reality TV show deal on VH1 chronicling his upcoming marriage to fiance Evelyn Lozado called “Eva and Ocho.”

WRITTEN BY & FULL STORY HERE

————

According to TMZ:

With his future on the Patriots in question, Chad Ochocinco is trying to do good by anyone he can — in this case NYC — dropping nearly $8,000 on a massive fried chicken dinner last night … for 200 local fans.

In case you don’t follow him on Twitter — the football stud sent an open invite to anyone in the New York area … offering a free dinner to the first 200 people to show up at the famous Sylvia’s soul food restaurant in Harlem.

Needless to say, hordes of people came — just check our video for proof — and sources tell us, Ocho treated the hungry mob to a full array of Southern-style deliciousness … including BBQ ribs, fried chicken, mac & cheese, and red velvet cupcakes.

Sources at the restaurant tell TMZ, Ocho spent $7,914 on grub altogether — but they wouldn’t specify how much he tipped.