Just wanted to make a quick point, Betty's is not in Downtown, it is on the Lower West Side. Here is the map that shows this: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/buf/buffalo_neighborhoods.html

I know that this sounds picky, but I wish that the local media would make these distinctions more often. How many times are you watching the 6:00 news and they report that someone was shot in "Downtown Buffalo" when really it was on the East Side, or the West Side or where ever. I hate that people think that all of the crime all happens downtown and that the whole city is downtown. Really most of the crime happens East of Main Street and West of Richmond.

thank you 11111inBflo!! I am glad I am not the only person that is fighting this fight. I agree with you 100%. While that cited map is pretty out of date and to a point almost factually incorrect in its descriptions at this point. I have tried to email them new images and descriptions but they don't seem to want to update it. In the end the view that all of Buffalo is downtown is because most people don't live in Buffalo anymore. Or from the constant influx of students to UB that think South Campus is downtown... yeah I know, talk about irritating. The problem with this idea is that when EVERYTHING gets lumped together only the negatives stand out. Crimes in "Buffalo" empty lots in "Buffalo" well when you hear this on the news by employees who almost exclusively live outside of the city in homes in the burbs you don't think there is anything of worth in "Buffalo" Elmwood, Hertel, University Heights, West Village, Riverside, Black Rock, Kaisertown... and it inhibits people's will to venture into any part of the city since its all the same.

This is changing slowly.. but for most of my life colleges my age we told "Buffalo" was bad and dangerous and the facts are not everyplace is the same. Yes off topic but Newell we really should try to be a tad more delicate. I know you know this isn't really downtown but when I have a friend calling me from pearl and court asking how to walk to Betty's I don't want them to think you steered them wrong. And unfortunately those sort of confusions happen ALL the time.

Looks like they could use a bike rack out front too!

Great idea.

The White Dog is a great spot and anyone who is in Philly should check it out.

Of course, it helps that it is right in the middle of an area that is home to several universities as well as the National Board of Medical Examiners.

I agree entirely that we should use the right names for our neighborhoods/areas. Betty's is in Allentown.

Thats a good point 1111inBlo.

Betty's rocks. Great breakfast and a very good dinner.

This is a simialar story to a previous post about Essex Street Pub.

This part of the west side has made a big improvement. Thanks to people & businesses like Betty's.

I walked past Betty's yesterday and could see that there does appear to be a large and apparently unused area behind the entrance/reception room. I'm curious as what it is currently being used for: storage, perhaps ?