When COVID-19 shut Danforth Avenue restaurant City Betty down in 2020, owner Amanda Gatien made an early decision to pivot — and turn the eat-in establishment into Betty’s General, a
Betty’s General opened its doors on the Danforth in 2018 as City Betty, a restaurant and cocktail bar, re-invented itself as an epicurean general store during the COVID-19 pandemic —
Betty s General was known as City Betty pre-pandemic, and has been serving themed menus as COVID has raged on, changing their name to reflect their more takeout-oriented status as several restaurants have. They ve also done menus loosely inspired by Domino s Pizza and In-N-Out Burger. We did Seinfeld because I grew up in NYC in the 90s and I always loved deli culture, the bustle and everyone in NYC is a little Jewish. I also grew up in nightclubs, literally, so thematic parties were and are still just pure fun and we all need to laugh right now this year has been brutal, Betty s General proprietress Amanda Gatien told blogTO.