O'Betty's (W8)

Eating about O’Betty’s in the middle of Athens is an experience. There is an atmosphere that was created by the original on West State Street, so I was curious how the one on Union Street was going to compare considering it was quite larger in comparison to the original. The food of course is absolutely fantastic at both places. When I went to the one on Union, I had chili cheese fries and they did not disappoint. Cheese and chili soaked the fries and made sure that the whole basket was full of some flavor. There were parts that had just chili, just cheese and both. In the beginning, it was easy to eat with my fingers, but once I got to the middle and the bottom (where apparently a lot of the ingredients ended up), I needed a fork. It just really proved that it was worth the amount it cost.  

It was nice to be able to have such an open space at the one on Union because it didn’t feel so cluttered. Although I love the close quarters that the original provides, I always did feel like it was too small to work for all the people that usually occupied it. Also, in the old one, the place where a person orders their food and pays for it is in the small narrow hallway that leads to the only door in the building. The new O’Betty’s definitely addresses that issue with having a bigger, wider space as well as having people take orders as well; which was a weird aspect considering how the original allows you to order food at a counter and then when you sit down, someone brings it out to you.

However different the buildings are, the atmosphere is still the same. It is all about the hotdogs and the crazy way people can create whatever they want or pick from eclectic hotdogs on the menu. The people that work at both are just a friendly and the food is just as delicious. My classmate and I ordered a small chili cheese fry (since that was the only thing we could buy with our change we put together) and they brought out a large. When we told them about the mistake (since we couldn’t afford a large), they said they would charge us the small’s price. Little things like that make all the difference with customer service. Overall, I was impressed with the new O’Betty’s.