This place has character! Entertaining, fast and friendly bartender. Good delicious food. Great prices. Definitely coming back. If you want a pretentious bar/restaurant go somewhere else. read more

I can't say enough about this 100+ year old establishment in Locke, CA. Enjoy a walk around the ghost town, learn about the rich Chinese history, and then go to Al the Wop's pub for a huge grilled, savory NY steak dinner or the fantastic, crunchy, but moist fried chicken (which come with a chilled green salad, garlic toast and abundant yummy spaghetti). Single dinners are big enough for two to share. Most of all, we love the eclectic mix of locals, bikers, and boaters. We love this place! read more

Amazing food! Everything we have tried here has been 10/10 This is such a cool spot we love to stop anytime we are driving through the delta! My SO always gets the fried chicken, which is crispy and super tasty. I've had the burger (which is juicy and flavorful on the most amazing bun) and grilled cheese, both are worthy of driving back here just to eat again! Fries can be a little undercooked so I recommend asking for them crispy. Also great beer and booze selection :) read more

Stopped at this old favorite spot on the road less traveled. Was just showing the place off to my friend but we settled in for a beer and then a quarter in the jukebox. It turned in to multiple beers and quarters, a lot of fun and a late arrival to a wedding in Tahoe ;) read more

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Cool little spot along the water to stop and grab a bite or have a drink. There's a lot of history in this place and town. Don't blink though cause you'll miss it. Very friendly people and I'll always stop by when I'm in the area now. read more

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Homemade ranch dressing. Great customer service, rich in history? The whole gambit. Get yourself a cold beer, throw some money to the ceiling and eat a pepper with peanut butter on it. Nothing like it read more

It has character and I'm pleased that they haven't (totally) caved in to the PC communists yet. Food is blah, cleanliness is iffy but it is an institution in the Delta, so... read more

Love Al's. Always a favorite stop on a bike ride through this historic little gen of a town. Beer is always cold, you MUST try their peanut butter on banana peppers at the bar!! I know, sounds weird... but it's one of those magical combinations you'll love if you try it! Best cheeseburger in the area too! read more

First time here ... a friend recommended we stop ... cute little place with amazing steak and BLT! Also fantastic garlic fries! I def recommend you stop in for a drink and a bite to eat ! The bartender is super friendly and attentive! read more

Most Memorable high school trip ever!!! Throwing dolla dolla bills y'all one by one into the roof (yes! using a pin and all)... great crew, awesome atmosphere. It's been over 11 years!!1 Cannot wait to revisit with the same crew!!! read more

Food was ok. Service was less than. Maybe with a bigger group of people it would have been a better experience. Definitely in an interesting part of California. New York steak was cooked perfectly. Fish and chips clearly from a food vendor like sysco et al. Biker bar kind of vibe read more

Been here several times now over a couple of years. It's a tucked away, charming local gem. A great place to go for lunch/dinner/drinks after boating, wine tasting or visiting the local fruit farms. Or as a short side trip off HWY 5 to break up a long drive. Best fried chicken I have ever had! We love you Rick!!! He is the chef. What a nice, sweet, humble man. I love the fried chicken because it isn't battered, or if it is it's very thin, has a great seasoning and he knows whatever trick to keep it juicy. The portions are massive - as in Texas size. Split it and you may still have leftovers. For the dinner, I think it's $21? You get: half a chicken, pasta with meat sauce, fries, salad AND their epic toast (served with their tradition of peanut butter and homemade apricot marmalade). Drinks are reasonable and Johnny's a great bartender. PS- Buy a side of toast to-go and make french toast from it the next day - it's ridiculous! read more

It takes a certain kind of person to appreciate Als....if you are snotty in any way it's probably not for you. The people here are raw but open. I've had some of the best nights of my life at this little bar. It's one of those places where people are just there to have a few drinks, listen to music and have a good time. You'll find it to be mostly locals, but come with a good attitude and you will fit right in. I've seen some bad reviews about the food which I don't understand. This is a place I've been eating at for years and have never come across a better cheeseburger! The steaks are delicious and the PB is there for a reason....try it on your steak...you'll love it! All in all...it's a great place to hang out and have a good time.... read more

This place brings you back in time. The steak is ok (fried on top of a grill) but the stinky fries are to die for. I always mean to try a hamburger, and I hear there good but I always order the same steak. Make sure you come at lunch time. The dinner prices are overpriced and you basically get the same exact food as lunch. read more

My grandparents used to go to Al's all the time for their drinking pleasure back in the day and that's how you know this place is a Delta icon. I think everyone, and their grandparents, knows about Al's and it's pretty much the only thing still standing when you go to Locke--this is local flavor at its finest. Al the Wop's is a dive bar and restaurant but it's also historical and you really can't go there without appreciating that. Sure, the food's basically only so-so, sure, there are a lot of random locals hanging out and drinking while listening to bad music on the jukebox, but you gotta love it--Al's defies logic and time. The menu has only about 10 items on it (lunch served all day!) but basically don't even think about getting anything but steak (or the steak sandwich), lathered up with Jiff peanut butter and marmalade. Yes, Jiff peanut butter, plunked down on your table by the waitress with Al's signature flattened out spoons. TRY IT--YOU'LL LIKE IT!! Al's is definitely no frills and the food is food that was probably best enjoyed with a cheap beer or martini back in 1967. To me, the food is overpriced for its quality, but again, you're here for more of an experience than anything else and I'm okay with that. There is a garlic shrimp pasta, then "Al's Stinky Fries" (hot, fat garlic and cheese fries--delicious and not to be missed!), and then their various steak offerings--basically, a fatty, greasy steak in varying sizes (10 oz on the steak sandwich to a 20 oz as just the regular steak meal). The lunch and dinner menus are pretty much the same--I think there's a chicken dish...I dunno. I kind of stopped at the steak. The entrees come with grilled bread--again, just buttered and slapped on a communal plate for your table, and then a really basic green salad--be aware there basically isn't any salad dressing you can get except oil and vinegar or the "house" dressing--an odd sour/sweet mess that tastes like watery Thousand Island, but somehow is good just the same. Again, I'm thinking a salad bar or dinner at your neighbor's house, circa the 1960's. Prices for entrees go all the way up to around $25 for the steak dinner--again, not great since it's a big piece of meat, but not an especially nice one, and since not much else comes with it--steak sandwiches are in the $12 range for the small...more manageable. Beer and alcohol prices are average bar prices. The bar itself is rowdy--a lot of people just hanging out. None of the noted bikers that other Yelper's have mentioned, but it's kind of a tough, dive bar crowd. Note, dear readers, dive bars in Los Angeles and dive bars in any other part of the state or country are very different things. Dive bars in LA are engineered that way and are full of hipsters...dive bars elsewhere, well, it's probably full of middle-aged alcoholics and some stabby vibes...a little more real, shall we say? This is the stock I come from...the kind of stock that says, yeah, I survived living in Tracy, Stockton, or Modesto. And yeah, my relatives probably are farm workers or pump gas at the Arco down the street or cage fight on the weekends--what are you going to do about it? Like that. It's fun. Al's is popular and its walls are covered with pictures from now and its earlier hey day (not to mention all the dollar bills covering the ceiling in the main bar!). Restaurant tables are sticky with peanut butter, lighting is dim, and benches are big enough for all your family and friends to whoop it up and take part in something, (let's face it), rather magical in this little corner of the Delta. read more

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I've been going to Al's for 22 years now (holy #@$%, what happened to the time!) and stop by every chance I get. My first time there was with my high school sweetheart for her birthday (her suggestion) back in 1985. Seems to be kind of a hang out for the RUBs (Rich Urban Bikers) passing through the Delta on the weekends now. It's a great ride so that makes sense. Also a great stop if you are coming in by boat on the Delta as there is a dock almost out front. Read the reviews here and you'll get a good idea of what is going on at Al's. The food is OK, not great, but the place has so much damn character that you'll break your neck as your head spins around when you walk in. You enter right into the bar and see all the dollar bills stuck to the ceiling, the crusty old bar and crustier locals. Pass through that and you'll get to the restaurant where you'll see rows of short picnic like tables and see the menu of about 5 things: a few sandwiches for lunch and steak, spaghetti and fries for dinner. The salad is chopped up iceberg, the spaghetti sauce is a bit runny and the steak is just a steak but I've always enjoyed the jar of peanut butter on the table. I've never been too impressed by the food but just sitting there enjoying the place after a hot day in Sacramento, feeling the cool Delta breezes come in at night is a wonderful thing. If you do go to Al's, part of the charm is spending some time in Locke and it's funky old main drag, all one block of it. Do a quick search for Locke on the Internet and you'll see that it is one of, if not the last, remaining original Chinatowns in California. Cool old buildings lining the streets, leaning at VERY precarious angles. Walk into any of the shops or Al's and you can feel the floors bounce like a trampoline. Not sure how any of it is up to any kind of code but no one seems to care. I remember talking to one of the old timers there and he was pointing out the old brothel, school house and some the other finer points. Walk off the main drag and you'll see some ramshackle houses and a thrift store. I seem to pick up a great book or some old vinyl most of the time. I always thought that it would make a great place to disappear one day if I had to and come to think of it now, I guess in a way, I did a few times. 5 stars cause it rocks harder than the Poison and Ratt put together! read more

What a great little place. Located in a neat historic area of Locke. Food took a little time, but it seemed they had one cook! Food was great! No grease and soooooo much food!! I defiantly will go back ! The bathrooms were somewhat clean!! I just loved the pictures on the walls!! read more

How fun... same place I went to 40 years ago. Laid back atmosphere, great steak and super fun to visit.

Meh. The bar itself is pretty cool, very old school and rustic. Doesn't have a stale smell like many old bars do. Bartender was kinda rude. Sat down and took her over 10 minutes to ask if we wanted any drinks. It was not busy, she just kept walking by ignoring us. After that we ordered a burger to split, came out in about 15 minutes, not too bad. The garlic fries were delicious. I asked the bartender for some ranch to go with them and she rudely informed me they don't have ranch there. Not a huge deal but she did not have to have an attitude about it. Burger was not that great...just kinda plain, didn't really have any seasoning, dry. It's not a bad little bar to come have a cocktail at, and maybe a simple appetizer. Nothing special, I don't think I'll be back. Like a few others have said, go check out the museum! Cool little place. read more

Very disappointed. In my childhood Al's was the place to go, along with Giustis and Tony's. At Al's when you sat down for lunch the question was "large or small", they only served steak. The hamburger was dry since they can't do medium rare. The bartender Gal was very slow and not interested in us. Great to go back, still looks the same but no locals. read more

Well it can be done people.....I am living proof. You can grow up in a small farming town and survive pretty much unscathed. WHAT? Who am I kidding? I grew up in Walnut Grove and pretty much was raised by the pack of wolves that call themselves reg-u-lars at Al's. I have pictures of me sitting on the bar at a tender young age posing to have the antlers of the massive mule deer coming out of my head, I have danced on the bar with friends during the dot.com age (didn't quite reach Al's), I have cried crocodile tears after having a huge wedge of bench stuck under my thumb (one of my earliest memories). It hasn't changed much, most of the faces have been there for decades, and I love it. The biggest change that happened years back is that they started serving other things rather than the NY strip steak that dominated the menu for so many years. Now I can't really attest to the food these days. It's pretty much a liquid diet when I go in there these days. I remember loving it as a teen..however I believe that it's gone down a bit over the years. I do love the little iceberg salad that comes in the small wooden bowl with the 1000 island dressing plopped in the middle...as for the rest the only thing that sticks out that I loved was the sauteed mushrooms that came on the side of the steak.. Oh oh oh...I forgot, the hamburgers at lunch are/were really good, and the fried bread at lunch slathered in peanut butter makes me drool! Just go for the atmosphere...funky town, slanted floors, crazy locals. What more could you ask for! read more

How can you not like Al's? Yes, it is a little more polished than it used to be and the menu, well, exists, but all you need to know is: Get a large steak sandwich and a beer, dammit. The meat isn't the highest quality, but it is fine. However, it is the flattop with its years of season that make the meat and bread so good. Enjoy. If you are ordering anything else (except maybe a small steak sandwich), you should go elsewhere. If you're offended that your steak sandwich is a massive steak with bread on the side, get out. Fun fact: 40 years ago my dad would come down here to get beer when underaged. (They card now.) read more

My friend and I stopped off here recently for a drink at the bar on the way home from Sacramento. I remember visiting this place when I was young , foot loose and single. My girl friend and I had a large group of friends in tow and wanted to eat at a fun and hip place. Everything was served family style at long picnic like tables with benches which really catered to the fun in me. We conversed with our table neighbors and even sampled some of their food while we waited for ours.....which even elevated the fun level. Foods ok but it really is a fun place to go! read more

I don't understand how they're getting 5 stars. This place is a dive! It was dirty, there were flies everywhere... and the food. My husband and I both got the steak sandwich. What? How can you call something a sandwich and serve it on a plate by itself? We left looking at each other, saying "Wow, that was weird" read more

One of the more interesting establishments I have eaten lunch at...atmosphere makes this place, old school vibe, decent food and the people watching is off the charts. read more

I am here several times a month....my Fav burger!! I don't know why....it's pretty simple...but they grill french bread for the bun part.....LOVE Johnny-O the bartender!!! it's just a good destination....and the peanut butter and peppers amazing!! read more

Really cute place have heard of this fir years but first time there. Great burger fun place lots to see on walls would bring friends back here to the experience this quirky place... very cute town... great outing fir a day read more

This place used to be great. They only served steak, baked potatoes and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The steaks in those days were outstanding. Now the wait staff acted as if we were bothering them. The food tasted like it came straight out of a Costco Freezer. Only thing going for the place was the price was the ambiance it is great. Be sure to check out the bar and the dollar bills on the ceiling. read more

Love the town of Locke! The food at Al's was awful. Did not finish the shrimp and fries that was recommended so highly and my sister did not finish the burger either. The highly recommended stinky fries were only available as a side dish for $5.95! Should have gone to Gusties! read more

All the wives is amazing place right off of the Delta River. It is known by me for riding Harleys with my friends and family out there to an amazing place that we are able to gather have a good time laugh And eat amazing food. The service there is always great bartenders are nice and whenever we go there always an atmosphere that sets the scene. Old small town swinging dual front doors into a timeless wooden creaking floor. If you're looking for a place that will take you back in time a bit, this is the place for you. Everyone raves about the peanut butter steak, you do have to try it at least once. All the food is excellent overall this is a perfect five star for if you know what you want what you're looking for and the feel you want they accommodate all the classic older feeling of town and bar. A must visit, have a few drinks and some food. One of my favorite go to's when I'm on two wheels. read more

Never been there for dinner, can't imagine going there at night. Specially on the bike. Kinda hard to drink and ride. Anyways you get there BEFORE 2 PM (2:01 your outa luck maybe they have some Minestrone soup for ya) and you kin get a good steak sammich. Ever have peanut butter on your steak? You can at Al's. If you don't like steak sammich's for lunch they have ONE other choice PB &J. Remember Al's is a journey NOT a destination. Unlike Squeeze Inn which is a destination NOT a journey read more

Cool place cool town. Good steak sandwich. Who would of thought Peanut butter on a Steak Sandwich? Not bad! Cool place to pop in for a beer and some wax peppers. read more

We were there this weekend. Been there three or four times prior, while boating on the Delta. If you have only one opportunity to stop for lunch while boating on the Delta, make it Al's place. Sit at the slanted bar for the full effect, the floor matches the lean so you'll feel it while you eat or drink. The long Islands are marvelous. The Steak sandwich (Steak and bread) is what you want. The bartenders are the friendliest couple of smart a_ _ es I've come across in a long time. Truly, truly great guys. If you read a bad review of this place, it's because those people do not belong or deserve the pleasure of experiencing true Americana. They belong at Starbucks (sh_thole). Al's place rocks, period. read more

Love Al's!!!!!!! Awesome atmosphere, cheap, strong drinks. Definitely a great place to hop on the back of the bike and ride to. If you haven't visited Al's yet, get going and enjoy an afternoon with awesome people in a random town! read more

if you want old timey delta this is as good as it gets, as a youngster my granddad bartended here (i recently found out). This place is one of the main memories i have as a child, i recently found it and came back for the first time in 20 years!!!! i had the steak sandwich, i say AWESOME!! Toasted buttery roll, nice tender juicy NY steak, sauteed mushrooms, it was amazing. Dont come expecting the Ritz, this is an old place and it shows but thats what makes it great, dollars on the ceiling, the bar does the delta lean, people are great, its not what its not but it IS what it is and i love it!!!!!!!!!!!1 read more

Ok, but nothing that stands out... I can find a dive bar with a decent burger in just about any town. Liked the charm and still intreagued by the peanut butter at the tables. Service was just fine too. May have been better had I took more time in the bar... read more

If you like kitchy weird little places you definitely need to stop here! This restaurant is located on the "main" street of Locke. These are the narrowest streets and really not much parking, but a really cool little town. The sidewalks are wood planks. The restaurant is very interesting, the floors slope downhill and the tables are picnic tables that you can share with others. There is peanut butter on every table, which is kind of weird, but adds to the conversation. The food isn't all that great, but worth going once. There is a LOT of history here and if you ever drive through you should stop by... like one of the other reviewers said "to say you did it". Al the Wop's (this is the original name and will always be Al the Wop's to me) is a must at least once. read more

I haven't been here for about 45 years. The food needs some work. it was rather lackluster. The hamburger and chicken and mushrooms needed some flavor. They were rather boring. It will be a while before I return. read more

Al's was a favorite family destination when I was a child, which means it's been on my excursion menu for more than 60 years. Today we took friends for their first visit and were sadly disappointed. Yes the atmosphere is unchanged, the tables still sticky and floors sloping, the dollar bills still stuck to the ceiling of the bar. But the food ...the steaks were better than the burgers which were utterly tasteless and though ordered rare came beyond well done. The replacement was only less well done but still far from rare but was returned with nearly raw fries. All tasteless. The jolly women who worked the grill are no more. The house-ground beef of Al's of yesteryear was properly proportioned and salted. This is neither. Grilled bread was neither piled high on a platter as before nor really grilled - more like singed. And one poor overworked waitress was serving the entire back room. The charm of Al's was in its direct, un-fussy, unpretentious, rather rough-edged but tasty food in an authentically funky environment. That is now, so sadly, past-tense. read more

Not very classy. Some woman walked around saying Fuck the whole time I was in there, the bar tender was sweating profusely...the owner might want to invest in a better cooling device for the employees...but then again the bar tender was the only one working, the service left alot to be desired. If you want to enjoy your evening without a loud mouth running around saying fuck 39 times a hour...I would recommend another establishment. read more