http://splendidtable.publicradio.org...tern_wops.html


Al the Wop's

August 5, 2000

Al the Wop's is located in an old Chinese restaurant, Al is Italian,
and he serves some pretty traditional American food like burgers and
steak sandwiches. Al even puts jars of peanut butter and marmalade on
every table. It makes for an interesting mix. When the Sterns go to
Al's , Michael loves to have the steak sandwich piled high with
lettuce, olives, horseradish, and minced garlic.

Al the Wop's
13936 Main Street
Locke, CA

---

Sheldon

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> http://splendidtable.publicradio.org...tern_wops.html
>
>
> Al the Wop's
>
> August 5, 2000
>
> Al the Wop's is located in an old Chinese restaurant, Al is Italian,
> and he serves some pretty traditional American food like burgers and
> steak sandwiches. Al even puts jars of peanut butter and marmalade on
> every table. It makes for an interesting mix. When the Sterns go to
> Al's , Michael loves to have the steak sandwich piled high with
> lettuce, olives, horseradish, and minced garlic.
>
> Al the Wop's
> 13936 Main Street
> Locke, CA

Wow, I haven't been to Al the Wop's in YEARS. I'm surprised to learn it's
still there after all this time! Will have to trundle on down the Delta one
of these times and check it out again.

TammyM

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:12:22 -0700, TammyM wrote:

>
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > http://splendidtable.publicradio.org...tern_wops.html
> >
> >
> > Al the Wop's
> >
> > August 5, 2000
> >
> > Al the Wop's is located in an old Chinese restaurant, Al is Italian,
> > and he serves some pretty traditional American food like burgers and
> > steak sandwiches. Al even puts jars of peanut butter and marmalade on
> > every table. It makes for an interesting mix. When the Sterns go to
> > Al's , Michael loves to have the steak sandwich piled high with
> > lettuce, olives, horseradish, and minced garlic.
> >
> > Al the Wop's
> > 13936 Main Street
> > Locke, CA
>
> Wow, I haven't been to Al the Wop's in YEARS. I'm surprised to learn it's
> still there after all this time! Will have to trundle on down the Delta one
> of these times and check it out again.
>
I thought Locke was a ghost town! It's not?

sf wrote:


> I thought Locke was a ghost town! It's not?

It's more of a tourist destination. It's got a few antique stores and
galleries as well as Al's. It does get pretty quiet in the winter.
There are very few Chinese residents anymore. Al's is very reliable
and I can get the same meal there I did 40 years ago. Lunch and dinner
menus are different. The lunchtime burgers are great; the steak
dinners are good for the money and the bar can be fun. And there is not
too much competition in the area (I don't care for Giusti's).
Another attraction in that part of the Delta is Foster's Bighorn in Rio
Vista. A bar with what may be the world's largest privately owned
taxidermy collection, from dik-diks to elephants. (gray, not pink ;-}).

D.M.

Thanks for the information... every time I see Locke featured in a
news story, I'm interested but- now I'm really motivated!

```````````````````````

On 5 Aug 2005 18:55:59 -0700, D.A.Martinich wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
>
> > I thought Locke was a ghost town! It's not?
>
> It's more of a tourist destination. It's got a few antique stores and
> galleries as well as Al's. It does get pretty quiet in the winter.
> There are very few Chinese residents anymore. Al's is very reliable
> and I can get the same meal there I did 40 years ago. Lunch and dinner
> menus are different. The lunchtime burgers are great; the steak
> dinners are good for the money and the bar can be fun. And there is not
> too much competition in the area (I don't care for Giusti's).
> Another attraction in that part of the Delta is Foster's Bighorn in Rio
> Vista. A bar with what may be the world's largest privately owned
> taxidermy collection, from dik-diks to elephants. (gray, not pink ;-}).
>
> D.M.