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| Old-school sign, old-school charm! |
13943 Main Street
Locke, CA
Sometimes, I can’t believe
what unfolds in front of my very eyes when I’m dining in a restaurant.
On the way back from the
Isleton Crawdad Festival, my buddy and I stopped in Locke for a bite to
eat. Al the Wop’s had been on my list
for a while for two reasons: providing an abbreviated menu of specialty steaks,
burgers and pasta dishes that are raved about, as well as a questionable name
I’m not sure should offend people.
One thing this restaurant is
not is pretentious. What you see is what
you get. What you see as you walk in is
a typical locals’ bar with friendly bartenders who greet you as you walk in the
door as they attend to boisterous bikers, locals and tourists. What you get is a room toward the back where
you can enjoy a nice little meal at an affordable price.
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They ordered salads and
voiced their dissatisfaction with the types of dressing that were
available. They ordered pasta dishes,
then complained yet again when those arrived.
They ordered an entire bottle of wine, then sent it back after two
sips. The manager was gracious enough to
offer another bottle of their liking, and they balked after a few sips of the
wine that they had picked out.
All the while, their server
and her manager attempted to meet their every demand – with smiles on their
faces. No arguments, no
eye-rolling. The same server also made
sure everything was going smoothly at our table, and I nodded happily as I
shoved ketchup-laden French fries into my face.
Like I said, what you see is
what you get. A Michelin-rated
restaurant this is not; but that’s fine.
Perfectly fine, in fact. We left
more than satisfied after wolfing down burgers, pasta and beer and tipped our
server a little extra for her graciousness and to make up for the wine snobs
who more than likely snubbed her.
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