Dine and Dish: Al's Cafe in west central Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Al's Cafe connected Olive Avenue, westbound of Highway 99, has truthful galore regulars that the unit often knows what they privation earlier they adjacent order.

"They are ace fast," says Al's Cafe Manager Sandy Richardson. "Sometimes, they're similar dinging the bell. Come get your food. I conscionable enactment the summons up."

Their unsocial chile verde is highly popular.

"The chile verde is red," says Al's Cafe Owner Anna Contreras. "Why is that? My ma and dad's 2 flavors. My parent was Sicilian. My dada was from Guanajuato, Mexico, and they conscionable wanted immoderate nutrient that was different. Something cipher other had."

Al and Mary Contreras started with a tiny cafe conscionable down the thoroughfare from ABC30 successful 1985.

Fifteen years later, they took implicit a erstwhile fast-food spot.

Anna's parents person passed, but their recipes unrecorded on.

"I'm precise arrogant to proceed everything," she said.

Their gravy is besides slathered implicit the chickenhearted fried steak and biscuits and gravy, which keeps radical coming back.

"Definitely the prime of the food," Richardson said.

We besides got a look astatine the chickenhearted salad, beef Philly and nachos.

"We person everything -- tacos, hamburgers, pancakes, Mexican food," Anna said.

That includes chile relleno with beans and rice.

"The nutrient is truly good," Richardson said. "It's home-cooked food."

You tin adjacent petition euphony to spell on with your meal.

"You sanction the genre, I've got it," Richardson said.

"We marque you consciousness astatine home," Anna said. "Anybody tin travel successful present and devour alone. You're ne'er unsocial here. It's cheerful."

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