This week my son and I had dinner at Al's Place also know as "Al The Wops" in Locke, California. Locke is a small town on the Sacramento River about 30 minutes south of Sacramento. The town was founded in 1915 by the Chinese who had lived in Walnut Grove and moved after a fire destroyed
their homes. In 1970 it was added to the national registry of historical places because it is the only town in the United States built by the Chinese for the Chinese. Today it looks pretty much the same as it did in 1915. It is not a tourist trap and is not a ghost town. there are currently about 70 to 80 people live there.
They have a Chinese Spring Festival every year.
Al's Place is a restaurant/bar in the center of town. When I say center of town, there is really only one street and Al's is in the middle of that street. The night we ate there they had a taco special and we had our fill. What I remember most is their steak special but it was the only night they didn't serve steak. The steak dinner as I remember included family style salad, french fries and pasta. We are going back because my mouth waters just thinking about their delicious steak dinner.
To get there from Sacramento take I 5 south to Twin Cities Rd and go west to the river. At the river turn left and Locke is about a mile away.
