Editing Al's Breakfast (section)

==History==
The restaurant as it is today came into being in 1950 when '''Al Bergstrom''' parted ways with another neighborhood restaurateur.  Bergstrom had gained experience at the griddle and in kitchen management in the 1940s while working at the popular Jack Robinson's Cafeteria during summers at the [[Minnesota State Fair]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/stories/456/3929998.html|title=Al's Breakfast founder dies at 97|last=Nelson|first=Rick |date=2003-06-11|publisher=[[Star Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305173726/http://www.startribune.com/stories/456/3929998.html|archive-date=2005-03-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Dinkytown building he purchased dates back to 1937 when a neighboring [[hardware store]] erected a [[shed]] in the alleyway to hold [[sheet metal]] and [[plumbing]] parts.  This was eventually rented out and was a Hunky Dory [[hamburger]] stand by the time Bergstrom took it over.  The new owner renamed the diner to '''Al's Café''' and first opened the doors on May 15.  Initially, he produced three meals a day, seven days a week, but scaled back the operation to simply be a breakfast outlet after one year.

Bergstrom retired and passed the restaurant to his [[nephew]] Phil Bergstrom in 1973&ndash;1974.  Doug Grina and Jim Brandes eventually took over around 1980.  In 2016 Jim Brandes' ownership stake in the restaurant was purchased by the long reigning "Queen of the Weekend" Alison Kirwin.  Al Bergstrom died at his residence in [[Forest Lake, Minnesota]] in 2003, at the age of 97, but the [[recipe]]s and [[short-order cook]]ing style that he developed continue to be used at his namesake restaurant.