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==Awards and popular mention==
A [[University of Minnesota]] music professor, David Baldwin, composed special tunes in celebration of the restaurant's 50th anniversary in 2000.  These were played in front of the building on May 15 by a local [[brass instrument|brass]] [[musical band|band]].

In 2004, Al's Breakfast won a [[James Beard Foundation]] award in the "[[List of James Beard America's Classics|America's Classics]] Restaurants" category. The award medal now hangs behind the counter at Al's.

In 2007, [[Laurie Lindeen]], Minneapolis author, wife of ex-[[The Replacements (band)|Replacements]] member [[Paul Westerberg]], and former bandleader of Zuzu's Petals, chronicles several years of working at the "Hi-Lo Diner," described in her book ''[[Petal Pusher]]'' as a "famous fourteen-stool breakfast joint" near the U of M campus that has narrow walls "covered in grease-preserved foreign money." The description is a clear reference to Al's Breakfast.

Al's Breakfast has appeared three times on the [[Food Network]]'s ''[[Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives]]'' in 2007, 2010, and 2014.