Is Al's Breakfast Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 10, Episode 4 Aired September 20, 2010

On the "You Found 'Em" episode, which aired 2010-09-20, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives returned to Al's Breakfast, a roughly ten-foot-wide diner tucked into a former alleyway in Minneapolis's Dinkytown neighborhood. According to Wikipedia, the restaurant was founded in 1950 by Al Bergstrom and has been featured on the show three times, including this 2010 appearance and episodes in 2007 and 2014. The counter-service diner serves breakfast to a customer base drawn largely from the nearby University of Minnesota campus. This is Al's Breakfast's second appearance in the show's run, following its first feature on a 2007 episode.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 1, Episode 12 Aired July 30, 2007

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) featured Al's Breakfast in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the July 2007 episode "American Cookin'." Wikipedia (revised 2025-05-27) describes Al's as the narrowest restaurant in Minneapolis, built into a former alleyway in the Dinkytown neighborhood near the University of Minnesota, with 14 counter stools that have seated generations of students as well as writer James Lileks and humorist Garrison Keillor. The restaurant's own website, alsbreakfastmpls.com, was live and listed current hours (Monday-Saturday 6:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Sunday 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) and its holiday-closure schedule as of 2026-09-07. A Yelp listing updated in August 2026 shows Al's Breakfast active with 643 reviews and 506 photos at 413 Southeast 14th Avenue.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 21, Episode 15 Aired December 23, 2014

Al's Breakfast has served Minneapolis's Dinkytown neighborhood from a 10-foot-wide, 14-stool counter since 1950, according to TripleDNation. In the 'Best of Breakfast' compilation (S21E15, aired 2014-12-23), Guy Fieri revisited the corned beef hash and the blueberry wheat pancakes, which he called among the best pancakes served on the show, according to TripleDNation.

Food Paradise, Season 17, Episode 11

Al's Breakfast served griddle breakfast plates from its ten-stool counter, tucked into a former alleyway between two larger buildings in Minneapolis's Dinkytown neighborhood near the University of Minnesota. According to Wikipedia (revised 2025-05-27), Al's Breakfast is regarded as the narrowest restaurant in the city, about ten feet wide, and its 14 stools have seated University of Minnesota students for generations, along with notable patrons such as writer James Lileks and humorist Garrison Keillor, all of whom Wikipedia lists as considering the diner a significant local icon.