Roadside Wire
Al Mac’s celebrates a century of service
- Published on Friday, 02 July 2010 11:31
Roadside thanks Timothy wood for the news tip. We also thank Al Mac’s for the preservation of their beautiful sign and diner. Here’s looking at another hundred.
FINE DINING: Al Mac’s Diner celebrates 100 tasty years
By PHIL DEVITT, Fall River Spirit Editor
When Al McDermott started peddling food in Fall River on a horse-drawn wagon in 1910, he likely had no idea that people in the city and farther afield would know his name a century later.
To be fair, it’s McDermott’s nickname that makes most mouths water. When it came to good food, served fast and cheap, no one had a better reputation than Al Mac.
The business has changed hands several times and the wagon was chucked long ago for a stationary Art Deco shell, but Al Mac’s Diner still holds true to its founding principles, serving fresh, home-style meals at reasonable prices, seven days a week.
This year, the President Avenue landmark celebrates 100 years in business, a milestone encapsulated in red letters above the entrance: “Justly Famous Since 1910.” The staff celebrated earlier this year by coming to work one day dressed in vintage clothing from their favorite decades — and that was all.
Running a diner, open 24 hours on the weekend, keeps the staff too busy for much of anything else. And in a world where powerful fast food chains pop up around every corner seemingly overnight, every day is a fight to survive.
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