Al's Downtown Diner - Ferndale

Great small town classic diner. Friendly folks and really tasty food.

Way too loud the lastbtime we went there. Maybe a few plants even if they are faux...to dappen the noise. But, the food is always good.

Food is fantastic and affordable, staff is nice, environment is small town diner. Highly

This place would be dangerous to our budget if we lived here!!! Great food! I had the chicken fried steak and home fries (yummy fried chunks of potatoes) and hubby had the eggs Benny. We ordered a “small” blueberry pancake to split, a giant which was served with real butter, huge fresh blueberries, and not made from a “just add water” mix. Delish!!!. Our coffee cups were never more than half empty! The food was excellent- the chicken fried steak was actually a ‘steak’, not burger- lightly battered and fried, the eggs were PERFECTLY poached. We were treated with consummate professionalism,and witnessed even a little extra care for an obviously regular elderly couple, and a group sitting under the chalkboard menu given a paper menu so they didn’t have to crane their necks. We appreciated the little special touches that aren’t often found these days, paired with excellent food.

The atmosphere was great I really felt at home ?. I have set myself a goal of trying the different restaurants in Whatcom especially their Egg Benedict.An Al's was great ??????