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Big Al's Soda Fountain & Grill

100 Patty Lane
Manteo, NC 27954 (Map)
252-473-5570
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Big Al's Soda Fountain & Grill is a fun, family-oriented restaurant with a 50s theme. A variety of specials, seafood, burgers, sandwiches and soda fountain are available on the menu. Big Al's is open year-round for lunch and dinner.
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Obx lover
By OBX Tourist on 7/20/2008
My family and I eat here every summer. I love the decor, the service is excellent and the food is very good. My only complaint...it's rather expensive. I'm still going back this summer!
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By Kay on 9/18/2007
Ate at Al's last week. The decor is just plain fun (especially for those of us who grew up in the 50's). The food was good, although not quite ''the best chicken we've ever eaten'' as the waitress kept telling us. Waitress was very friendly & helpful. Would go back again.
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Gimmick Restaurant with Terrible Food
By an NCBeaches Guest on 5/27/2007
I've passed by this restaurant every year without stopping to eat there. It always struck me as a fake 50's style restaurant. My predictions couldn't have been more true. When I finally did stop to eat at this restaurant, I found it to be a 50's CocaCola hell. It was your ubiquitious tourist trap adorned in all manner of CocaCola memorabilia. Even worse, the food was simple and bland. All this being said, I could have paleted the decor and food, if it weren't for the outrageous prices they charged for a lunch ($37 for three people).

Their buffet was ''roach coach'' style food, for which they charged $7 a person. It consisted of beef tips in gravy with rice and fried chicken. You would be better off going to the local grocery store and buying the best deli meats and bread.

There are better restaurants, by all means, avoid this tourist trap and spend your money elsewhere.
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Big Al's Soda Fountain & Grill, located in Manteo -- part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

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