Al's State Street Cafe

We are visiting from Chicago and stumbled upon Al’s and wow so glad we did. We’ve been in town for (4) days and have visited Al’s twice. We will grab some to go sandwich’s before we depart as well. Can’t get enough of the fresh bread & toppings, quick and friendly service and the value is unbelievable! 10 inch sub, chips & drink for $13.00! Top notch sandwich place!

Ordered: The Italian’s Italian
Cost: $12
Thoughts: While it’s not the best of the best sub in the city (Monica’s Mercato), it has the BEST BREAD for a sub in Boston… a fantastic spot for lunch, and an incredible atmosphere. You won’t leave disappointed.

Al's......THANK YOU!!!!!! I walked over today from my work, and I was hoping and praying the chicken salad recipe had not changed in the last 15 years. Al's chicken salad was my absolute favorite sub of all time, and I would always get it when I was working as a deckhand for Boston Harbor Cruises. I am SO thrilled to say, it is as delicious as I remembered!!! I love that they don't put celery/raw onions into the mix. It is perfect as it comes, and I had lettuce and tomato onto my roll. The bread is fresh, and the regular/small size is huge! Thank you to all of you for your consistency in flavor, ability to manage a crowd (although I fortunately got right in today, arriving on the earlier side), and your team's welcoming attitudes. Al's still is and always with be the GOAT!!

Best Tuna Sub I have ever had!!!!! Fresh bread, tuna is mixed just right and all of the toppings are amazing.. prices are great too!! Great atmosphere.. staff is super cool and inviting.. always a good vibe..

I’ve been going to Al’s since 2015 and it is always consistently delicious, fast service, and a great value.

I think the bag lunch is probably the best value lunch in all of downtown

Amazing sandwiches; fast and delicious, perfect for an office lunch. Stereotypical fast-paced environment too; step up, say your order, ger the sandwich, pay, get out. Keep the line moving fast.

Take out only. Very little seating here, and its not very usable when its busy.

A "small" 10 inch sandwich is plenty of food, especially if you get the bag lunch option; +$1.50 for chips and a drink. Tons of food, very filling.

The sub here is delicious and fresh, also affordable! Great customer service with everyone, From customers to delivery drivers! The small size sandwich filled me up from lunch to dinner, you won’t feel hungry!

Huge subs at an unbelievably reasonable price! I got a large steak and cheese with extra cheese and it was only $11. In the picture you will see 2 halves that I reheated in the oven when I got home. This is one large sub! Unlike some places where you ask for extra cheese and you’re wondering where the heck it is this was very cheesy. My wife has never ordered a chicken salad in all the years we’ve been together. Our daughter got a chicken salad sub which was huge and gave half to my wife. My wife said it was the best chicken salad she had ever eaten in her life. Through the years I’ve also had the chicken Parm and tuna salad. Both were delicious. Instead of using a regular sub roll it’s a huge piece of French bread. Best bread I’ve ever had from a sub shop.

Great hoagies, fresh baked bread, the small hoagie is very big and the large is huge. Small is 8.00 and large is 10.00. Very fast, friendly service. A great place for a good quick bite to eat. A must stop in Boston.

I thought it is a very normal sandwich place, do not understand why people were in the line for the food. Until I got my Steak Italiano! Smell nice, looked nice, tasted nice! Way better than Subway, definitely a really great place for lunch at downtown. People there are sweet. I was so happy being called honey all the time. Lol.

This place wins my personal value for money award. The large sandwich was 9 dollars but it was massive. Felt like it was 2 feet long and it was loaded with steak, cheese, and peppers. Almost no line when I went and it took 5 minutes from ordering to when I started chomping it down.

Okay, this is my kind of place! Looks like about 50 people working back there yelling and making great food. This may have been the biggest sandwich I've ever seen in my life and it was only 12.50. Skip Quincy market, come here and go eat on the benches by Feniel Hall. No place to sit in the restaurant, but who cares. I got the Pizzaiola and it was packed full of meat. Amazing My son got the Tuna and it was excellent. Yes.

Best meatball subs in Boston, and super cheap too!

I got the chicken pesto b/c it was higly recommended and I must say good call. I ordered the small and only ate half b/c I am stuffed.

Best Area for food in Boston! Best Service. First time going today, and service was fast, good, and every employee I spoke with was kind, nice , and polite!! Highly recommend! Its good!

My go to lunch spot. The value is unmatched by any lunch spot and I really like both their hot and cold sandwiches. It can get hectic in there but the staff really knows how to handle everything

Great sandwich. The bread is top notch.

Best sub in Boston. Chicken salad close to the best I've ever had. Sad the old Harvard Square branch closed.

Wow.. best tasting sandwich I’ve had in a long time. The store front seemed gimmicky, I was expecting something edible but no where near this. I got a large, which is enough to feed an army. The ingredients are fresh and high quality, I was simply blown away. The bread was crispy on the outside and super soft on the inside. I’ll be going back again for sure!

Solid food at a great price in downtown Boston, all prepared quick and efficiently. You're expected to know the system when you get in here: order, pay, get your receipt and pick up with said receipt in hand. This makes service extremely fast, even for a small place like this. Highly recommend for lunchtime, it's the best food at the best price in even a small window of time.