I live in the area and didn't really pay much attention to Al's. Prior to this year, I only had their donuts once which were pretty good from what I remember. But just like everyone else I came here for the cronuts! It's nice to see a mom and pop shop keeping up with the trends, let alone in my neighborhood! Om nom nom nom is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Al's cronuts. Yesterday I went at 8:30am and they were already out, so I suggest you come here before 8!! I was really disappointed because the employee in the front did ask the kitchen staff to see what was going on in the back and he came back saying no cronuts. Thanks for the effort though! The 2 times I was able to get my hands on them was at 7am and 7:15am so I guess they go pretty fast. I think they make batches periodically throughout the day to keep them fresh. So far I've tried the strawberry and the raspberry cronuts. The strawberry was honestly nothing special, but I absolutely loved the raspberry!!! Maybe because the raspberry had a glaze on top unlike strawberry one. People here are giving Al's bad reviews, you kidding me?! Take it from me and try the raspberry and your intuition to venture for the cronut will be fulfilled! The inside is definitely old school mom and pop donut shop feel, possibly needing a make over/renovations? Oh well I just come in and leave right away anyway so it doesn't really matter to me.