Lois the Pie Queen

Lois and her husband Roland, himself a cook in a San Francisco restaurant, opened their first restaurant on Sacramento Street in Berkeley, California. Due to the notoriety of her pies within the church community her husband named her, and the restaurant, “Lois the Pie Queen.” Lois' restaurant experienced tremendous success and was able to expand to a second location. The restaurant’s phenomenal reputation was built upon specialties like short-ribs, candied yams, cornbread muffins, black-eyed peas, chicken and waffles, peach cobbler, sweet potato pies, buttermilk biscuits, and even better grits than you could make at home. And after 22 years in business, Lois the Pie Queen moved to its present location, where it has been considered as a candidate for Historical Landmark designation.