Lois the Pie Queen
Best Soul Food Breakfast in Oakland · CA
Sweet potato pie royalty since 1951
Lois the Pie Queen has served Southern breakfast and soul food in North Oakland since 1951, when Lois Davis turned her acclaimed pies into a full restaurant. Chicken and waffles, pork chops and eggs, grits, and buttermilk biscuits fill the plates — but the sweet-potato and peach pies are the namesake draw.
Family-run across generations and considered for landmark status, Lois the Pie Queen is a cherished Oakland institution where the pie, and the welcome, have never changed.
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2025 Centurion Award
Best Soul Food Breakfast in Oakland Oakland, CA · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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