Best Soul Food Breakfast in Oakland · Oakland, CA
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.
Each Centurion Award is a dated record tied to one year’s evaluation — earned annually, never carried over. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.
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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This page is the standing record for Lois the Pie Queen (2025). It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. For hours, bookings, and live reviews, go straight to the business itself.
If you’ve put in the years, you may already clear the bar. Evaluation is free, private, and never for sale.