Flower's Fish Market and Restaurant is an Oak Park legacy

Bean pies were a regular sight in the ’90s in Oak Park, sold on street corners by black Muslims. Today, there are only two places that I know of where you can purchase them. Flowers is one of them. Everything is cooked to order, so it arrives at the temperature of the sun. First: a slather of tartar sauce and a sprinkling of Crystal hot sauce just as I’m about to gnaw at the little pieces of chicken like a wild animal. Suddenly, another aroma wafts from the kitchen. A warming scent. I walk back to the counter to find Henderson removing a slew of sweet potato pies straight from the oven.

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