Lena's soul food specializing in soul food, southern style cooking comfort food. Lena Mae Peters was born April 15, 1935 in Wharton texas. She spent most of her childhood days growing up in and around the Houston, texas area. At the age of 16, she migrated to Sacramento, california, where see lived with her aunt and uncles that had already moved there from texas. Like most young girls from the south during that time, Lena learned at a young age the ways of the kitchen. Lena learned to cook anything, but she particularly learned the style of southern cooking, also known as soul food. Lena became an outstanding cook and it would come in handy as she began to start her own family. Lena Mae passed away November 30, 2004. Lena's soul food cafe is the creation of her five children and two grandchildren in honor of her cooking legacy.