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African Food Factory and Grill opens on Dixie Highway

Maryam Lala is bringing African cuisine to Homewood by opening African Food Factory and Grill on Dixie Highway in the former home of Parks Pastries. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)

Homewood’s newest restaurant, Homewood African Food Factory and Grill, is now open. The restaurant is one of the first of its kind in the Homewood-Flossmoor community. 

Maryam Lala is a resident of Hazel Crest and a Nigerian native who has owned Southside African Restaurant on the South…

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