Charleston s Restaurant, with several locations in Oklahoma City, is a casual restaurant that features traditional American items prepared daily. The restaurant serves barbecued baby back ribs, chicken-friend steaks, grilled pork chops, and many other beef, chicken and fish dishes. It also serves burgers and sandwiches. The restaurant is owned by Charleston's Restaurants, which is a privately owned company founded in 1987. Charleston's Restaurants maintains locations in Arizona, Indiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. The founders of the company have been involved in the management and expansion of several restaurant groups. Charleston s Restaurant also sells gift cards. In addition, it has an intensive management training program that combines experience in all aspects of the restaurant with related reading assignments and projects.