Charleston Hospitality Group

Name

Charleston Hospitality Group

Legal name

Charleston Hospitality Group

Website

https://charlestonhospitalitygroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Hospitality & Entertainment

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320), Caterers (72232)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

Keywords

• Restaurant hospitality group
• Multi-concept dining venues
• Event catering services
• Live entertainment venues
• Restaurant franchise operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Food & Beverage Sales: Core revenue from six distinct restaurant and entertainment venues generating daily food and beverage sales from walk-in customers, tourists, and locals across Charleston and Savannah markets.
2. Catering & Private Event Services: Full-service catering across all venues for corporate events, weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthday celebrations, holiday parties, and non-profit fundraisers. Managed through a dedicated events team with customized menus and quote-based pricing.
3. Ticketed Entertainment Events: Revenue from ticketed live events including concerts (Tracy Byrd, Confederate Railroad), dueling piano shows, line dancing classes, pizza-making classes, and cocktail workshops. Events are sold through Eventbrite, Whollyticket, and at the door.
4. Franchise Licensing: Toast! All Day franchising program generates franchise fees and ongoing royalties. The first franchise-owned location opened in Smyrna, Georgia (Metro Atlanta) in Fall 2021. Franchise opportunities are marketed through the company's careers and franchise pages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Charleston Hospitality Group owns and operates 11+ restaurant and entertainment venues across Charleston SC, Savannah GA, and Metro Atlanta GA, organized under six flagship concept brands: Toast! All Day (brunch), Eli's Table (fine Southern dining), Toasted Crust (artisan pizza), HonkyTonk Saloon (country nightlife), John King Grill (dueling piano bar), and Cachita's Kitchen (Latin cuisine), with additional brands Queology (BBQ) and Tabbuli (Mediterranean). The group also provides full-service catering, ticketed culinary/entertainment experiences (concerts, pizza-making and cocktail classes), and franchise licensing for the Toast! All Day brand, unified by a single gift card and cross-venue rewards program.

Product overview

Charleston Hospitality Group operates a portfolio of restaurant and entertainment venues in Charleston, SC and expanding to other markets. The company owns six core restaurant brands: Toast! All Day (brunch), Eli's Table (fine dining Southern cuisine), Toasted Crust (artisan pizza), HonkyTonk Saloon (country nightlife), John King Grill (dueling piano bar), and Cachita's Kitchen (Latin cuisine). Additional brands include Queology (barbecue) and Tabbuli (Mediterranean). The group also offers catering services across all venues and experiences such as Crust & Cork pizza-making classes and live entertainment (dueling pianos, line dancing, concerts). Founded in 2005, the company serves over 1 million guests annually across 11+ restaurant locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Toast! All Day: Charleston's premier breakfast and brunch destination featuring Southern-inspired dishes, signature cocktails, and bottomless mimosas across multiple locations.
• Eli's Table
• Toasted Crust
• HonkyTonk Saloon
• John King Grill
• Cachita's Kitchen
• Queology
• Tabbuli

Products and services

• Toast! All Day Charleston's premier breakfast and brunch destination featuring Southern-inspired dishes, signature cocktails, bottomless mimosas, and Lowcountry brunch classics across multiple locations in Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA.
• Eli's Table Fine dining Southern cuisine restaurant in historic downtown Charleston (127 Meeting St) featuring a farm-to-table seasonal menu, extensive wine and cocktail program, and private dining available. Open Wed–Sun 5–11 PM.
• Toasted Crust Artisan pizza restaurant featuring 48-hour fermented dough, wood-fired oven cooking, craft beer and wine selection. Locations in Charleston (451 King St) and Savannah (1 W Broughton St).
• HonkyTonk Saloon Country-themed bar and live entertainment venue at 192 College Park Road, Ladson, SC, featuring live country music (including concerts by artists like Tracy Byrd and Confederate Railroad), line dancing lessons and nights, multiple bars, VIP areas, and a late-night food menu. Mon–Thu 11 AM–12 AM, Fri–Sat 11 AM–2 AM.
• John King Grill Downtown grill and dueling piano bar at 428 King St, Charleston, combining American cuisine with nightly dueling piano entertainment Wed–Sat 8 PM, full dinner and late-night menu, happy hour Mon–Fri 4–7 PM, and private event space.
• Cachita's Kitchen Latin-inspired cuisine restaurant bringing flavors of Latin America to Charleston with authentic recipes, hand-pressed tortillas, and signature margaritas and mojitos. Multiple locations: Mount Pleasant main (1340 Chuck Dawley Blvd), Downtown Charleston (6 N Market St), and Boone Hall Farm.
• Queology Authentic Southern barbecue restaurant featuring hickory smoked pulled pork and country-inspired cocktails, with outdoor patio near the Charleston cruise terminal. Ranked #1 out of 647 restaurants in the Charleston area on TripAdvisor (as of March 2022), having served guests since 2001.
• Tabbuli Mediterranean restaurant featuring authentic Mediterranean cuisine as part of the Charleston Hospitality Group brand portfolio.
• Catering Services Full-service catering available across all Charleston Hospitality Group venues for corporate events, weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthday celebrations, holiday parties, and non-profit fundraisers. Managed by a dedicated catering team with a 24-hour response commitment and quote-based, customized menus.
• Toast! All Day Franchise Program Franchise licensing program for the Toast! All Day brand, generating franchise fees and ongoing royalties. First franchise-owned location opened in Smyrna, Georgia (Metro Atlanta) in Fall 2021 under franchisee Deidre White. Provides franchisees with training, brand standards, and operational support.
• Crust & Cork Pizza-Making Class Interactive pizza-making and wine pairing class at Toasted Crust where participants craft pizzas from scratch with expert chef guidance while exploring wine pairings. Sold via Eventbrite.
• Be the Bartender Cocktail Class Hands-on cocktail class at Toasted Crust on King where participants mix 3 signature drinks with step-by-step guidance from expert bartenders. Marketed for date nights, birthdays, or group outings.
• Rockin' Dueling Pianos Charleston's dueling piano show at John King Grill featuring high-energy live music with two pianists taking song requests; runs Wednesday through Saturday nights at 8 PM. Tickets sold via Whollyticket.
• Line Dancing Nights Beginner-friendly line dancing sessions at HonkyTonk Saloon with weekly sessions plus 4-week class series available.
• CHG Universal Gift Card Universal Charleston Hospitality Group gift card accepted at all venues in any denomination, with eGift delivered in minutes or scheduled for a future delivery date. Unlocks six distinct experiences from sunrise brunch to last-call honky-tonk.

Quantifiable outcome

• Queology ranked #1 out of 647 restaurants in the Charleston area on TripAdvisor
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Anthropic (Claude Partner Network)coreTechnology or Integration · 24 June 2026Charleston Hospitality Group officially became the first Lowcountry hospitality company to join Anthropic's Claude Partner Network in June 2026. This partnership provides CHG with direct access to Anthropic's frontier AI models and technical resources. The collaboration aims to deliver smarter, faster guest service (reservations, event planning, catering inquiries), streamline back-of-house operations across all venues, and free up staff to focus on genuine Southern hospitality. CHG is positioned as a model for other Lowcountry businesses ready to embrace AI responsibly. The announcement has been covered by Holy City Sinner, Charleston.com, and SC Biz News.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hash House A Go Go: Upscale farm-fresh brunch concept with locations in tourist destinations. Direct concept peer to Toast! All Day and Eli's Table for brunch-focused menus targeting both tourists and locals in destination markets.
• Another Broken Egg Cafe: Franchised upscale brunch concept with locations across the Southeast U.S. Direct competitor to Toast! All Day in the brunch category, sharing both geographic and menu positioning with CHG's flagship.
• Twin Peaks Restaurants: Themed lodge-style sports bar with scratch food and live entertainment. Comparable to CHG's HonkyTonk Saloon and John King Grill for combining full menus with live entertainment as the core proposition.
• Margaritaville Holdings: Themed entertainment dining and hospitality concept (restaurants, bars, resorts). Comparable to CHG's nightlife and entertainment venues for combining themed F&B concepts with destination-style experiences.
• First Watch Restaurant Group: Daytime café and brunch chain with 500+ locations. Closest direct peer to CHG's flagship Toast! All Day brand, with a similar all-day breakfast/brunch focus, though operating at much larger scale and as a public company.

Emerging players

• Patina Restaurant Group: Operates fine dining and event catering venues in cultural and tourism destinations (NYC, LA). Comparable to CHG's Eli's Table and catering arm for high-end destination dining plus corporate/event catering.

Broad incumbents

• Darden Restaurants: Owns multi-brand casual and full-service dining portfolios (Olive Garden, LongHorn, Capital Grille, Eddie V's). Comparable as a large multi-concept restaurant operator with a diversified brand portfolio, though at vastly greater scale and with public-market discipline.
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store: Themed casual dining with retail attached, operating hundreds of locations across the Southeast. Comparable as a multi-unit Southeast operator with a distinct thematic concept and broad appeal to travelers and locals.
• Bloomin' Brands: Operates Outback, Carrabba's, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming's. Multi-concept casual/fine-dining operator with comparable brand-portfolio strategy, though primarily corporate-owned rather than franchised.
• Inspire Brands: Multi-brand restaurant company (Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic, Dunkin', Jimmy John's, Baskin-Robbins). Comparable for its franchised multi-brand strategy and Southeast U.S. footprint, though oriented toward QSR rather than full-service dining.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/charlestonhospitalitygroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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