Sticky Fingers (restaurant)

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company_name= Sticky Fingers
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company_type= Casual Dining Restaurant
company_slogan= "Get Sticky. Have Fun."
foundation= Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina (1992)
location= Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
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homepage= [http://www.stickyfingersonline.com/ www.stickyfingersonline.com]

Sticky Fingers is a restaurant chain located in the southeastern United States specializing in Memphis Style Barbecue. It is named after the Rolling Stones album of the same name. Sticky Fingers was started by three high school friends in 1992. The first store opened in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and the company has grown to include 21 stores in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The newest store is located in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

History

Sticky Fingers was founded by lifelong friends Jeff Goldstein, Todd Eischeid, and Chad Walldorf who met in seventh grade in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The three friends went their separate ways after high school, each attending a different college. After college Jeff moved to Memphis to work for his father at the famous Public Eye restaurant where he gained a love for ribs and barbecue. Jeff's parents then moved to Charleston, South Carolina where they complained there was no good barbecue. Jeff proceeded to contact Todd and Chad who were busy being ski bums in Colorado and ask them how they felt about opening a restaurant in Charleston. The three opened the first Sticky Fingers in the Charleston suburb of Mt. Pleasant. Originally Jeff ran the kitchen, Chad was on the floor, and Todd did the accounting and helped where he was needed. The three rotated jobs every six months. [ [http://www.stickyfingersonline.com/howstarted.asp Sticky Fingers ] ]

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Restaurant

The ambiance of the restaurant can be described as nostalgic. In order to accent the Memphis Style Barbecue, blues music is played and pictures of various famous blues artists and instruments associated with blues music such as guitars and basses. The boothes are made of dark stained wood benches. A framed copy of The Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers" hangs near the bar in every restaurant. On each table a caddy carrying each of the five Sticky Fingers barbecue sauces, along with the Sticky Fingers dry rub and hot sauce.

Menu

Sticky Fingers specializes in St. Louis style ribs that are hickory smoked in every store. Sticky Fingers also serves various pulled pork and rotisserie chicken dishes (both of which are also hickory smoked in store) along with salads and deserts. Sticky Fingers exclusive flavor comes from its five signature sauces:

*Memphis Original (also known as "Wet")- A traditional tomato based barbecue sauce
*Carolina Sweet - A sweeter version of the Memphis Original and the most popular sauce
*Habanero Hot - A spicy version of the Memphis Original
*Tennessee Whiskey - A barbecue sauce with a hint of whiskey flavor
*Carolina Classic - The restaurant's only mustard based sauce
*Memphis Style Dry - The restaurant's dry rub that can be ordered on any meat

Famous guests

The entrance to each Sticky Fingers has pictures of the various famous guests that have visited Sticky Fingers. Some of these include [ [http://www.stickyfingersonline.com/famouscustomers.asp Sticky Fingers ] ] :

Bill Murray - actor

Patrick Ewing - NBA player

Jeff Van Gundy - NBA coach

Charles Oakley - NBA player

Elizabeth Dole - politician

Tom Petty - musician

Jerry Seinfeld - comedian

Bob Villa - TV personality

Wade Boggs - MLB player

John Grisham - author

Paul Azinger - PGA golfer

Steve Jones - PGA golfer

Stephen Colbert - TV personality-the original portrait from the Colbert Report hangs in the downtown Charleston Sticky Fingers, most locations have a copy of the portrait in store

Mandy Moore - singer/actress

Jim Furyk - PGA golfer

JL Lewis - PGA golfer

KISS - musicians

Hootie and the Blowfish - musicians

Jeff Lebo - basketball coach

Bill Guthridge - basketball coach

Kyle Petty - NASCAR driver

Kevin Costner - actor

Mario Lopez - TV actor

Jose Conseco - MLB player

David Cross - comedian

Tim Roth - actor
President George W. Bush - 43^rd President of the United States

Linda Lavin - actress

James Taylor - musician

Mal Washington - tennis player

Martha Stewart - TV personality

Mark Sanford - SC governor

Dan Patrick - ESPN sportscaster

Mr. Belding - saved by the bell principal

Wilmer Valderrama - actor

Renee Zellwegger - actress

Elizabeth Shue - actress

Sponge Bob - cartoon character

Tone Loc - musician

Buckcherry - musician

Jimmy Buffet - musician

Cuba Gooding Jr. - actor

Dennis Hopper - actor

Tom Brady - NFL QB

Jake Delhomme - NFL QB

Phil Simms - NFL QB

Mark Bavaro - NFL player

While You Were Out crew - TLC TV show

Mikhail Barishnikov - ballet dancer, actor

Amanda Pennekamp - Miss SC 2004

Rick & Bubba - radio personalities

Isiah Thomas - President of NY Knicks

Anfernee Hardaway - NBA player

Allan Houston - NBA player

Gretchen Wilson - country singer

Taj Mahal - musician
Cast and Crew of CSI Miami - TV show

Citations

[http://www.stickyfingersonline.com/howstarted.asp]
[http://www.stickyfingersonline.com/famouscustomers.asp]

References

External links

* [http://www.stickyfingersonline.com Sticky Fingers Website]

* [http://www.quadcmanagement.com/investments/inv_stkyfngrs.html Quad C]