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1992 First Sticky Fingers Restaurant and Bar opens in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

1993 Sticky Fingers begins catering company in the Charleston, South Carolina market.

1994 Sticky Fingers second restaurant opens in Summerville, South Carolina.

1995 Sticky Fingers purchased 235 Meeting Street in Historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina and converts the legendary Marianne's restaurant into Sticky Fingers third restaurant.

1997 In December, Sticky Fingers opens it's fourth restaurant located in co-founders Todd Eischied, Jeff Goldstein and Chad Walldorf's hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1998 Sticky Fingers fifth restaurant opens in Wilmington, North Carolina.

1999 Sticky Fingers opens it's sixth restaurant. The restaurant is located in Atlantic Beach, Florida in the booming Jacksonville, Florida market.

July 2000 The fourth Sticky Fingers in the Charleston area and the seventh Sticky Fingers location overall opens in North Charleston, SC.

August 2000 The second Sticky Fingers in Chattanooga and the eighth location overall opens at Hamilton Place Mall.

November 2000 Sticky Fingers is named The Fourth Fastest Growing Company in Charleston by The Charleston Regional Business Journal.

March 2001 Sticky Fingers Memphis Original Barbecue Sauce is named the "Best Tomato Based Barbecue Sauce" in Chile Pepper Magazine's Fiery Foods Challenge in New York. Sticky Fingers Carolina Classic places second in the mustard-based barbecue sauce category.

May 2001 Chef David Rosengarten shows Sticky Fingers mail order ribs on a Today Show Memorial Day barbecue feature.

November 2001 Sticky Fingers barbecue sauces become available in their 1000th grocery store.

November 2001 After an extensive renovation, the third floor of 235 Meeting Street is unveiled as Meeting Street Suites, a boutique inn featuring four luxurious suites.

June 2002 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina becomes the next site for Sticky Fingers' ninth restaurant.

July 2002 The mail order business expands by adding new menu items including hickory-smoked wings, additional merchandise, expanded packages and an upgraded website.

September 2002 The tenth overall location opens in Columbia, South Carolina, marking the first restaurant to be built from the ground up.

December 2002 The CBS Saturday Early Morning Show features Sticky Fingers Ribs and Sauces on a "Mail Order Holiday Gift Ideas" segment.

January 2003 One of the owners, Chad Walldorf, takes a brief hiatus from Sticky Fingers to work with newly-elected South Carolina govenor Mark Sanford as the Deputy Chief of Staff.

February 2003 With the additions of Publix and Bi-Lo, Sticky Fingers Barbecue Sauces becomes available in 2,000 grocery stores.

April 2003 Sticky Fingers makes a prime-time television debut on a Charleston-themed episode of the Food Network's "Food Finds".

January 2004 Grand opening of Greenville, SC location.

July 2004 We planted RibHouse No. 13 right next to the brand new Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach. It's been a lucky location for us so far despite the number.

August 2004 We lucked into a great spot in Downtown Greenville which became the second Greenville location in less than one year.

November 2004 We opened our second Jacksonville restaurant -- and fourth on 2004 -- right around Thanksgiving.

November 2005 Sticky Fingers goes to the Peach State, opening a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. This being the sixteenth restaurant it is commonly referred to as “Sweet Sixteen” by its staff.

August 2006 The next stop on the tour is Augusta, Georgia where Sticky Fingers opened its seventeenth restaurant. We’re hoping Tiger Woods will grace us with his presence during his time at the Masters’. Free tickets would be cool too.

March/April  2007 After plenty of anticipation Sticky Fingers opens two locations in Charlotte, North Carolina. One location is located in Ballantyne and the other in Concord Mills.

July 2007 The latest addition is in Hixson, Tennessee. Those Volunteer fans just can’t seem to get enough of us, or at least that is what we are hoping.

December 2007 Jacksonville loves some Sticky Fingers! We add another restaurant near the airport in the River City Marketplace.