Workmen's Cafe

Home-cooked Southern dinners, just like grandma made

A James Island institution - fried chicken, oxtail stew, red rice and cornbread, served cafeteria-style with a smile.

A Charleston tradition, one tray at a time

Cafeteria-style. Cash-friendly. Always worth the trip.

Workmen's Cafe has been feeding James Island the kind of dinner that keeps people coming back for decades: fried chicken with a crust you can hear, ribs that fall off the bone, Jamaican oxtail stew on Thursdays, and sides made fresh every single day.

Come through the line, point at what looks good (it all does), and leave full for a price that feels like another era.

A full dinner tray at Workmen's Cafe: fried chicken, mac and cheese, red rice, collard greens and cornbread

Come hungry

Lunch through early dinner, Tuesday to Friday.

Find us

1717 N Grimball Rd
Charleston, SC 29412

Hours

Tue - Fri12 PM - 4 PM
Sat - MonClosed

Call ahead

(843) 406-0120
Phone-in orders welcome.