charlie brown s fresh grill type private industry restaurants genre casual dining founded 1966 headquarters millburn new jersey u.s. number of locations 20 area served new jersey new york pennsylvania products american cuisine owner praesidian capital number of employees 1 100 2011 1 website charliebrowns.com charlie brown s fresh grill or simply charlie brown s is a regional american casual dining restaurant chain based in millburn new jersey . there are locations in new jersey new york and pennsylvania . contents 1 history 2 menu 3 bankruptcy 4 references 5 external links history edit charlie brown s steakhouse was founded in 1966 in warren new jersey by three businessmen . the first and flagship location was opened on valley road in warren township next to watchung . the signature dish was prime rib and the house salad topped with egg shrimp and catalane dressing . a salad bar was an option vs. the house salad . the business became successful enough to open various charlie brown locations throughout new jersey as well as expanding to the bordering states of new york and pennsylvania . the restaurant was originally owned by cb holding corp. in 1997 charlie brown s was sold to castle harlan and then acquired in 2005 by trimaran capital partners . 2 as of april 2011 charlie brown s steakhouse is currently owned by praesidian capital a private equity company . 1 menu edit original logo charlie brown s offers steak seafood sandwiches salads chicken bbq ribs pasta burgers and raisin bread . there is also a salad bar . bankruptcy edit the restaurant filed for bankruptcy in november 2010 as part of a restructuring that included the closing of 47 restaurants . 2 in 2011 a new york private equity company agreed to pay 9.5 million to buy charlie brown s steakhouse . cb restaurants inc. is in line to take over 20 charlie brown s restaurants including 17 locations in new jersey . 2 references edit a b tom zanki april 11 2011 . praesidian capital acquires charlie brown s steakhouse restaurants . lehighvalleylive.com . retrieved october 21 2011 . a b c michael l. diamond april 7 2011 . bankrupt charlie brown s steakhouse chain sold for 9.5 million . daily record . retrieved april 29 2011 . dead link external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title charlie brown % 27s fresh grill & oldid 737973027 categories companies based in essex county new jerseyrestaurants in new jerseyeconomy of the northeastern united statesregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 1966steakhouses in the united states1966 establishments in new jerseymillburn new jerseyhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from may 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 04 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view