[Sam Dobbs] African American in his 50s, Mr. Dobbs is the low-key owner of the restaurant who prefers to remain behind the scenes. He's the mentor, the source of wisdom for other characters: however, those others characters often don't seek his advice until they have already screwed up a situation big time. A sour puss who can charm you with his biting put downs… SERIES REGULAR

[John] In his late 50s, John is the wound-up restaurant manager, who’s always looking for trouble even where there is none, and who never recognizes it when it’s staring him in the face. He reasons that when something is brewing, it’s better to have it out in the open, than to have it festering beneath the surface. Not like a trouble maker, John is more like a trouble magnet… SERIES REGULAR

[Otis] African-American in his 30s, Otis is a scheming operator; he’s someone who’s always on the make, looking for some golden opportunity that will catapult him to riches, success and fame. He tells everyone that he owns the restaurant, but he neither owns or manages it. A self-styled ghetto-Machiavellian, his image conscious delusions of grandeur stem from issues of insecurity. Not only do his ill-conceived schemes create funny predicaments, but his seeming inability to quit when he's ahead keep the stakes rising and the comedy coming… SERIES REGULAR


[Momma] African-American in her 50s, she's the wise, supportive, insightful parent type, who has a tendency to refer to herself in the third person. Her comedy comes out of reactions to funny situations around her… SERIES REGULAR

[Paco] Mexican-immigrant in his late 20s. Paco is the jittery, on-edge cook who's always criticizing the people around him. Paco is witty, usually very clever and blunt, and often dead on in his comments. His Spanish accent is often impossible to comprehend. Sometimes his own wisecracks backfire on him… SERIES REGULAR


[Chicago] African-American 30s. He's the tough but lazy security guard, one more apt to start a fight than to stop one, and whose stupid ideas result in confusion and chaos… RECURRING


[Louisa] In her 20s, this Latino hostess is a Lucille Ball type. If she shows you to your table, she’s likely to fall on the way. She often stumbles into ridiculous physical predicaments, which are made all the more funny by her frantic efforts to get out of the situation. But the place cannot function without her because she's the one that really manages the place… SERIES REGULAR

[Lynetta] African-American in her 20s. Lynetta is a closet instigator who’s subtle, snide comments - always delivered with the utmost tact - never fail to start trouble for someone other than Lynetta, though she herself seldom escapes without a scratch… SERIES REGULAR


[Wanda] In her 20s, Wanda is the romantic interest of every man that enters the restaurant. A shameless know-it-all, Wanda is a die-hard gold-digger. She looks at her job as waitress as a stepping stone that will give her the opportunity to meet the rich and famous that come to “Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles.” All head and no heart, she suppresses her emotions in order to get the things in life that her brain tells her she’s entitled to… SERIES REGULAR


[Darrell] African-American in his 40s. Darrell, the bumbling employee, who could never gets by on his ability alone, must rely on his relationship with the restaurant’s owner. Darrell is always forgiven for the mishaps, foul-ups, blunders and mistakes, which sometimes border on the catastrophic, because he is the brother of the owner… SERIES REGULAR


[Darius] African-American late teens, Darius is the annoying nephew of Mr. Dobbs the restaurant owner. His endlessly bothersome questions, which seem to lead nowhere, somehow eventually end up mattering… RECURRING