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Western Sizzlin' in Adel, Georgia. Western Sizzlin' was established in 1962, by Nicholas Pascarella. He was traveling around the United States in search of cheap land on which to build a steakhouse, and he stopped in Augusta because of a flat tire. It was the employees at the tire store who convinced him to set up his restaurant in Augusta. [3]
In August 2008, Biglari took over Steak n Shake, which had been “losing more than $100,000 a day in 2009 to making more than $100,000 a day in 2010, according to Biglari’s 2010 letter to shareholders.” [1] By 2015, the company had attained 24 consecutive quarters of same-store sales increases under Biglari. [2]
In February 1994, Wachtel resigned as chairman of O'Charley's, citing his "pressing commitments" with other business interests, the most notable of which was the 300-unit Western Sizzlin' budget steakhouse chain he had acquired in 1993. Burns was named chief executive and co-chairman and McWhorter was tapped as president and co-chairman.
The fund bought shares in restaurant companies including Friendly Ice Cream and Western Sizzlin Corp., which he became chairman and CEO of in 2006. Friendly Ice Cream founder, S. Prestley Blake , found an ally in Biglari [ 5 ] and he cashed out and profited when Friendly's was bought out by a private-equity firm. [ 6 ]
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Gateway Restaurant (3%) The Upstairs (2%) We also had more than 100 write-in submissions, with quite a few people submitting restaurants that were already in the poll.
The chain was founded in 1958 as Sizzler Family Steak House by Del and Helen Johnson in Culver City, California. [3] At its peak, the chain was composed of more than 270 locations throughout the U.S. [ 4 ] Most of Sizzler's U.S. locations are in the West .
Shoney's is a family casual restaurant, offering traditional American-style food such as hamburgers, chicken, steaks, fish, sandwiches, salads and desserts. [ 59 ] [ 63 ] Some of its iconic menu items include the All American Burger, Slim Jim Sandwich, hot fudge cake [ 64 ] and strawberry pie. [ 65 ]