Western Sizzlin\u2019, stylized as WesterN SizzliN, is a chain of privately held and publicly held retail buffet restaurants and steakhouses, with its headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia. It has 99 franchise establishments across 19 U.S. states generally in the southeast, aside from Florida, and also has many locations in Oklahoma and Arkansas. It is a subsidiary of Biglari Holdings which is controlled by Iranian American businessman Sardar Biglari. The Western Sizzlin' business model was conceived in 1962, by Nick Pascarella, and founded the same year in Augusta, Georgia as: WesterN SizzliN Steak & More Restaurant. In conceiving the business, Pasceralla reasoned that, \
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