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Western Sizzlin'

Logo: Western Sizzlin', Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American restaurant chain

Western Sizzlin’ is a chain of privately held and publicly held retail buffet restaurants and steakhouses, with its headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia. The company has 46 franchise establishments located across 13 U.S. states generally in the southeast (aside from Florida).2 It is part of Biglari Holdings Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 1962Founded1

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Western Sizzlin, Adel
Photo: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Western Sizzlin’ is a chain of privately held and publicly held retail buffet restaurants and steakhouses, with its headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia. The company has 46 franchise establishments located across 13 U.S. states generally in the southeast (aside from Florida).2

Corporate structure

Western Sizzlin' is part of a group headed by Biglari Holdings Inc.. 9 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Biglari Holdings Inc. San Antonio, Texas, United States
    • Western Sizzlin' Roanoke
    • Abraxas Petroleum Corporation Subsidiary · Nevada, United States
    • Biglari Reinsurance Ltd. Subsidiary · Bermuda
    • First Guard Insurance Company Subsidiary · Arizona, United States
    • Maxim Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Southern Oil Company Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Southern Pioneer Property & Casualty Insurance Company Subsidiary · Arkansas, United States
    • Steak n Shake Inc. Subsidiary · Indiana, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Feb 1962Founded Founded in Augusta1

Sources

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