There was a time when a big night out for a good steak dinner meant hitting the local Sizzler. Founded in 1958, Sizzler once had more than 700 locations across the country, but now has just 74. The road from 770-plus to 74 hasn’t been pretty. Two bankruptcies — the first in 1996 and the second in 2000 — have taken place on that journey, but Sizzler somehow survived. Now there’s a plan for a comeback. The current leadership is said to be more focused on making Sizzler even better, focusing on remodeling its stores and taking it back to its roots. Hopefully, Sizzler’s plan doesn’t go the way of Cracker Barrel’s remodel fiasco.
