A popular Australian restaurant that closed permanently nearly four years ago is reopening for one night only.
Sizzler officially discontinued its service in November 2020 after a 30-year legacy of serving up all-you-can-eat cheese toasties, grilled steaks, and salad bars.
But fans of the restaurant, a cultural icon in the 1990s, have been yearning for its return ever since.
Many people have tried to recreate the restaurant’s menu since it closed, but have largely failed, with copycat recipes and versions of the famous cheese bread popping up regularly.
However, nothing was a huge success, prompting Brisbane restaurant Fritzenberger to go all out. Get the actual Sizzler Cheese ToasterIt now offers its distinguished product to its customers.
The new menu item was a huge success, and shortly after reviving the cheese toast, Brisbane radio hosts Robin Bailey and Kip Whiteman decided to go one step further, launching a pop-up Sizzler on July 16.
The KIIS 97.3 breakfast show hosts are teaming up with The Coffee Club to host a special one-off event where original Sizzler crew members will once again don their uniforms and serve up fan-favorite dishes.
In addition to the cheese toast, Robin and Kip listeners who Win tickets Attendees will also be able to enjoy nostalgic pumpkin soup and potato skins.
The brand’s signature salad buffet will also return, as well as a dessert bar, complete with a soft-serve ice cream machine and a variety of custom toppings “to satisfy every sweet tooth.”
Following the surprise announcement, Sizzler fans expressed their delight on social media, with many saying: “I would pay a lot of money for a seat.”
“Oh my god delicious. I miss sizzlers,” one person wrote on Instagram.
“A table for two, please,” another pleaded.
Robin and Kip were also busy tasting the menu items that the pop-up restaurant diners will be eating, declaring that they “taste exactly like Sizzler.”
This comes after Sizzler’s cheese bread returned to Fritzenberger last month after the restaurant acquired an original toaster at auction, which came from Sizzler’s Maroochydore location after it closed in 2020. Express Mail It has been reported.
“The team was very excited to purchase the machine and offer this special item to our customers,” a company spokesperson told the newspaper.
Fritzenberger, famous for its burgers, parmesan, wings and ribs, makes its cheeseburger using the holy trinity of ingredients – thick white bread, Parmesan Reggiano cheese and “crystal salted butter.”
“We stuck to the famous recipe,” said Executive Chef Sebastien Calle.
“But we used higher quality ingredients to enhance the flavours even more. There’s probably no better way to do it.”
Australians first became acquainted with the restaurant’s famous bowling club carpets and American diner booths 39 years ago, when the chain’s first restaurant opened in the Brisbane suburb of Annerley.
At its peak in 1993, the chain had 83 locations across the country. Diners across the country enjoyed endless tubs of Alfredo, potato skins, and complete control of a soft serve ice cream machine that served up not one but two flavors.
But Sizzler’s luck began to change and restaurants across the country began to close.
Ultimately, nine final centres were established in Queensland at Mermaid Beach, Loganholme, Toowoomba, Maroochydore and Caboolture; in Western Australia at Inaloo, Kelmscott and Morley; and in NSW at Campbelltown.I ate sealed with the global pandemic.
Parent company Collins Foods made the “difficult decision” to permanently close the chain after sales struggled to recover from the peak impact of Covid-19.
