Steak 'n Shake is a diner-style restaurant chain located primarily in the Midwestern and Southern United States. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. There are approximately 400 company-owned Steak 'n Shakes and another 100 or so that are franchised. Typical restaurant locations have both drive-through and front-window service, resulting in a mixture of fast-food to-go service and diner-style sit-down service. Many Steak 'n Shake restaurants are open 24 hours a day. The corporation's slogan "Famous for Steakburgers" refers to its most prominent food item, the "Steakburger", so called because it is made from a mixture of T-bone, sirloin, and round steaks. Steak 'n Shake's prices had been comparable to diners and other sit-down food establishments, which were generally higher than fast food restaurants, but recently the company has lowered its prices.
Steak 'n Shake restaurants are operated by Steak 'n Shake Operations, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Biglari Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BH), located in San Antonio, Texas. The company currently operates 487 (as of December 2010) restaurants in 22 states, including 75 franchised locations. Biglari Holdings plans to aggressively increase the number of franchises, hoping to add as many as 1500 more franchise locations in the next few years.
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