Western Sizzlin’, stylized as WesterN SizzliN, is a chain of privately held and publicly held retail buffet restaurants and steakhouses,[2] 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).

[3][4] In conceiving the business, Pasceralla reasoned that, "If searing the bottom of the steak made it juicy, adding flames to the top would make them twice as good.

He was traveling around the United States in search of cheap land on which to build a steakhouse, and he stopped in Augusta because of a flat tire.

[5] However, after the buyout, Carney experienced difficulties in growing the chain due to the high price his group paid for the business.