Beloved all-you-can-eat restaurant Sizzler is making a long-awaited return, reopening for one night only, four years after its last location closed its doors.
Former staff will don their uniforms and serve iconic dishes from the restaurant’s golden era at a temporary location in Brisbane on Tuesday.
This long-standing cultural icon closed its doors permanently in 2020, after serving cheese toasties, grilled steaks and salads for three decades.
Since then, Sizzler fans have attempted to recreate some of the menu’s most popular dishes or have settled for copies of the cult cheese toastie, which have gone viral on social media.
Fritzenberger, a popular Brisbane restaurant, has acquired an authentic Sizzler cheese toasting machine and is now serving the iconic product to its customers.
Following the resounding success, KIIS 97.3 breakfast show hosts Robin Bailey and Kip Wightman have announced they will be launching the pop-up.
Listeners of the Robin and Kip Show have the chance to win tickets to enjoy the brand’s iconic pumpkin soup, potato skins, cheese toasties, the brand’s signature salad bar and a dessert bar, complete with a soft-serve ice cream machine.
Sizzler fans were salivating after the radio duo shared the news on social media this week.
Former Sizzler staff members don their uniforms and serve dishes from the restaurant’s heyday at a temporary location on July 16.
“I was really looking forward to going and was lucky enough to win a double pass which made my year,” one person said.
“I would pay a lot of money to get a seat,” wrote another.
“Table for two please,” commented a third person.
“Take me there please,” wrote another.
In the days leading up to the big night, Robin and Kip have been busy testing out menu items that pop-up diners will enjoy and claim they “taste just like Sizzler.”
A Brisbane restaurant has acquired an original toaster from Sizzler’s Maroochydore restaurant after it closed
Last month, Fritzenberger acquired an original toaster from Sizzler’s Maroochydore restaurant at auction after it closed.
“The team was very excited about acquiring the machine and being able to offer this iconic item to our customers,” a spokesperson said. The courier mail.
Executive Chef Sebastian Calais said they have stayed true to the iconic recipe but are using higher quality ingredients.
The first Sizzler opened in the Brisbane suburb of Annerley 39 years ago and grew to 38 restaurants across the country by 1993.
Its parent company, Collins Foods, made the “difficult decision” to close its last nine restaurants during the pandemic.
