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Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Announces Opening of First Sizzler Restaurant in Beijing SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:SZ) today announced the opening of the second Sizzler restaurant in China. The restaurant is the second of the restaurants to be opened under the joint venture agreement with the Minor Food Group Pcl, a subsidiary of Royal Garden Resorts Pcl, to develop franchise opportunities for Sizzler restaurants in China. Sizzler announced this joint venture on November 12, 2004. The restaurant, located in the Chaoyang District, Beijing, opened on February 14, 2005. The restaurant features the famous Sizzler Soup, Salad and Fresh Fruit Bar, open kitchen and a modern western dining room ambience. "We are excited about this second restaurant opening in China, and are very pleased with the progress we are seeing. This is an exciting time for our brand as we continue forward with our on-going international expansion," said Chuck Boppell, Chief Executive Officer of Worldwide Restaurant Concepts. Royal Garden Resorts Pcl is a leading Asia-Pacific hospitality and food service operator and its subsidiary, The Minor Food Group, is Thailand's largest food service operator with over 450 outlets system wide under many well recognized brand names including Sizzler. About Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. operates, franchises or joint ventures 309 Sizzler(R) restaurants worldwide, 112 KFC(R) restaurants located primarily in Queensland, Australia, and 22 Pat & Oscar's(R) restaurants. Additional information about the Company can be found at http://www.wrconcepts.com/. To the extent that certain statements contained in this document may be deemed under federal securities laws to be forward-looking statements, Worldwide Restaurant Concepts intends that they be subject to the safe-harbor applicable to forward-looking statements under such laws. AT THE COMPANY: Keith Wall Liz Baskerville Vice President and CFO Director, Planning (818) 662-9800 (818) 662-9800 AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD: Laurie Berman Tricia Ross General Information Investor/Analyst (310) 854-8315 (617) 520-7064 DATASOURCE: Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. CONTACT: Keith Wall, Vice President and CFO, or Liz Baskerville, Director, Planning, both of Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc., +1-818-662-9800; or General Information, Laurie Berman, +1-310-854-8315, or Investors/Analysts, Tricia Ross, +1-617-520-7064, both of Financial Relations Board, for Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Web site: http://www.wrconcepts.com/

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