I’ve never once eaten at a Sizzler, but another familiar American brand has fallen victim to Covid, and for purely sentimental and unfocused reasons I feel badly about this. A world that once had Sizzler, California Pizza Kitchen, Souplantation and all kinds of independent restaurants as regular, comforting cultural fixtures…that world has slipped beneath the waves.
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