EXHIBIT 99.1

               [LETTERHEAD OF WORLDWIDE RESTAURANT CONCEPTS, INC.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 26, 2002

              WORLDWIDE RESTAURANT CONCEPTS, INC. ANNOUNCES OPENING
                            OF THE 16TH PAT & OSCAR's

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.--November 26, 2002--Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
(NYSE: SZ) today announced that its Pat & Oscar's division has opened a new
restaurant in National City, California. Situated in a popular regional shopping
mall, this restaurant is Pat & Oscar's 16th location and features chicken,
pizza, salads, ribs and award winning breadsticks served in a friendly, "quick
casual" environment.

"A key component of Worldwide Restaurant Concepts growth strategy is the
expansion of Pat & Oscar's and we're committed to building new restaurants and
widening the geographic reach of the brand. With four locations currently under
construction, the National City restaurant is the first of several openings we
have scheduled for the coming weeks and months. We're well on track to increase
our restaurant count by 30 to 40 percent this fiscal year and expect to maintain
this rate of growth in the coming years," said Charles Boppell, President and
CEO of Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.

About Worldwide Restaurant Concepts

Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc., formerly known as Sizzler International,
Inc., operates, franchises or joint ventures 322 Sizzler(R) restaurants
worldwide, 110 KFC(R) restaurants primarily located in Queensland, Australia,
and 16 Pat & Oscar's(SM) restaurants. Additional information about the Company
can be found at www.wrconcepts.com.


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Certain statements contained in this document may contain forward-looking
statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may include but are
not limited to statements regarding: (i) the number of Pat & Oscar's(SM)
restaurants that will open during the current fiscal year; and (ii) Pat &
Oscar's ability to increase unit count by 30 to 40 percent in the coming fiscal
years.

Worldwide Restaurant Concepts cautions that these statements are qualified by
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those reflected in the forward looking statements contained herein. Such factors
include, but are not limited to: (a) Pat & Oscar's ability to acquire a
sufficient number of sites that satisfy its real estate selection criteria; (b)
the availability of capital to finance new Pat & Oscar's restaurants; and (c)
other risks as detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports,
including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Annual
Reports on Form 10-K.

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