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SIZZLER
Couple will roll out a new Sizzler experience in Manteca
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Gary and Sally Myers who own 22 Sizzlers from Sacramento San Diego talk Saturday about progress on their new Manteca location that is targeting an opening between Christmas and New years Day. - photo by HIME ROMERO/The Bulletin
Breakfast omelets at a Sizzler?It’s a possibility.That’s because the 8,600-square-foot restaurant being built by Gary and Sally Myers — the owners of BMW Management — at Airport Way and Daniels Street isn’t your typical Sizzler.It is being designed from the ground up to be a versatile dining experience complete with three kitchens capable of enhancing and adding to the menu in ways you never would think possible at a steakhouse or a Sizzler.The flexibility is something the 270-plus restaurant chain headquartered in Mission Viejo encourages the Myers to do given their track record and setting new standards in customer satisfaction and revenue.“This (the Manteca location) will resemble our flagship Sizzler in Temecula,” Gary said Saturday.The couple was in Manteca helping oversee the hiring of upwards of 120 employees for their 23rd Sizzler that is targeting an opening between Christmas and New Year’s Day.The ambiance needs to be right, the staff congenial and helpful, and the menu appealing to multiple generations.But at the top of the list is steak from how it is raised, processed, and cut fresh to how it is grilled.Their tireless drive to assure quality is the reason why they are able to offer something that few restaurants can — Certified Angus Beef.Certified Angus Beef is a commitment — from the rancher to the restaurant — to adhere to 10 strict requirements aimed at uncompromising standards for taste to make sure enjoying a great steak dining out or at home isn’t a hit or miss.So exacting are the standards that the Myers initially were rebuffed when they first approached the Wooter, Ohio-based firm established by ranchers in 1978. The organization doesn’t sell steaks per se but licenses ranchers that consistently meet their high standards for taste and quality.“They didn’t initially want to deal with us because they didn’t see Sizzler as the right place (that would adhere to their strict standards),” Sally said.The Myers persisted and even traveled to Ohio to make their case. The result are the 22 Sizzlers locations that the Myers own are entrusted to serve Certified Angus Beef that means guests get beef that is more flavorable, juicy, and tender.Certified AngusBeef shipped freshdirectly to restaurantUnlike many restaurants that have a personal relationship only with the delivery driver that drops off packages of frozen steaks, the Myers know the ranchers they have entrusted their reputation to them on a one-on-one basis— the Del Prapo family in Oakley and the Five Star Land and Livestock Ranch in Wilton owned by Mark, Abbie, and Ryan Nelson.