[LETTERHEAD]

                                November 13, 2001

Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
15301 Ventura Boulevard
Building B -- Suite 300
Sherman Oaks, California  91403

       Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

       We have acted as counsel to Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Registration Statement"), with respect to the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 1,000,000 shares of Common
Stock of the Company (the "Shares") pursuant to the Company's 1997 Employee
Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

       We have examined, among other things, the Company's Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended to date, the Plan and records of
corporate proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the authorization,
issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Plan. Based on the foregoing and
in reliance thereon, it is our opinion that the Shares, when they are issued
pursuant to the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

       We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

                                 Very truly yours,

                                 /s/ Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young & Jones P.C.



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