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        filed
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        2007</font></div>
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        No. 333-____</font></div>
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        S-8</strong></font></div>
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        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</strong></font></div>
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                  code of registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</font></div>
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        633-4100</strong></font></div>
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                  of each Class of</strong></font></div>
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                  to be Registered</strong></font></div>
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                  Price per unit (2)</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Proposed
                  Maximum</strong></font></div>
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                  of</strong></font></div>
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                  fee</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Common
                  Stock, $ 0.50 stated value</font></div>
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                  56.05&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</u></font></div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(1)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Together
                  with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
                  necessary
                  to adjust the number of shares reserved for the issuance pursuant
                  to the
                  Steak n Shake 2005&#160;Director Stock Option Plan and the 2007
                  Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan (the &#8220;Plans&#8221;) as a result of a
                  stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding
                  Common Stock pursuant to
                  Rule&#160;416(a).</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Estimated
                  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance
                  with Rule&#160;457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the
                  average of the high and low sale price of the Common Stock on December
                  17,
                  2007.</font></div>
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        I</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</strong></font></div>
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        shares of Common Stock being registered on this Registration Statement include
        150,000&#160;shares under the 2005&#160;Director Stock Option Plan and
        20,000&#160;shares under the 2007&#160;Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
        Plan.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        documents containing the information specified in Part&#160;I of this
        Registration Statement on Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants
        in the
        plan as specified under Rule&#160;428(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of
        1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Such documents are not
        required to be, and are not being, filed by The Steak n Shake Company (the
        &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#8220;Commission&#8221;), either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses
        or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&#160;424 under the Securities
        Act.&#160;&#160;Such documents, together with the documents incorporated by
        reference herein pursuant to Item&#160;3 of Part&#160;II of this Registration
        Statement on Form&#160;S-8, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
        of Section&#160;10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></div>
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        following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated
        herein by reference:</font></div>
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                  Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form&#160;10-K for the fiscal year ended
                  September&#160;26, 2007; and</font></div>
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                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                    description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock that is contained in its
                    Registration Statement on Form&#160;8-A filed under Section&#160;12 of the
                    Securities Act, on October&#160;28, 1996, including any amendments or
                    reports filed for the purpose of updating such
                    description.</font></div>
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        documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&#160;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
        15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration
        Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates
        that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
        all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
        by
        reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date
        of
        filing of those documents.&#160;&#160;Any statement contained in a document
        incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
        to
        be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
        the
        extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
        document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
        modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;&#160;Any such statement so modified
        or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
        constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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                  of Named Experts and
                  Counsel.</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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        Indiana Business Corporation Law (&#8220;BCL&#8221;), the provisions of which govern the
        Registrant, empowers an Indiana corporation to indemnify present and former
        directors, officers, employees or agents or any person who may have served
        at
        the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
        of
        another corporation (&#8220;Eligible Persons&#8221;) against liability incurred in any
        proceeding, civil or criminal, in which the Eligible Person is made a party
        by
        reason of being or having been in any such capacity or arising out of his
        status
        as such, if the individual acted in good faith and reasonably believed that
        (a)
        the individual was acting in the best interests of the corporation, (b) if
        the
        challenged action was taken other than in the individual&#8217;s official capacity as
        an officer, director, employee or agent, the individual&#8217;s conduct was at least
        not opposed to the corporation&#8217;s best interests, or (c) if a criminal
        proceeding, either the individual had reasonable cause to believe his or
        her
        conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
        unlawful.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        BCL
        further empowers a corporation to pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses
        incurred by an Eligible Person in connection with the defense of any such
        claim
        including counsel fees, and, unless limited by its Articles of Incorporation,
        the corporation is required to indemnify an Eligible Person against reasonable
        expenses if he or she is wholly successful in any such proceeding, on the
        merits
        or otherwise.&#160;&#160;Under certain circumstances, a corporation may pay or
        reimburse an Eligible Person for reasonable expenses prior to final disposition
        of the matter.&#160;&#160;Unless a corporation&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation
        otherwise provide, an Eligible Person may apply for indemnification to a
        court
        which may order indemnification upon a determination that the Eligible Person
        is
        entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances without
        regard to whether his or her actions satisfied the appropriate standard of
        conduct.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Before
        a
        corporation may indemnify any Eligible Person against liability or reasonable
        expenses under the BCL, a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties
        to
        the proceeding must (1)&#160;determine that indemnification is permissible in
        the specific circumstances because an Eligible Person met the requisite standard
        of conduct, (2)&#160;authorize the corporation to indemnify the Eligible Person
        and (3)&#160;if appropriate, evaluate the reasonableness of expenses for which
        indemnification is sought.&#160;&#160;If it is not possible to obtain a quorum
        of uninvolved directors, the foregoing action may be taken by a committee
        of two
        or more directors who are not parties to the proceeding, special legal counsel
        selected by the Board of Directors or such a committee, or by the shareholders
        of the corporation.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
        addition to the foregoing, the BCL states that the indemnification it provides
        shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified
        may
        be entitled under any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, bylaws,
        resolution or other authorization adopted, after notice by a majority vote
        of
        all the voting shares then issued and outstanding.&#160;&#160;The BCL also
        empowers an Indiana corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
        of
        any Eligible Person against any liability asserted against or incurred by
        him or
        her in any capacity as such, or arising out of his or her status as such,
        whether or not the corporation would have had the power to indemnify him
        or her
        against such liability.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Registrant
        contain provisions pursuant to which the officers and directors of the
        Registrant are entitled to indemnification as a matter of right against expenses
        and liabilities incurred by them by reason of their having acted in such
        capacities if such person has been wholly successful in the defense of such
        claims or acted in good faith in what he or she reasonably believed to be
        in or
        not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant.&#160;&#160;Such rights are
        not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons
        may
        be entitled by contract or a matter of law.</font></div>
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        Registrant maintains directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance, the effect of
        which is to indemnify the directors and officers of the Registrant and its
        subsidiaries against certain losses caused by errors, misleading statements,
        wrongful acts, omissions, neglect or breach of duty by them of any matter
        claimed against them in their capacities as directors or officers.</font></div>
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                  from Registration Claimed.</strong></font></div>
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        Index
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                  undersigned Registrant hereby
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                  file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
                  a
                  post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:</font></div>
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                  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
                  effective
                  date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
                  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
                  a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
                  Statement.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
                  of
                  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
                  and any
                  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
                  range
                  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
                  pursuant to Rule&#160;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
                  and price represent no more than a 20&#160;percent change in the maximum
                  aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration
                  Fee&#8221; table in the Registration
                  Statement;</font></div>
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                  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                  not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
                  change to such information in the registration
                  statement.</font></div>
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        therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
        attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
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        as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might and could do in person,
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              <td valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;/s/
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              <td valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;/s/
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                  and Restated Articles of Incorporation of The Steak n Shake Company,
                  filed
                  March&#160;27, 2002 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
                  definitive Proxy Statement dated December&#160;19, 2001 related to the
                  2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders).</font></div>
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                  By-Laws of The Steak n Shake Company, as amended, dated&#160;December 7,
                  2007&#160;(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the
                  Registrant's&#160;Annual Report on Form&#160;10-K dated December 10,
                  2007).</font></div>
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                  certificate representing Common Stock of The Steak n Shake Company
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&#160;4.01 to the Registrant&#8217;s
                  Quarterly Report on Form&#160;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
                  April&#160;11, 2001).</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="11%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4.4</font></div>
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                  Steak n Shake Company 2005&#160;Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated
                  by reference to Appendix&#160;B to the Registrant&#8217;s definitive Proxy
                  Statement dated December&#160;20, 2004, related to the 2005&#160;Annual
                  Meeting of Shareholders).</font></div>
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                  Steak&#160;n Shake Company 2007 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
                  Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&#160;10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s
                  Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 9, 2007).</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td valign="top" width="11%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4.6</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                  of Director Stock Option Agreement for The Steak&#160;n Shake Company
                  2005&#160;Director Stock Option Plan.</font></div>
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                  of Restricted Stock Award agreement for The Steak n Shake Company
                  2007
                  Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan.</font></div>
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forms8.htm
As
        filed
        with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19,
        2007
Registration
        No. 333-____
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
        D.C. 20549
FORM
        S-8
REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE
                  STEAK N SHAKE COMPANY
(Exact
                  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
INDIANA
37-0684070
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
                  Employer
Incorporation
                  or organization)
Identification
                  No.)
500
                  Century Building
36
                  South Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis,
                  IN 46204
(317)
                  633-4100
(Address,
                  including zip code and telephone number, including
area
                  code of registrant's principal executive offices)
2005 DIRECTOR
                  STOCK OPTION PLAN
2007 NON-EMPLOYEE
                  DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
(Full
                  Title of the Plan)
David
        C. Milne
General
        Counsel and Secretary
The
        Steak n Shake Company
36
        South Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis,
        IN 46204
(Name
        and
        address of agent for service)
(317)
        633-4100
(Telephone
        number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy
        to:
David
        C. Worrell
Baker
        & Daniels LLP
600
        E. 96th Street, Suite 600
Indianapolis,
        IN 46240
(317)
        569-9600
CALCULATION
        OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                  of each Class of
Securities
                  to be Registered
Amount
                  to be
Registered
                  (1)
Proposed
                  Maximum
Offering
                  Price per unit (2)
Proposed
                  Maximum
Aggregate
                  Offering Price (2)
Amount
                  of
registration
                  fee
Common
                  Stock, $ 0.50 stated value
170,000
$
10.74
$
1,825,800
$
56.05
(1)
Together
                  with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
                  necessary
                  to adjust the number of shares reserved for the issuance pursuant
                  to the
                  Steak n Shake 2005 Director Stock Option Plan and the 2007
                  Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plans") as a result of a
                  stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding
                  Common Stock pursuant to
                  Rule 416(a).
(2)
Estimated
                  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance
                  with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the
                  average of the high and low sale price of the Common Stock on December
                  17,
                  2007.
PART
        I
INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
        shares of Common Stock being registered on this Registration Statement include
        150,000 shares under the 2005 Director Stock Option Plan and
        20,000 shares under the 2007 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
        Plan.
The
        documents containing the information specified in Part I of this
        Registration Statement on Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants
        in the
        plan as specified under Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of
        1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  Such documents are not
        required to be, and are not being, filed by The Steak n Shake Company (the
        "Company" or "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses
        or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
        Act.  Such documents, together with the documents incorporated by
        reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
        Statement on Form S-8, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
        of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART
        II
INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
                  of Documents by Reference.
The
        following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated
        herein by reference:
(a)
The
                  Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                  September 26, 2007; and
(b)
The
                    description of the Company's Common Stock that is contained in its
                    Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under Section 12 of the
                    Securities Act, on October 28, 1996, including any amendments or
                    reports filed for the purpose of updating such
                    description.
All
        documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
        15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration
        Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates
        that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
        all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
        by
        reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date
        of
        filing of those documents.  Any statement contained in a document
        incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
        to
        be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
        the
        extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
        document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
        modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified
        or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
        constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description
                  of Securities.
Not
        applicable.
Item 5.
Interests
                  of Named Experts and
                  Counsel.
Not
        applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification
                  of Directors and Officers.
The
        Indiana Business Corporation Law ("BCL"), the provisions of which govern the
        Registrant, empowers an Indiana corporation to indemnify present and former
        directors, officers, employees or agents or any person who may have served
        at
        the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
        of
        another corporation ("Eligible Persons") against liability incurred in any
        proceeding, civil or criminal, in which the Eligible Person is made a party
        by
        reason of being or having been in any such capacity or arising out of his
        status
        as such, if the individual acted in good faith and reasonably believed that
        (a)
        the individual was acting in the best interests of the corporation, (b) if
        the
        challenged action was taken other than in the individual's official capacity as
        an officer, director, employee or agent, the individual's conduct was at least
        not opposed to the corporation's best interests, or (c) if a criminal
        proceeding, either the individual had reasonable cause to believe his or
        her
        conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
        unlawful.
The
        BCL
        further empowers a corporation to pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses
        incurred by an Eligible Person in connection with the defense of any such
        claim
        including counsel fees, and, unless limited by its Articles of Incorporation,
        the corporation is required to indemnify an Eligible Person against reasonable
        expenses if he or she is wholly successful in any such proceeding, on the
        merits
        or otherwise.  Under certain circumstances, a corporation may pay or
        reimburse an Eligible Person for reasonable expenses prior to final disposition
        of the matter.  Unless a corporation's Articles of Incorporation
        otherwise provide, an Eligible Person may apply for indemnification to a
        court
        which may order indemnification upon a determination that the Eligible Person
        is
        entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances without
        regard to whether his or her actions satisfied the appropriate standard of
        conduct.
Before
        a
        corporation may indemnify any Eligible Person against liability or reasonable
        expenses under the BCL, a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties
        to
        the proceeding must (1) determine that indemnification is permissible in
        the specific circumstances because an Eligible Person met the requisite standard
        of conduct, (2) authorize the corporation to indemnify the Eligible Person
        and (3) if appropriate, evaluate the reasonableness of expenses for which
        indemnification is sought.  If it is not possible to obtain a quorum
        of uninvolved directors, the foregoing action may be taken by a committee
        of two
        or more directors who are not parties to the proceeding, special legal counsel
        selected by the Board of Directors or such a committee, or by the shareholders
        of the corporation.
In
        addition to the foregoing, the BCL states that the indemnification it provides
        shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified
        may
        be entitled under any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, bylaws,
        resolution or other authorization adopted, after notice by a majority vote
        of
        all the voting shares then issued and outstanding.  The BCL also
        empowers an Indiana corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
        of
        any Eligible Person against any liability asserted against or incurred by
        him or
        her in any capacity as such, or arising out of his or her status as such,
        whether or not the corporation would have had the power to indemnify him
        or her
        against such liability.
The
        Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Registrant
        contain provisions pursuant to which the officers and directors of the
        Registrant are entitled to indemnification as a matter of right against expenses
        and liabilities incurred by them by reason of their having acted in such
        capacities if such person has been wholly successful in the defense of such
        claims or acted in good faith in what he or she reasonably believed to be
        in or
        not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant.  Such rights are
        not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons
        may
        be entitled by contract or a matter of law.
The
        Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance, the effect of
        which is to indemnify the directors and officers of the Registrant and its
        subsidiaries against certain losses caused by errors, misleading statements,
        wrongful acts, omissions, neglect or breach of duty by them of any matter
        claimed against them in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item
                  7.
Exemption
                  from Registration Claimed.
Not
        applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
See
        Index
        to Exhibits.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The
                  undersigned Registrant hereby
                  undertakes:
(1)
To
                  file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
                  a
                  post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:
(i)
To
                  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
                  Act of 1933;
(ii)
To
                  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
                  effective
                  date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
                  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
                  a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
                  Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
                  of
                  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
                  and any
                  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
                  range
                  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
                  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
                  and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
                  aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
                  Fee" table in the Registration
                  Statement;
(iii)
To
                  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                  not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
                  change to such information in the registration
                  statement.
Provided,
        however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Section do not
        apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
        by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
        Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
        of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
        in the
        Registration Statement.
(2)
That,
                  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
                  Act of
                  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
                  a new
                  registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                  and the
                  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                  the initial
                  bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To
                  remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
                  any of the
                  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
                  of the
                  offering.
(b)
The
                  undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes
                  of
                  determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
                  filing of
                  the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
                  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
                  applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
                  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
                  that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
                  shall be
                  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
                  offered therein, and the offering of such securities as that time
                  shall be
                  deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
                  thereof.
(c)
Insofar
                  as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
                  Act of
                  1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
                  of
                  the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
                  the
                  Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
                  and
                  Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
                  as
                  expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the
                  event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
                  (other
                  than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
                  by a
                  director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
                  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
                  by such
                  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
                  securities
                  being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of
                  its
                  counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
                  to a
                  court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
                  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
                  the Act and
                  will be governed by the final adjudication of such
                  issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
        that
        it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
        for
        filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
        signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
        City
        of Indianapolis, State of Indiana, on December 18, 2007.
The
        Steak N Shake Company
By:
/s/
        David C.
        Milne
David
        C.
        Milne
General
        Counsel and Secretary
POWER
        OF ATTORNEY
Each
        person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby
        constitutes and appoints David C. Milne, with full power to act as his or
        her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
        and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
        in
        any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing), to sign any and all
        amendments to the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement, and to file
        the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
        therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
        attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
        and
        every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
        as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might and could do in person,
        hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent
        or his
        substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
        hereof.
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
        has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of
        December 18, 2007.
Signature
Title
/s/
                Alan B. Gilman
Chairman
                  and Interim Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
                  Executive Officer)
Alan
                  B. Gilman
/s/
                Jeffrey A. Blade
Executive
                  Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
(Principal
                  Financial and Accounting Officer)
Jeffrey
                  A. Blade
/s/
                Wayne L. Kelley
Director
Wayne
                  L. Kelley
/s/
                Ruth J. Person
Director
Ruth
                  J. Person
/s/
                John W. Ryan
Director
John
                  W. Ryan
/s/
                Steven M. Schmidt
Director
Steven
                  M. Schmidt
/s/
                Edward W. Wilhelm
Director
Edward
                  W. Wilhelm
/s/
                James Williamson Jr.
Director
James
                  Williamson Jr.
/s/
                Geoffrey Ballotti
Director
Geoffrey
                  Ballotti
/s/
                J. Fred Risk
Director
J.
                  Fred Risk
THE
        STEAK N SHAKE COMPANY
INDEX
        TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
                  No.
Description
                  of Exhibit
4.1
Amended
                  and Restated Articles of Incorporation of The Steak n Shake Company,
                  filed
                  March 27, 2002 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
                  definitive Proxy Statement dated December 19, 2001 related to the
                  2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders).
4.2
Restated
                  By-Laws of The Steak n Shake Company, as amended, dated December 7,
                  2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the
                  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated December 10,
                  2007).
4.3
Specimen
                  certificate representing Common Stock of The Steak n Shake Company
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
                  April 11, 2001).
4.4
The
                  Steak n Shake Company 2005 Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated
                  by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant's definitive Proxy
                  Statement dated December 20, 2004, related to the 2005 Annual
                  Meeting of Shareholders).
4.5
The
                  Steak n Shake Company 2007 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
                  Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
                  Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 9, 2007).
4.6
Form
                  of Director Stock Option Agreement for The Steak n Shake Company
                  2005 Director Stock Option Plan.
4.7
Form
                  of Restricted Stock Award agreement for The Steak n Shake Company
                  2007
                  Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan.
5.1
Opinion
                  of Baker & Daniels LLP.
23.1
Consent
                  of Baker & Daniels LLP (Included as part of
                  Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent
                  of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (See Signature Page).