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      filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2006</font></div>
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      No. 333-____</font></div>
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      D.C. 20549</strong></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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                633-4100</strong></font></div>
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                code of registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</font></div>
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      C. Milne</strong></font></div>
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      South Pennsylvania Street</strong></font></div>
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      633-4100</strong></font></div>
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      237-0300</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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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Proposed
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                Offering Price (2) </strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Amount
                of</strong></font></div>
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                fee</strong></font></div>
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                Stock, $.50 stated value</font></div>
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                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 2006&#160;Employee Stock Option Plan and the
                2006&#160;Employee Stock Purchase 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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                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 August
                25,
                2006.</font></div>
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      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
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      plan as specified under Rule&#160;428(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of
      1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). 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. 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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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</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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      November&#160;17, 2005, December&#160;22, 2005, February&#160;14, 2006 and March
      23, 2006, March 30, 2006, and August 15, 2006.</font></div>
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      May&#160;21, 1997, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
      updating such description.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      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. 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.</font></div>
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                Counsel.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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      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&#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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      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. 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
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      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.</font></div>
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      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
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      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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      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
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      total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
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      offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
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      Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
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      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
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      signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City
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      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
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      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
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                (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the Registrant's Annual
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                (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&#160;4.01 to the Registrant&#8217;s
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                by reference to Appendix&#160;A to the Registrant&#8217;s definitive Proxy
                Statement dated December&#160;30, 2005, related to the 2006&#160;Annual
                Meeting of Shareholders).</font></div>
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                Statement dated December&#160;30, 2005, relating to the 2006&#160;Annual
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Form S-8 8-28-06
As
      filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2006
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)
2006 EMPLOYEE
                STOCK OPTION PLAN
2006 EMPLOYEE
                STOCK PURCHASE 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
300
      N. Meridian Street
Indianapolis,
      IN 46204
(317)
      237-0300
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, $.50 stated value
1,200,000
$15.08
$18,096,000
$1,936.27
(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 2006 Employee Stock Option Plan and the
                2006 Employee Stock Purchase 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 August
                25,
                2006.
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PART
      I
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
      shares of Common Stock being registered on this Registration Statement include
      750,000 shares under the 2006 Employee Stock Option Plan and
      450,000 shares under the 2006 Employee Stock Purchase
      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 28, 2005.
(b)
The
      Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
      December 21, 2005, April 12, 2006, and July 5, 2006.
(c)
The
      Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
      November 17, 2005, December 22, 2005, February 14, 2006 and March
      23, 2006, March 30, 2006, and August 15, 2006.
(d)
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
      May 21, 1997, 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.
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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 Registrants hereby undertake:
(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.
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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.
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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 August 28, 2006.
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
      August 9, 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/
              Alan B. Gilman
Chairman
Alan
                B. Gilman
/s/
              Jeffrey A. Blade
Senior
                Vice President
(Principal
                Financial and Accounting Officer)
Jeffrey
                A. Blade
/s/
              Peter M. Dunn
President,
                Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
                Executive Officer)
Peter
                M. Dunn
/s/
              Wayne L. Kelley
Director
Wayne
                L. Kelley
/s/
              Charles E. Lanham
Director
Charles
                E. Lanham
/s/
              Ruth J. Person
Director
Ruth
                J. Person
/s/
              J. Fred Risk
Director
J.
                Fred Risk
/s/
              John W. Ryan
Director
John
              Ryan
/s/
              Steven M. Schmidt
Director
Steven M.
                Schmidt
/s/
                Edward Wilhelm
Director
Edward
                Wilhelm
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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
                Bylaws of The Steak n Shake Company, as amended, dated July 16, 2004
                (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the Registrant's Annual
                Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
                2005).
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 2006 Employee Stock Option Plan (incorporated
                by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant's definitive Proxy
                Statement dated December 30, 2005, related to the 2006 Annual
                Meeting of Shareholders).
4.5
The
                Steak n Shake Company 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
                by reference to Appendix C to the Registrant's definitive Proxy
                Statement dated December 30, 2005, relating to the 2006 Annual
                Meeting of Shareholders).
4.6
Form
                of Incentive Stock Option Agreement for The Steak n Shake Company
                2006 Employee Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
                filed February 14, 2006).
5.1
Opinion
                of Baker & Daniels.
23.1
Consent
                of Baker & Daniels (Included as part of
                Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent
                of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24.1
Power
                of Attorney (See Signature Page).
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