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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2005
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                       LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE & SALOON, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    Delaware                           0-19907                      48-1109495
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(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission                (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)                    File Number)           Identification No.)

      224 East Douglas, Suite 700, Wichita, KS                       67202
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      (Address of principal executive offices)                     (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (316) 264-8899
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                                      N/A 
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))




ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

            On April 18, 2005, Lone Star  Steakhouse & Saloon,  Inc., a Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company")  announced  its  results for the twelve week first
quarter  ended  March 22,  2005.  A copy of the press  release is  furnished  as
Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

            The  information  furnished  pursuant to this Current Report on Form
8-K, including the exhibit hereto,  shall not be considered "filed" for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  or otherwise
subject  to the  liability  of such  section,  nor shall it be  incorporated  by
reference  into future  filings by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended,  unless the Company
expressly  sets  forth in such  future  filing  that such  information  is to be
considered "filed" or incorporated by reference therein.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)   Exhibits

      Exhibit No.             Exhibits
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      99.1                    Press Release dated April 18, 2005.





                                   SIGNATURES
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     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                             LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE & SALOON,
                                             INC.


Dated: April 19, 2005                        By:   /s/ John D. White
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                                                 Name:  John D. White
                                                 Title: Executive Vice President