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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-09-012579
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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATHANS FAMOUS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000069733
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		IRS NUMBER:				113166443
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0329

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1400 OLD COUNTRY RD
		STREET 2:		STE 400
		CITY:			WESTBURY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11590
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5163388500

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		STREET 1:		1400 OLD COUNTRY RD
		STREET 2:		STE 400
		CITY:			WESTBURY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11590
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Filed
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">File No.
000-03189</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">Ladies
and Gentlemen:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
following are the responses to the comments of the staff of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font>Commission<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;)</font>&#160;in its
letter of January&#160;26, 2009, in connection with the above-referenced filing
by Nathan&#8217;s Famous, Inc. (&#8220;Nathan&#8217;s,&#8221; the &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;), which
letter was received by the Company on February 24, 2009.&#160;&#160;To
facilitate your review, we have included the staff<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8217;s</font>&#160;numbered
comments along with the related responses.</font></div>
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on Schedule 14A (incorporated by reference into Part&#160;III of
Form&#160;10-K)</font></font></div>
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15</font></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">We note your disclosure
      regarding your executive bonus program.&#160;&#160;We note that in
      determining the amount of annual bonuses awarded to named executive
      offers, your compensation committee considers the &#8220;achievement of
      individual targets,&#8221; &#8220;Nathan&#8217;s achievement of performance goals,&#8221; and the
      achievement of &#8220;strategic planning objectives,&#8221; but we do not see
      sufficient discussion regarding these criteria.&#160;&#160;In future
      filings, please disclose the individual target goals for each executive
      officer, Nathan&#8217;s performance goals, and Nathan&#8217;s strategic planning
      objectives.&#160;&#160;What formulas, if any, do you use for determining
      the amount of each executive&#8217;s bonus?&#160;&#160;Be specific, and use
      quantitative data to the extent possible.&#160;&#160;Please refer to
      Item&#160;402(b)(2)(v) of Regulation&#160;S-K.&#160;&#160;To the extent
      you believe that disclosure of the targets is not required because it
      would result in competitive harm such that the targets could be excluded
      under Instruction&#160;4 to Item&#160;402(b) of Regulation&#160;S-K,
      please provide a detailed explanation for such
      conclusion.&#160;&#160;Please also note that to the extent
      you&#160;&#160;have an appropriate basis for omitting the specific
      targets, you must discuss how difficult it would be for the named
      executive officers or how likely it will be for you to achieve the
      undisclosed target levels or other
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advised that the Company&#8217;s Compensation Committee intends to re-evaluate its
current executive compensation program and may determine to revise the structure
of such program.&#160;&#160;In the event that, following any amendment to the
Company&#8217;s executive compensation program for the Company&#8217;s current fiscal year
ending March 29, 2009 and future years, such program provides for compensation
based on an individual&#8217;s target goals, Company performance goals or achievement of
strategic planning objectives, we will include disclosure of such goals and
objectives in our future filings.&#160;&#160;Please refer to our response to
question 2, below, for a description of the Company&#8217;s long-term objectives
currently considered in evaluating executive compensation.</font></div>
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      regarded equity-based compensation.&#160;&#160;You state that grants of
      equity awarded are designed to reward your executives for assisting the
      Company in achieving its &#8220;long-term objectives&#8221; and to &#8220;link an increase
      in stockholder value to compensation,&#8221; but we do not see sufficient
      disclosure regarding these criteria.&#160;&#160;For example, what are your
      long-term objectives?&#160;&#160;How do you determine whether executives
      have helped you achieve those objectives and are entitled to grants of
      equity compensation?&#160;&#160;How does your equity-based compensation
      program effectively link an increase in stockholder value to
      compensation?&#160;&#160;Be specific, using quantitative date and formulas
      to the extent possible.&#160;&#160;Please refer to Item&#160;402(b)(2)(v)
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response to the staff&#8217;s comment, please be advised that the Company&#8217;s long-term
objectives currently consist of the following: increasing each of revenues,
profits from continuing operations, free cash flow, net income, earnings per
share and cash balances and controlling general and administrative expenses. In
addition, the Company also evaluates certain other metrics for each of its
revenue centers (<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">i.e.</font>,
Company-owned restaurants, franchising, branded product program and licensing)
as follows: sales at Company-owned restaurants, cash contribution from
company-owned restaurants, number of franchise store openings, amount of
franchise fees and royalties, sales and the number of pounds sold through food
service,&#160;&#160;amount of license royalties and the ability to control
general and administrative costs. However, the Company has not established fixed
quantitative goals for any of the foregoing objectives or metrics.</font></div>
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importance of the specific objective or metric to an executive&#8217;s compensation
depends on the specific responsibilities of an executive&#8217;s
position.&#160;&#160;For example, it would be inappropriate to evaluate the
performance of our chief financial officer in connection with the Company&#8217;s goal
of increasing revenue.&#160;&#160;In addition, the specific objectives
considered for a particular executive officer may be afforded greater or lesser
weight in any fiscal year, depending on a variety of factors such as the
Company&#8217;s overall results, its performance relative to its competitors and the
economy in general.&#160;&#160;As a result, an executive&#8217;s success or failure as
it relates to any one of the foregoing objectives or metrics may drive whether
or not that executive gets a bonus and the amount of the bonus.&#160;&#160;In
addition, an extraordinary event, such as the sale or purchase of a brand or
line of business, may impact compensation either positively or negatively. If,
following its evaluation of the foregoing metrics, management and the
Compensation Committee determine that an executive has helped the Company
achieve one or more of the Company&#8217;s long-term objectives and/or the appropriate
profit center metric, we will consider an award of equity-based compensation as
a reward for the executive&#8217;s contribution in meeting or exceeding the relevant
objective. In addition, since the Company&#8217;s stock option awards vest over a
three or four-year period, any stock option award is also intended to provide an
incentive for the executive to remain in our employ during the vesting period of
the award. We will include disclosure of the foregoing in the Company&#8217;s future
filings.</font></div>
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the Company believes that the way to increase stockholder value is to increase
the trading price for its common stock. The Company&#8217;s equity incentive program
primarily consists of the grant of stock options; the Company only has the
ability to grant another 2500 shares of restricted stock. The Company&#8217;s stock
incentive plans only permit the grant of options with an exercise price equal to
the market price on the grant date. Through the use of stock options, a
significant portion of potential compensation is tied directly to stock price
appreciation, thereby aligning the interests of our executives with those of our
stockholders. The Company believes that the foregoing is an effective link
between an increase in stockholder value and its executives&#8217;
compensation.</font></div>
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      initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities
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for your comments.&#160;&#160;We trust that these responses are sufficient for
your purposes.&#160;&#160;However, if you have any further questions or
comments, please feel free to contact me.</font></div>
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