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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-029074
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241210
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241212
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241212

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pappas James C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001462171
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34851
		FILM NUMBER:		241544228

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1320
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77027

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001171759
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				841573084
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1229

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10000 EAST GEDDES AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			ENGLEWOOD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80112
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3038466000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10000 EAST GEDDES AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			ENGLEWOOD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80112
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        <issuerName>RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC</issuerName>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents a grant of time-based restricted stock units under the Issuer's 2024 Performance Incentive Plan. The grant includes a pro-rated amount for services provided from appointment date to the 2025 annual stockholders meeting. Each restricted stock unit represents the contingent right to receive, upon vesting of the unit, one share of the Issuer's common stock. The units are scheduled to vest on the later of (x) fifty weeks following the date of grant or (v) the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders..</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 10,567 time-based restricted stock units subject to vesting and forfeiture restrictions.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents shares of Common Stock held in certain accounts (the &quot;JCP Accounts&quot;) managed by JCP Investment Management, LLC (&quot;JCP Management&quot;). JCP Management, as the investment manager of the JCP Accounts, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock held in the JCP Accounts. Mr. Pappas, as the managing member of JCP Management, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock held in the JCP Accounts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents shares of Common Stock owned directly by JCP Investment Partnership, LP (&quot;JCP Partnership&quot;). JCP Investment Partners, LP (&quot;JCP Partners&quot;), as the general partner of JCP Partnership, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock owned directly by JCP Partnership. JCP Investment Holdings, LLC (&quot;JCP Holdings&quot;), as the general partner of JCP Partners, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock owned directly by JCP Partnership. JCP Management, as the investment manager of JCP Partnership, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock owned directly by JCP Partnership. Mr. Pappas, as the managing member of JCP Management and the sole member of JCP Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock owned directly by JCP Partnership.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Carrie Etherton, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-12-12</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">I hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Sarah A. Mussetter, Todd Wilson, Jeffrey Hoban, and Carrie Etherton of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. (the "Company"), who at the time of acting pursuant to this Power of Attorney is each acting singly, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">(1) prepare, sign, acknowledge, deliver and file for me and on my behalf, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any amendments thereof in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), with respect to securities or contracts of (or with respect to) the Company, and Form ID or other information to secure an access and any other code and/or CIK number to permit my filing via EDGAR;</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">(2) do and perform any and all acts for me and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and file in any authorized manner such form and this power of attorney with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">(3) seek or obtain, as my representative and on my behalf, information concerning transactions in or with respect to the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, knowing that I hereby authorize any such person to release any such information to the attorney-in-fact and approve any such release of information; and</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to me, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information. I further acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the 1934 Act or any liability I may have with respect to transactions reported or reportable thereunder. All prior actions taken by each such attorney-in-fact which are consistent with the authority conferred hereby are ratified and approved. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file Section 16 reports with respect to my holdings of and transactions in or involving securities issued by the Company, or earlier if I revoke it in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
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