<SEC-DOCUMENT>0002097265-25-000003.txt : 20251118
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0002097265-25-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251103
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251118

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Griffith Jesse
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002097265
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34851
		FILM NUMBER:		251496275

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10000 EAST GEDDES AVENUE, SUITE 500
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80112

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
		EIN:				841573084
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	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">Includes 37,657 time-based restricted stock units subject to vesting and forfeiture restrictions</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Carrie Etherton, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-11-18</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY </b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.2px; padding-right:1px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A">I hereby make,<b> </b>constitute and appoint each of Sarah Mussetter, 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-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:7.267px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.267px; padding-right:7.467px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A" align="justify">prepare, sign, acknowledge, deliver and file for me and on my behalf: (a) Forms 3, 4 and 5<i> </i>and any amendments thereof in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange 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, and (b)<b style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;"> any electronic Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144 (<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Form 144<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>) and any amendments thereof in accordance with the requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Securities Act<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>) and the SEC, </b>with respect to any such securities or contracts<b style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;">; and </b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:7.267px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.267px; padding-right:7.467px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A" align="justify">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 or any such Form 144 and execute any amendments thereto, 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-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:7.267px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.267px; padding-right:7.933px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A" align="justify">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>
<p style="margin-top:0.6px; margin-bottom:0px; clear:left"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:7.267px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(4)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.267px; padding-right:7.333px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A" align="justify">take any other action of any type 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 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<b> </b>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 Exchange Act or Rule 144 under the Securities 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 or Form 144 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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<p style="margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:-1pt;font-size:1pt"></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:7.667px; width:480px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A; float:left"><u>/s/ Jesse Griffith </u></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt; color:#1D211A">November 17, 2025 &nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-right:-40.333px; text-indent:7.4px; font-size:11pt; clear:left">Jesse Griffith</p>
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