Company: RRGB
Filing Date: 2025-01-03
Form Type: CORRESP
Source: 0000950142-25-000026
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Company: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-03
Form: CORRESP
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<div align='center'>RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS, INC.

10000 E. Geddes Avenue, Suite 500

Englewood, CO 80112</div>

January 3, 2025

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange
Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Alyssa Wall

<div align='center'>Red Robin Gourmet Burgers,
Inc.

Registration Statement on</div>

Dear Ms. Wall:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, we hereby request that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration
Statement”) of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the “Company”) be accelerated to January 7, 2025 at
4:00 pm Eastern Time or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.

We understand that the Staff will consider
this request as confirmation by the Company of its awareness of its responsibilities under the federal securities laws as they relate
to the issuance of the securities covered by the Registration Statement. If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please contact
David S. Huntington of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP at (212) 373-3124.

<div align='center'>*****

[Signature appears on following page]</div>

| Very truly yours,               |                         |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. |                         |
| By:                             | /s/ Todd Wilson         |
| Name:                           | Todd Wilson             |
| Title:                          | Chief Financial Officer |