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<LEGEND>
                          STOICO RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

                             FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE

THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF STOICO RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 1996, AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THEN ENDED, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>         STOICO RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
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<PERIOD-END>                                             Dec-31-1996
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<SECURITIES>                                                       0
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