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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This  Agreement is entered  into  effective as of this 22 day of March,
2000, by and between Lone Star  Steakhouse & Saloon,  Inc., a  corporation  (the
"Corporation") and Robert A. Martin ("Employee").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS,  the  Employee  agrees to serve as  Senior  Vice  President  -
Marketing of the Corporation; and

         WHEREAS,  Employee is a  principal  officer of the  Corporation  and an
integral part of its management; and

         WHEREAS,  the  Corporation  desires to engage the services of Employee,
whose  experience,  knowledge  and  abilities  with  respect to the business and
affairs of the Corporation are extremely valuable to the Corporation; and

         WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement setting
forth the terms and conditions of the continued  employment  relationship of the
Corporation and Employee.

         NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

         Employee   acknowledges  and  agrees  that  he  is  not  subject  to  a
non-compete agreement or any other contractual  provision,  which would prohibit
him from  performing  his duties as a Senior Vice President of Marketing for the
Corporation.

                                   ARTICLE II

         2.1 TERM OF EMPLOYMENT. The Corporation shall initially employ Employee
for a period of two years from the date hereof (the  "Initial  Term").  Employee
has  given  notice to his  present  employer  and will  commence  employment  on
effective date of this Agreement.

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         2.2 PRINCIPAL PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.  The Corporation  acknowledges  that
the Employee's principal residence is currently located in Leawood,  Kansas. The
Corporation  acknowledges  and agrees that the Employee shall be employed by the
Corporation at Employee's residence (the "Leawood Office").

         Employee may hire a secretary or secretarial services, upon such salary
terms and other terms and conditions  which are  acceptable to the  Corporation,
which such acceptance will not be unreasonably withheld.

         The  Corporation  shall be responsible to pay or immediately  reimburse
Employee for any and all reasonable costs and expenses  incurred in establishing
and operating the Leawood  Office,  including  without  limitation,  any and all
costs and expenses  arising out of any of the activities and items  contemplated
hereby.

                                   ARTICLE III
                             DUTIES OF THE EMPLOYEE

         GENERAL  DUTIES.  Employee  shall  serve as  Senior  Vice  President  -
Marketing of the  Corporation.  In close  coordination  and cooperation with the
Corporation, Employee shall have responsibilities,  including but not limited to
the creation and  development of proposed  marketing and  advertising  programs,
valuation of existing  products and menu items,  coordinating  with  advertising
agencies and evaluating effectiveness of advertising and promotions.

         He shall do and perform all  services,  acts,  or things  necessary  or
advisable to manage and conduct the business of the Corporation  consistent with
such position  subject to such policies and  procedures as may be established by
the Board.

         Employee  shall:  (i) devote his time,  attention,  and energies to the
business of the  Corporation,  and, (ii) faithfully and competently  perform his
duties  hereunder;  and,  Employee shall not, during the term of this Agreement,
engage in any other  business  activity  except as permitted by Article 9. It is
agreed that Employee shall work three (3) weeks a month.

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                                   ARTICLE IV
                                  COMPENSATION

         4.1 SALARY.  For Employee's  services to the Corporation as Senior Vice
President - Marketing,  Employee shall  initially be paid a salary at the annual
rate of $180,000,  (herein referred to as "Salary")  payable  bi-weekly.  On the
first day of each  calendar  year  during  the term of this  Agreement  with the
Corporation,  Employee  shall be eligible  for an  increase  in Salary  based on
recommendations made by the Compensation Committee of the Board.

         4.2 STOCK  OPTION.  Employee  shall  receive by separate  agreement  an
option pursuant to the Corporation's Stock Option Plan to purchase 20,000 shares
of Common  Stock,  par value $.01 per share of the  Corporation  at the  closing
price per share of the Corporation's Common Stock as of January 7, 2000, vesting
equally over a three-year  period.  Additional options shall be awarded based on
the Employee's  achieving  defined goals and objectives and at the discretion of
the Corporation.

         4.3 BONUS.  Employee  shall receive a signing bonus in the gross amount
of $250,000.00, which was received on January 3, 2002.

         4.4  DEFERRED  COMPENSATION.  Upon  expiration  of  this  agreement  on
December  31,  2002 and  assuming  that  Employee  has  fulfilled  all terms and
conditions  of  the   agreement,   Employee  shall  be  entitled  to  additional
compensation  in the amount of $35,000.00 per annum,  payable  bi-weekly for the
two (2) year period following the expiration of this agreement or until December
31, 2004.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

         5.1 MEDICAL,  LIFE AND DISABILITY  INSURANCE BENEFITS.  The Corporation
shall provide employee with the medical,  life and disability insurance benefits
in accordance with the established benefit policies of the Corporation.

         5.2 BUSINESS EXPENSES. Employee shall be authorized to incur reasonable
expenses for promoting the business of the  Corporation  including  expenses for
entertainment,  travel,  and similar  items.  The  Corporation  shall  reimburse
Employee for all such expenses upon the  presentation by Employee,  from time to
time, of an itemized account of such expenditures.

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         5.3  VACATIONS.  Employee  shall be entitled to an annual paid vacation
commensurate  with the Corporation's  established  vacation policy for executive
officers. The timing of paid vacations shall be scheduled in a reasonable manner
by the Employee.

         5.4  DISABILITY.  Upon  disability (as defined herein) of the Employee,
the  Employee  shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 50% of his salary
(in addition to any disability  insurance  benefits received pursuant to Section
5.1 herein), such amount being paid semi-monthly in twelve equal installments.

         5.5 MOVING  EXPENSES.  If upon joint  acceptance by the Corporation and
the Employee,  the Employee shall be relocated,  the  Corporation  shall pay all
related moving expenses of the Employee.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   TERMINATION

         6.1 DEATH. Employee's employment hereunder shall be terminated upon the
Employee's death.

         6.2 DISABILITY.  The Corporation  may terminate  Employee's  employment
hereunder in the event  Employee is disabled and such  disability  continues for
more than 180 days.  Disability shall be defined as the inability of Employee to
render the services required of him under this Agreement as a result of physical
or mental incapacity.

         6.3 CAUSE.

            (a) The Corporation may terminate  Employee's  employment  hereunder
for Cause. For the purpose of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean the (i) willful
and  intentional  failure  by  Employee  to  substantially  perform  his  duties
hereunder,  other than any failure  resulting from Employee's  incapacity due to
physical or mental  incapacity,  or (ii)  commission by Employee,  in connection
with his employment by the Corporation, of an illegal act or any act (though not
illegal) which is not in the ordinary course of the Employee's  responsibilities
and which exposes the Corporation to a significant level of undue liability. For
purposes of this paragraph, no act or failure to act on Employee's part shall be
considered to have met either of the  preceding  tests unless done or omitted to
be done by

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Employee  not in good  faith  without a  reasonable  belief  that his  action or
omission was in the best interest of the Corporation.

         (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall not be deemed to have
been  terminated  for Cause unless and until there shall have been  delivered to
Employee a copy of a resolution,  duly adopted by the majority vote of the Board
of Directors.

         6.4  COMPENSATION  UPON  TERMINATION  FOR CAUSE OR UPON  RESIGNATION BY
EMPLOYEE.  If Employee's employment shall be terminated for Cause or if Employee
shall  resign his  position  with the  Corporation,  the  Corporation  shall pay
Employee's  compensation  only through the last day of Employee's  employment by
the  Corporation.  The  Corporation  shall  then have no further  obligation  to
Employee under this Agreement.

         6.5  INVOLUNTARY  TERMINATION.   If,  the  Employee  is  terminated  by
Corporation  at any time prior to the  termination of this Agreement for reasons
other than Cause (as defined  herein),  Employee shall be paid, over the ensuing
six (6) month period, a sum equal to the cash compensation paid to him excluding
all bonuses of any kind by Corporation for the six (6) month period  immediately
preceding such  termination or  non-renewal.  Such six (6) month period,  as the
case may be, shall begin on the date of termination.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                  NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE DAMAGES; NO EFFECT
                           ON OTHER CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS

         7.1 NO MITIGATION.  Employee shall not be required to mitigate  damages
or the amount of any payment  provided for under this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise,  nor shall the amount of any payment provided for under
this Agreement be reduced by any  compensation  earned by Employee as the result
of employment by another employer after Employee's termination or resignation.

         7.2 OTHER CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS. The provisions of this Agreement, and any
payment provided for hereunder,  shall not reduce any amount otherwise  payable,
or in any way diminish  Employee's existing rights, or rights which would accrue
solely as a result of passage of time under any  employee  benefit plan or other
contract,  plan or arrangement of which Employee is a beneficiary or in which he
participates.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII
                          SUCCESSORS TO THE CORPORATION

            EMPLOYEE'S SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by Employee's personal and legal  representatives,
executors,   administrators,   successors,  heirs,  distributees,  devisees  and
legatees.  If Employee  should die while any  amounts  are still  payable to him
hereunder,  all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance  with the terms of this Agreement to Employee's  devisee,  legatee or
other designee or, if there be no such designee, to Employee's estate.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                            RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYEE

         9.1 NON-DISCLOSURE.  (a) The Employee acknowledges that, because of his
duties and his position of trust under this Agreement,  the Employee will become
familiar with trade secrets (including, but not limited to, marketing objectives
and strategies,  financial reporting,  management systems, recipes,  procedures,
business methods,  processes and financial  information) and other  confidential
information  (including,  but not limited to, operating  methods and procedures,
secret lists of actual and potential sources of supply, customers and employees,
costs,  profits,  markets,  sales and plans for future  developments) (the trade
secrets and other confidential information being referred to herein as "business
information")  which are valuable  assets and property rights of the Corporation
and not publicly known.  Except in connection with the performance of his duties
for the Corporation,  the Employee agrees that he will not during or at any time
after the Term and after the termination hereof,  either directly or indirectly,
individually  or jointly with  others,  for the benefit of Employee or any third
party, publish, disclose, use, or authorize anyone else to publish, disclose, or
use, any business  information or any information  relating to any aspect of the
business or operations  of the  Corporation,  including,  but not limited to any
secret or business  information  relating to the business,  customers,  trade or
industrial  practices,  trade  secrets,  technology,  recipes or know-how of the
Corporation or any facts  concerning the systems,  methods,  procedures or plans
developed or used by the Corporation and its  subsidiaries  and affiliates.  The
Employee agrees to retain all such business  information in a fiduciary capacity
for the sole  benefit of the  Corporation,  its  successors  and  assigns.  Upon
termination  of

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his  employment by the  Corporation or at any time that the  Corporation  may so
request the Employee will surrender to the  Corporation  all non-public  papers,
notes,  reports and other  documents  (and all copies  thereof)  relating to the
business of the Corporation which he may then possess or have under his control.

         (b) To the extent that Employee has  generated or will generate  during
the course of his  employment  works of authorship  (which shall be deemed to be
"works for hire"), copyrightable material,  inventions,  trademarks, trade dress
or  other  intellectual  property  (hereinafter   collectively  referred  to  as
"Intellectual  Property"),  such Intellectual  Properly shall be the property of
the  Corporation.  In the event  that the  "works  for hire"  doctrine  is found
inapplicable,  all such Intellectual  Properly,  and all rights therein, will be
and are hereby deed to be,  assigned and  transferred  by this  Agreement to the
Corporation,  its successors  and assigns.  The  Corporation,  its successor and
assigns,  will  have the  exclusive  right to  obtain  copyright  patent  and/or
trademark  registrations  or  other  protection  of  the  Intellectual  Property
(including without limitation,  maintaining such Intellectual  Property as trade
secrets) in the  Corporation's  own name,  or in the names of the  Corporation's
successors  or  assigns,  as  inventor,  author  and/or  owner and to secure any
renewals  and  extension  of  such  protection  throughout  the  world.  If  the
Corporation chooses to maintain any part or all of the Intellectual  Property as
a trade secrets,  the Corporation  shall so inform the Employee and the Employee
shall maintain such Intellectual Property as confidential to the extent required
by this paragraph. The Employee further agrees as follows:

                    (i) The  Employee  hereby  acknowledges  that he  retain  no
         rights  whatsoever  with  respect  to the  aforementioned  Intellectual
         Property,  including  but no limited to, any rights to  reproduce  such
         Intellectual  Property, or to make, have made, use and/or sell products
         based  upon  the  Intellectual   Property,   or  otherwise  to  prepare
         derivatives   thereof,   to  file   patent,   copyright   or  trademark
         applications  with  respect  thereto,   to  distribute  copies  of  any
         Intellectual  Property in any manner  whatsoever,  to  exhibit,  use or
         display any such  Intellectual  Property  publicly or otherwise,  or to
         license  or  assign  to any  third  party  the  right  to do any of the
         foregoing; and

                    (ii) The Employee will without further  remuneration (except
         for out-of-pocket) expenses, execute and deliver any documents and give
         any  assistance as may be

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reasonably  requested  by the  Corporation  to effect  the  ownership  rights as
provided  in this  Agreement  or  otherwise  to  further  the  purposes  of this
paragraph.

         9.2  NON-SOLICITATION.  (a)  Except in the  performance  of his  duties
hereunder,  at no time  during  the Term and for a period  of  twenty-four  (24)
months thereafter such Employee shall not directly or indirectly, employ or seek
to employ, target or assist others in employing or seeking to employ directly or
indirectly any employee of the Corporation.

         (b) In addition  during the Term and for such  twenty-four  (24) months
thereafter,  the Employee shall not influence or attempt to influence  customers
or suppliers of the Corporation or any of its present or future  subsidiaries or
affiliates,  either  directly  or  indirectly  to divert  their  business to any
individual,  partnership,  firm,  corporation  or other entity then in direct or
indirect competition with the business of the Corporation,  or any subsidiary or
affiliate of the Corporation.

         9.3  NON-COMPETITION.  During the Term and for twenty-four  (24) months
thereafter, regardless of any termination pursuant to Article 6 or any voluntary
termination  or  resignation  by  Employee,  Employee  shall not in any capacity
whatsoever, individually or jointly with others, directly or indirectly, whether
for his own account or for that of any other  person or entity be  employed  by,
engage in, serve as an officer, director, consultant, agent, partner, proprietor
or other  participant,  or own or hold any  ownership  interest in any person or
entity  engaged in a restaurant  business,  which features steak and where steak
sales,  as a  percentage  of food  sales,  exceed  thirty  percent  (30%)  which
restaurant  business is located within a one hundred mile radius of any existing
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon restaurant,  Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
restaurant or Sullivan's Steakhouse restaurant without the Corporation's written
consent.

                                    ARTICLE X
                            UNIQUENESS OF PROVISIONS

         The  provisions  of Article 9 of this  Agreement are of a unique nature
and of extraordinary value and of such a character that a material breach of the
provisions  of  Article  9 of this  Agreement  by the  Employee  will  result in
irreparable  damage and injury to the Corporation for which the Corporation will
not have any adequate remedy at law.  Therefore,  in the event that the Employee
commits

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or threatens to commit any such breach,  the Corporation will have (a) the right
and remedy to have the  provision  of Article 9 of this  Agreement  specifically
enforced by any court having  equity  jurisdiction,  it being agreed that in any
proceeding for an  injunction,  and upon any motion for a temporary or permanent
injunction,  the  Employee's  ability to answer in damages shall not be a bar or
interposed as a defense to the granting of such injunction and (b) the right and
remedy to require the Employee to account for and to pay over to the Corporation
all  compensation,  profits,  monies,  accruals,  increments  and other benefits
(hereinafter referred to collective as the "Benefits" derived or received by him
as a result of any  transactions  constituting a breach of any of the provisions
of Article 9 of this  Agreement,  and the Employee  hereby agrees to account for
and pay over such Benefits to the  Corporation.  Each of the rights and remedies
enumerated in Article 9 above shall be  independent  of the other,  and shall be
severally enforceable,  and all of such rights and remedies shall be in addition
to,  and  not in lieu  of,  any  other  rights  and  remedies  available  to the
Corporation on law or in equity.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         11.1  INDEMNIFICATION.  To the full extent  permitted by law, the Board
shall authorize the payment of expenses  incurred by or shall satisfy  judgments
or fines  rendered  or  levied  against  Employee  in any  action  brought  by a
third-party  against  Employee  (whether or not the  Corporation  is joined as a
party  defendant)  to impose any  liability  or penalty on Employee  for any act
alleged to have been  committed by Employee  while  employed by the  Corporation
unless Employee was acting with gross negligence or willful misconduct. Payments
authorized  hereunder  shall  include  amounts  paid and  expenses  incurred  in
settling any such action or threatened action.

            11.2  ARBITRATION.  The parties agree that any  disputes,  claims or
controversy  of any kind arising out of this  agreement or out of the employment
relationship  between  Employee  and  the  Corporation  shall  be  submitted  to
arbitration.  Employee simultaneously with execution of this agreement agrees to
execute  the  Receipt  acknowledging  receipt  of  the  Corporation's  Mandatory
Arbitration Policy.

            11.3   NOTICES.   All   notices,   requests,   demands   and   other
communications hereunder,  including notice of termination by the

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Employee  under  Article 12.1 or 12.2 of this  Agreement  must be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt if delivered by hand,  sent
by telecopier or courier,  and three (3) days after such communication is mailed
within the  continental  United  States by first class  certified  mail,  return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the other party.

         11.4  WAIVER OF BREACH.  The waiver by any party  hereto of a breach of
any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of
any subsequent breach by any party.

         11.5  AMENDMENT.  No amendment or  modification of this Agreement shall
be deemed effective unless or until executed in writing by the parties hereto.

         11.6  VALIDITY.  This Agreement,  having been executed and delivered in
the State of Kansas, its validity,  interpretation,  performance and enforcement
will be governed by the laws of that state.

         11.7 ARTICLE  HEADINGS.  Article and other  headings  contained in this
Agreement  are for  reference  purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

         11.8 COUNTERPART  EXECUTION.  This  Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed an original,  but all of which
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

         11.9 LEGAL FEES. Except in the event of termination for Cause, and only
in  the  event  a  change  of  control  of the  Corporation  has  occurred,  the
Corporation  shall pay all legal fees and expenses which Employee may incur as a
result  of  the  Corporation's   contesting  the  validity,   enforceability  or
Employee's interpretation of, or determination under, this Agreement.

         11.10 EXCLUSIVITY.  Specific arrangements referred to in this Agreement
are not  intended  to exclude  Employee's  participation  in any other  benefits
available to executive  personnel generally or to preclude other compensation or
benefits as may be authorized by the Board from time to time.

         11.11 PARTIAL INVALIDITY. If any provision in this Agreement is held by
a court of competent  jurisdiction to be invalid,  void, or  unenforceable,  the
remaining  provisions  shall  nevertheless

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continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way.

                                   ARTICLE XII

         12.1 CHANGE OF CONTROL.  The Employee shall have the right to terminate
his  employment  hereunder,  upon 10 days notice to the  Corporation  within six
months of Change of Control.  For the purposes of this  Agreement,  a "Change of
Control"  means (i) the  direct or  indirect,  sale,  lease,  exchange  or other
transfer  of all or  substantially  all  (50%  or  more)  of the  assets  of the
Corporation  to any Person or Group of Persons  other  than an  Affiliate  or an
entity  controlled  by an  Affiliate,  (ii) the merger,  consolidation  or other
business  combination of the Corporation  with or into another  corporation with
the effect that the  shareholders  of the Corporation  immediately  prior to the
business  combination  hold 50% or less of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding  securities of the surviving  Person of such merger  ordinarily (and
apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) having the right to vote
in the election of directors,  (iii) the  replacement of a majority of the Board
of the Corporation  over any period of two years or less, from the directors who
constituted  the Board of the  Corporation at the beginning of such period,  and
such replacement(s) shall not have been approved by the Board of the Corporation
as  constituted  at the  beginning  of such  period,  (iv) a Person  or Group of
Persons other than an Affiliate or an entity controlled by an Affiliate,  shall,
as a result of a tender or  exchange  offer,  open market  purchases,  privately
negotiated purchases or otherwise,  have become the beneficial owner (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") of securities of the Corporation  representing  50%
or more of the combined voting power of the then  outstanding  securities of the
Corporation   ordinarily   (and  apart  from  rights   accruing   under  special
circumstances)  having  the  right  to  vote in the  election  of  directors.  A
transaction  constituting  a Change of Control  shall be deemed to have occurred
upon  the  closing  of  the  transaction.   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,   a
transaction shall not constitute a Change of Control under this Agreement if the
transaction  is  approved  by (i) at  least  a  majority  of  the  Board  of the
Corporation as constituted  immediately  prior to the transaction and (ii) Jamie
B. Coulter, the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation.

            For  the  purposes  of  this   Agreement,   an  "Affiliate"  of  the
Corporation  shall mean any person that directly,  or indirectly  through one or
more  intermediaries,  controls or is controlled  by, or

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is under common control with the  Corporation,  including but not limited to the
executive officer and directors of the Corporation.

         12.2 TERMINATION OF NON-COMPETE AND NON-SOLICITATION.  In the event the
Employee  elects to  terminate  this  Agreement in  connection  with a Change of
Control  under  the  terms of  Article  12.1,  the  provisions  of  Article  9.2
Non-Solicitation and 9.3 Non-Competition  shall be deemed to have expired and be
of no further force or effect as of the date of termination of the Employee.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this Agreement to be
executed and its seal affixed hereto by its officers  thereunto duly authorized;
and the Employee has executed this Agreement, as of the day and year first above
written.

"CORPORATION"                                   LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE &
   Attest                                         SALOON, INC.

/s/ Gerald T. Aaron                              /s/ Jamie B. Coulter
-------------------------------               By--------------------------------
Gerald T. Aaron, Secretary                        Jamie B. Coulter, Chairman
                                                  and Chief  Executive Officer

Witness                                         "EMPLOYEE"

                                                /s/ Robert A. Martin
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                                                Robert A. Martin

                                       12EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This  Agreement is entered  into  effective as of this 22 day of March,
2000, by and between Lone Star  Steakhouse & Saloon,  Inc., a  corporation  (the
"Corporation") and John D. White ("Employee").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS,  the Employee  agrees to serve as Executive  Vice President of
the Corporation; and

         WHEREAS,  Employee is a  principal  officer of the  Corporation  and an
integral part of its management; and

         WHEREAS,  the  Corporation  desires to engage the services of Employee,
whose  experience,  knowledge  and  abilities  with  respect to the business and
affairs of the Corporation are extremely valuable to the Corporation; and

         WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement setting
forth the terms and conditions of the continued  employment  relationship of the
Corporation and Employee.

         NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

         EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT.  The Employment Agreement dated January 1, 1999,
executed by the Corporation  and the Employee is hereby  terminated and shall be
superseded by this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE II

         2.1 TERM OF EMPLOYMENT. The Corporation shall initially employ Employee
for  a  period   of  three   years   from  the   date   hereof   (the   "Initial
Term").

         2.2 EXTENSION OF INITIAL  TERM.  Upon each annual  anniversary  date of
this Agreement,  this Agreement shall be extended  automatically  for successive
terms of one year each,  unless  either the  Corporation  or the Employee  gives
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written notice to the other not later than 90 days prior to the annual
anniversary date thereof.

                                   ARTICLE III
                             DUTIES OF THE EMPLOYEE

         GENERAL DUTIES. Employee shall serve as Executive Vice President of the
Corporation.  He shall do and perform all services,  acts or things necessary or
advisable to manage and conduct the business of the Corporation  consistent with
such position  subject to such policies and  procedures as may be established by
the Board.

         Employee  shall:  (i) devote his entire business time,  attention,  and
energies  to  the  business  of  the  Corporation,   and,  (ii)  faithfully  and
competently  perform his duties  hereunder;  and, Employee shall not, during the
term  of this  Agreement,  engage  in any  other  business  activity  except  as
permitted by Article 9.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                  COMPENSATION

         4.1 SALARY.  For  Employee's  services to the  Corporation as Executive
Vice President,  Employee shall initially be paid a salary at the annual rate of
$600,000,  (herein referred to as "Salary") payable bi-weekly.  On the first day
of each calendar year during the term of this  Agreement  with the  Corporation,
Employee  shall be eligible for an increase in Salary  based on  recommendations
made by the Compensation Committee of the Board.

         4.2 BONUS. Employee is eligible to participate in the stock option plan
of the employer and all bonus  compensation  plans,  which may be -----  offered
from time to time.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

         5.1 USE OF AUTOMOBILE.  The Corporation shall provide, at the option of
Employee,  with either the use of an automobile for business and personal use or
a car  allowance of to be  specified by the  Corporation,  which  complies  with
I.R.S.  Guidelines.  The  Corporation  shall  pay  all  expenses  of  operating,
maintaining  and  repairing  the  automobile  and  shall  procure  and  maintain

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automobile  liability insurance in respect thereof,  with such coverage insuring
each Employee for bodily injury and property damage.

         5.2 MEDICAL,  LIFE AND DISABILITY  INSURANCE BENEFITS.  The Corporation
shall provide employee with the medical,  life and disability insurance benefits
in accordance with the established benefit policies of the Corporation.

         5.3 BUSINESS EXPENSES. Employee shall be authorized to incur reasonable
expenses for promoting the business of the  Corporation  including  expenses for
entertainment,  travel,  and similar  items.  The  Corporation  shall  reimburse
Employee for all such expenses upon the  presentation by Employee,  from time to
time, of an itemized account of such expenditures.

         5.4  VACATIONS.  Employee  shall be entitled to an annual paid vacation
commensurate  with the Corporation's  established  vacation policy for executive
officers. The timing of paid vacations shall be scheduled in a reasonable manner
by the Employee.

         5.5  DISABILITY.  Upon  disability (as defined herein) of the Employee,
the  Employee  shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 50% of his salary
(in addition to any disability  insurance  benefits received pursuant to Section
5.2 herein), such amount being paid semi-monthly in twelve equal installments.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   TERMINATION

         6.1 DEATH. Employee's employment hereunder shall be terminated upon the
Employee's death.

         6.2 DISABILITY.  The Corporation  may terminate  Employee's  employment
hereunder in the event  Employee is disabled and such  disability  continues for
more than 180 days.  Disability shall be defined as the inability of Employee to
render the services required of him under this Agreement as a result of physical
or mental incapacity.

         6.3 CAUSE.

            (a) The Corporation may terminate  Employee's  employment  hereunder
for Cause. For the purpose of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean the (i) willful
and  intentional  failure  by  Employee  to

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substantially  perform his duties  hereunder,  other than any failure  resulting
from  Employee's  incapacity  due to  physical  or  mental  incapacity,  or (ii)
commission by Employee, in connection with his employment by the Corporation, of
an illegal  act or any act  (though not  illegal)  which is not in the  ordinary
course of the Employee's responsibilities and which exposes the Corporation to a
significant level of undue liability.  For purposes of this paragraph, no act or
failure to act on Employee's  part shall be considered to have met either of the
preceding  tests unless done or omitted to be done by Employee not in good faith
without a reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest
of the Corporation.

         (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall not be deemed to have
been  terminated  for Cause unless and until there shall have been  delivered to
Employee a copy of a resolution,  duly adopted by the majority vote of the Board
of Directors.

         6.4  COMPENSATION  UPON  TERMINATION  FOR CAUSE OR UPON  RESIGNATION BY
EMPLOYEE.  If Employee's employment shall be terminated for Cause or if Employee
shall  resign his  position  with the  Corporation,  the  Corporation  shall pay
Employee's  compensation  only through the last day of Employee's  employment by
the  Corporation.  The  Corporation  shall  then have no further  obligation  to
Employee under this Agreement.

         6.5 Involuntary Termination. If:

             (i) the Employee is terminated by  Corporation at any time prior to
             the  termination of this Agreement for reasons other than Cause (as
             defined herein),  (ii) if Corporation gives notice to the Employee,
             in accordance with Section 2.2 herein, that this Agreement will not
             be renewed;

         Employee  shall be paid,  over the ensuing six (6) month period,  a sum
         equal to the cash compensation paid to him excluding all bonuses of any
         kind by Corporation for the six (6) month period immediately  preceding
         such termination or non-renewal. Such six (6) month period, as the case
         may be,  shall  begin:  (i) on the date of  termination  in the case of
         termination  of Employee's  employment;  and (ii) on the date notice of
         non-renewal  is given in the case of  termination of this Agreement not
         accompanied by simultaneous  termination of Employee's  employment with
         the Corporation.

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                                   ARTICLE VII
                  NO OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE DAMAGES; NO EFFECT
                           ON OTHER CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS

         7.1 NO MITIGATION.  Employee shall not be required to mitigate  damages
or the amount of any payment  provided for under this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise,  nor shall the amount of any payment provided for under
this Agreement be reduced by any  compensation  earned by Employee as the result
of employment by another employer after Employee's termination or resignation.

         7.2 OTHER CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS. The provisions of this Agreement, and any
payment provided for hereunder,  shall not reduce any amount otherwise  payable,
or in any way diminish  Employee's existing rights, or rights which would accrue
solely as a result of passage of time under any  employee  benefit plan or other
contract,  plan or arrangement of which Employee is a beneficiary or in which he
participates.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                          SUCCESSORS TO THE CORPORATION

         EMPLOYEE'S  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.  This Agreement  shall inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by Employee's personal and legal  representatives,
executors,   administrators,   successors,  heirs,  distributees,  devisees  and
legatees.  If Employee  should die while any  amounts  are still  payable to him
hereunder,  all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance  with the terms of this Agreement to Employee's  devisee,  legatee or
other designee or, if there be no such designee, to Employee's estate.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                            RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYEE

         9.1 NON-DISCLOSURE.  (a) The Employee acknowledges that, because of his
duties and his position of trust under this Agreement,  the Employee will become
familiar with trade secrets (including, but not limited to, marketing objectives
and strategies,  financial reporting,  management systems, recipes,  procedures,
business methods,  processes and financial  information) and other  confidential
information  (including,  but not limited to, operating  methods and procedures,
secret lists of actual and potential sources of supply, customers and employees,
costs,  profits,  markets,  sales

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and plans for future  developments)  (the trade  secrets and other  confidential
information  being  referred  to herein  as  "business  information")  which are
valuable  assets and property  rights of the Corporation and not publicly known.
Except in connection with the performance of his duties for the Corporation, the
Employee  agrees that he will not during or at any time after the Term and after
the termination hereof,  either directly or indirectly,  individually or jointly
with others, for the benefit of Employee or any third party, publish,  disclose,
use, or  authorize  anyone  else to  publish,  disclose,  or use,  any  business
information  or any  information  relating  to any  aspect  of the  business  or
operations  of the  Corporation,  including,  but not  limited  to any secret or
business  information relating to the business,  customers,  trade or industrial
practices, trade secrets, technology,  recipes or know-how of the Corporation or
any facts concerning the systems, methods, procedures or plans developed or used
by the Corporation and its subsidiaries  and affiliates.  The Employee agrees to
retain  all such  business  information  in a  fiduciary  capacity  for the sole
benefit of the Corporation,  its successors and assigns. Upon termination of his
employment by the Corporation or at any time that the Corporation may so request
the Employee will surrender to the  Corporation  all non-public  papers,  notes,
reports and other documents (and all copies thereof) relating to the business of
the Corporation which he may then possess or have under his control.

         (b) To the extent that Employee has  generated or will generate  during
the course of his  employment  works of authorship  (which shall be deemed to be
"works for hire"), copyrightable material,  inventions,  trademarks, trade dress
or  other  intellectual  property  (hereinafter   collectively  referred  to  as
"Intellectual  Property"),  such Intellectual  Properly shall be the property of
the  Corporation.  In the event  that the  "works  for hire"  doctrine  is found
inapplicable,  all such Intellectual  Properly,  and all rights therein, will be
and are hereby deed to be,  assigned and  transferred  by this  Agreement to the
Corporation,  its successors  and assigns.  The  Corporation,  its successor and
assigns,  will  have the  exclusive  right to  obtain  copyright  patent  and/or
trademark  registrations  or  other  protection  of  the  Intellectual  Property
(including without limitation,  maintaining such Intellectual  Property as trade
secrets) in the  Corporation's  own name,  or in the names of the  Corporation's
successors  or  assigns,  as  inventor,  author  and/or  owner and to secure any
renewals  and  extension  of  such  protection  throughout  the  world.  If  the
Corporation chooses to maintain any part or all of the Intellectual  Property as
a trade secrets,  the Corporation  shall so inform the Employee and the Employee
shall maintain such Intellectual Property as confidential to the extent

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required by this paragraph. The Employee further agrees as follows:

                    (i) The  Employee  hereby  acknowledges  that he  retain  no
         rights  whatsoever  with  respect  to the  aforementioned  Intellectual
         Property,  including  but no limited to, any rights to  reproduce  such
         Intellectual  Property, or to make, have made, use and/or sell products
         based  upon  the  Intellectual   Property,   or  otherwise  to  prepare
         derivatives   thereof,   to  file   patent,   copyright   or  trademark
         applications  with  respect  thereto,   to  distribute  copies  of  any
         Intellectual  Property in any manner  whatsoever,  to  exhibit,  use or
         display any such  Intellectual  Property  publicly or otherwise,  or to
         license  or  assign  to any  third  party  the  right  to do any of the
         foregoing; and

                    (ii) The Employee will without further  remuneration (except
         for out-of-pocket) expenses, execute and deliver any documents and give
         any  assistance as may be reasonably  requested by the  Corporation  to
         effect the ownership  rights as provided in this Agreement or otherwise
         to further the purposes of this paragraph.

         9.2  NON-SOLICITATION.  (a)  Except in the  performance  of his  duties
hereunder,  at no time  during  the Term and for a period  of  twenty-four  (24)
months thereafter such Employee shall not directly or indirectly, employ or seek
to employ, target or assist others in employing or seeking to employ directly or
indirectly any employee of the Corporation.

         (b) In addition  during the Term and for such  twenty-four  (24) months
thereafter,  the Employee shall not influence or attempt to influence  customers
or suppliers of the Corporation or any of its present or future  subsidiaries or
affiliates,  either  directly  or  indirectly  to divert  their  business to any
individual,  partnership,  firm,  corporation  or other entity then in direct or
indirect competition with the business of the Corporation,  or any subsidiary or
affiliate of the Corporation.

         9.3  NON-COMPETITION.  During the Term and for twenty-four  (24) months
thereafter, regardless of any termination pursuant to Article 6 or any voluntary
termination  or  resignation  by  Employee,  Employee  shall not in any capacity
whatsoever, individually or jointly with others, directly or indirectly, whether
for his own account or for that of any other  person or entity be  employed  by,
engage in, serve as an officer, director, consultant, agent, partner,

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proprietor or other  participant,  or own or hold any ownership  interest in any
person or entity  engaged in a restaurant  business,  which  features  steak and
where steak sales,  as a percentage of food sales,  exceed thirty  percent (30%)
which  restaurant  business is located  within a one hundred  mile radius of any
existing Lone Star  Steakhouse & Saloon  restaurant,  Del Frisco's  Double Eagle
Steak  House  restaurant  or  Sullivan's   Steakhouse   restaurant  without  the
Corporation's written consent.

                                    ARTICLE X
                            UNIQUENESS OF PROVISIONS

         The  provisions  of Article 9 of this  Agreement are of a unique nature
and of extraordinary value and of such a character that a material breach of the
provisions  of  Article  9 of this  Agreement  by the  Employee  will  result in
irreparable  damage and injury to the Corporation for which the Corporation will
not have any adequate remedy at law.  Therefore,  in the event that the Employee
commits or threatens to commit any such breach,  the  Corporation  will have (a)
the  right and  remedy  to have the  provision  of  Article 9 of this  Agreement
specifically  enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction,  it being agreed
that in any proceeding for an injunction, and upon any motion for a temporary or
permanent injunction, the Employee's ability to answer in damages shall not be a
bar or  interposed as a defense to the granting of such  injunction  and (b) the
right and remedy to require  the  Employee to account for and to pay over to the
Corporation all compensation,  profits, monies,  accruals,  increments and other
benefits  (hereinafter  referred  to  collective  as the  "Benefits"  derived or
received by him as a result of any transactions  constituting a breach of any of
the provisions of Article 9 of this Agreement, and the Employee hereby agrees to
account for and pay over such  Benefits to the  Corporation.  Each of the rights
and remedies  enumerated in Article 9 above shall be  independent  of the other,
and shall be severally enforceable, and all of such rights and remedies shall be
in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other  rights and remedies  available to
the Corporation on law or in equity.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         11.1  INDEMNIFICATION.  To the full extent  permitted by law, the Board
shall authorize the payment of expenses  incurred by or shall satisfy  judgments
or fines  rendered  or  levied  against

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Employee in any action brought by a third-party against Employee (whether or not
the  Corporation  is joined as a party  defendant)  to impose any  liability  or
penalty on Employee for any act alleged to have been committed by Employee while
employed by the Corporation  unless Employee was acting with gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Payments authorized hereunder shall include amounts paid and
expenses incurred in settling any such action or threatened action.

         11.2  ARBITRATION.  The  parties  agree  that any  disputes,  claims or
controversy  of any kind arising out of this  agreement or out of the employment
relationship  between  Employee  and  the  Corporation  shall  be  submitted  to
arbitration.  Employee simultaneously with execution of this agreement agrees to
execute  the  Receipt  acknowledging  receipt  of  the  Corporation's  Mandatory
Arbitration Policy.

         11.3 NOTICES. All notices,  requests,  demands and other communications
hereunder, including notice of termination by the Employee under Article 12.1 or
12.2 of this  Agreement must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly
given upon receipt if  delivered by hand,  sent by  telecopier  or courier,  and
three (3) days after such  communication is mailed within the continental United
States by first class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
to the other party.

         11.4  WAIVER OF BREACH.  The waiver by any party  hereto of a breach of
any  provision  of  this  Agreement  shall  not  operate  or be  construed  as a
waiver of any subsequent breach by any party.

         11.5 AMENDMENT. No amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be
deemed  effective  unless or until executed in writing by the parties  ---------
hereto.

         11.6 VALIDITY.  This  Agreement,  having been executed and delivered in
the State of Kansas, its validity,  interpretation,  performance and enforcement
will be governed by the laws of that state.

         11.7 ARTICLE  HEADINGS.  Article and other  headings  contained in this
Agreement  are for  reference  purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

         11.8  COUNTERPART  EXECUTION.  This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts,  each of which shall be

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deemed an original,  but all of which together shall  constitute but one and the
same instrument.

         11.9 LEGAL FEES. Except in the event of termination for Cause, and only
in  the  event  a  change  of  control  of the  Corporation  has  occurred,  the
Corporation  shall pay all legal fees and expenses which Employee may incur as a
result  of  the  Corporation's   contesting  the  validity,   enforceability  or
Employee's interpretation of, or determination under, this Agreement.

         11.10 EXCLUSIVITY.  Specific arrangements referred to in this Agreement
are not  intended  to exclude  Employee's  participation  in any other  benefits
available to executive  personnel generally or to preclude other compensation or
benefits as may be authorized by the Board from time to time.

         11.11 PARTIAL INVALIDITY. If any provision in this Agreement is held by
a court of competent  jurisdiction to be invalid,  void, or  unenforceable,  the
remaining  provisions  shall  nevertheless  continue in full force without being
impaired or invalidated in any way.

                                   ARTICLE XII

         12.1 CHANGE OF CONTROL.  The Employee shall have the right to terminate
his  employment  hereunder,  upon 10 days notice to the  Corporation  within six
months of Change of Control.  For the purposes of this  Agreement,  a "Change of
Control"  means (i) the  direct or  indirect,  sale,  lease,  exchange  or other
transfer  of all or  substantially  all  (50%  or  more)  of the  assets  of the
Corporation  to any Person or Group of Persons  other  than an  Affiliate  or an
entity  controlled  by an  Affiliate,  (ii) the merger,  consolidation  or other
business  combination of the Corporation  with or into another  corporation with
the effect that the  shareholders  of the Corporation  immediately  prior to the
business  combination  hold 50% or less of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding  securities of the surviving  Person of such merger  ordinarily (and
apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) having the right to vote
in the election of directors,  (iii) the  replacement of a majority of the Board
of the Corporation  over any period of two years or less, from the directors who
constituted  the Board of the  Corporation at the beginning of such period,  and
such replacement(s) shall not have been approved by the Board of the Corporation
as  constituted  at the  beginning  of such  period,  (iv) a Person  or Group of
Persons other than an Affiliate or an entity controlled by an Affiliate,  shall,
as a result of a tender or  exchange

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offer, open market purchases,  privately negotiated purchases or otherwise, have
become the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3  promulgated under
the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange  Act") of
securities of the  Corporation  representing  50% or more of the combined voting
power of the then  outstanding  securities of the  Corporation  ordinarily  (and
apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) having the right to vote
in the election of  directors.  A transaction  constituting  a Change of Control
shall  be  deemed  to  have  occurred  upon  the  closing  of  the  transaction.
Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  a transaction  shall not constitute a Change of
Control under this  Agreement if the  transaction  is approved by (i) at least a
majority of the Board of the Corporation as constituted immediately prior to the
transaction  and  (ii)  Jamie  B.  Coulter,  the  Chairman  of the  Board of the
Corporation.

         For the purposes of this  Agreement,  an "Affiliate" of the Corporation
shall  mean  any  person  that  directly,  or  indirectly  through  one or  more
intermediaries,  controls or is controlled  by, or is under common  control with
the  Corporation,  including  but  not  limited  to the  executive  officer  and
directors of the Corporation.

         12.2 TERMINATION OF NON-COMPETE AND NON-SOLICITATION.  In the event the
Employee  elects to  terminate  this  Agreement in  connection  with a Change of
Control  under  the  terms of  Article  12.1,  the  provisions  of  Article  9.2
Non-Solicitation and 9.3 Non-Competition  shall be deemed to have expired and be
of no further force or effect as of the date of termination of the Employee.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this Agreement to be
executed and its seal affixed hereto by its officers  thereunto duly authorized;
and the Employee has executed this Agreement, as of the day and year first above
written.

"CORPORATION"                                   LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE &
   Attest                                         SALOON, INC.

/s/ Gerald T. Aaron                              /s/ Jamie B. Coulter
-------------------------------               By--------------------------------
Gerald T. Aaron, Secretary                        Jamie B. Coulter, Chairman
                                                  and Chief  Executive Officer

Witness                                         "EMPLOYEE"

                                                /s/ John D. White
-------------------------------                 --------------------------------
                                                John D. White

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