Document:

Exhibit
10.29

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (this “Employment
Agreement”) is made this               day
of April, 2006, by and between VICORP
Restaurants, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), and TIM CASEY (“Executive”).

WHEREAS, the
Company and its subsidiaries are engaged in the business of (i) operating and
managing family dining restaurants and enterprises and (ii) conducting such
other activities as are undertaken from time to time by the Company,
VI Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), and each of their subsidiaries as
a result of future acquisitions, or otherwise(collectively, the “Business”);

WHEREAS, the
Company desires to employ Executive, and Executive desires to be employed by
the Company, as the President, Bakers Square Division, of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the
Company and Executive desire to enter into this Employment Agreement to
evidence the terms and conditions of such employment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and promises in this
Employment Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

1.             Employment.  The Company hereby agrees to employ Executive
as President, Bakers Square Division, of the Company, and Executive hereby
agrees to accept such employment and agrees to act as President, Bakers Square
Division, of the Company, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Employment Agreement.  Executive
hereby represents and warrants that neither Executive’s entry into this
Employment Agreement nor Executive’s performance of Executive’s obligations
hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any other agreement or obligation of any nature to which
Executive is a party or by which Executive is bound, including, without
limitation, any development agreement, non-competition agreement or
confidentiality agreement entered into by Executive.

2.             Term of Employment and Automatic Renewal.  The term of Executive’s employment under this
Employment Agreement will commence on the date of this Employment Agreement and
will continue until the third (3rd) anniversary of the date of this
Employment Agreement (the “Initial Employment
Period”).  THE INITIAL EMPLOYMENT PERIOD AND ANY RENEWAL
EMPLOYMENT PERIOD (AS DEFINED HEREIN) SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE RENEWED AND
EXTENDED ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN FOR CONSECUTIVE
ONE-YEAR PERIODS (EACH, A “RENEWAL EMPLOYMENT PERIOD”), UNLESS NOT LATER THAN
SIXTY (60) DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE INITIAL EMPLOYMENT PERIOD OR ANY
RENEWAL EMPLOYMENT PERIOD, AS THE CASE MAY BE, EITHER PARTY SHALL GIVE WRITTEN
NOTICE TO THE OTHER PARTY OF ITS 

ELECTION
TO TERMINATE THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.  The
Initial Employment Period and the Renewal Employment Periods are hereinafter
referred to as the “Employment Period.”  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Employment Period is subject to earlier termination
pursuant to Section 11 below.

3.             Position and Responsibilities.  Executive shall report to and be subject to
the direction of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  Executive shall perform and discharge such
duties and responsibilities for the Company as the Chief Executive Officer may
from time to time reasonably assign Executive. 
Executive understands and acknowledges that such duties shall be subject
to revision and modification by the Chief Executive Officer upon reasonable
notice to Executive.  During the
Employment Period, Executive shall devote Executive’s full business time,
attention, skill and efforts to the performance of Executive’s duties herein,
and shall perform the duties and carry out the responsibilities assigned to
Executive, to the best of Executive’s ability, in a diligent, trustworthy and
businesslike manner for the purpose of advancing the Company.  Executive acknowledges that Executive’s
duties and responsibilities will require Executive’s full-time business
efforts and agrees that during the Employment Period, Executive will not engage
in any outside business activities that conflict with his obligations under
this Employment Agreement.

4.             Compensation.

(a)           Base
Salary.  During the
Employment Period, the Company shall pay to Executive a base salary at the rate
of $250,000 per year (the “Base Salary”),
less applicable tax withholding, payable at the Company’s regular employee
payroll intervals.  Executive’s
performance shall be reviewed annually and the Base Salary may be increased at
the Company’s sole discretion.

(b)           Discretionary
Bonus.  During the
Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus targeted
at forty percent (40%) of his Base Salary prorated for time of service upon the
achievement of the following:  i) 50% of
the bonus will be based upon the Company’s Corporate Bonus Plan; ii) 50% of
bonus will be based upon Bakers Square EBITDA versus plan for the full periods
of fiscal year 2006 during which the Executive is employed.

(c)           Supplemental
Bonus.  Executive shall be
eligible to earn a supplemental bonus of $50,000, based upon criteria to be jointly
developed between the Company and Executive during the first 60 days of
employment, covering the period through the end of fiscal 2007.

(d)           Stock.  Pursuant to that certain senior management
agreement to be entered into between Parent and the Executive (the “Management Agreement”), the Executive will
purchase certain shares of capital stock of Parent (the “Executive Stock”), which shares of
Executive Stock shall be subject to certain vesting, repurchase and other
obligations and restrictions set forth in the Management Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and that certain stockholders agreement entered
into among Parent, Executive, the Investors (as defined in a stock purchase
agreement among Parent, Investors and certain executives of the Company) and
certain other shareholders of Parent (the “Stockholders
Agreement”).

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5.             Benefit Plans. 
During the Employment Period, Executive will be entitled to receive the
same employment benefits provided to other senior executive officers of the
Company (subject to any applicable waiting periods, eligibility requirements,
or other restrictions), which benefits may include insurance (medical, dental,
life, disability), retirement plans and profit sharing plans.

6.             Expenses.  The
Company, in accordance with policies and practices established from time to
time, will pay or reimburse Executive for all expenses (including travel and
cell phone expenses) reasonably incurred by Executive during the Employment
Period in connection with the performance of Executive’s duties under this
Employment Agreement, provided that Executive shall provide to the Company
documentation or evidence of expenses for which Executive seeks
reimbursement.  In addition, upon the
delivery by Executive to the Company of a detailed description of such
expenses, the Company agrees to reimburse Executive for the following
reasonable relocation expenses actually incurred in connection with the
Executive’s relocation to the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area:

(i)            broker
fees incurred in connection with the sale of Executive’s current home;

(ii)           reasonable
moving expenses (including transportation of automobiles to Colorado) for the
belongings of Executive and his family incurred in connection with the purchase
of Executive’s new home in Colorado;

(iii)          temporary
housing in Colorado, if needed, up to a maximum of five (5) months.

In addition to the
foregoing, the Company shall pay the Executive a relocation bonus of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to cover any incidental relocation expenses not otherwise
covered herein, to be paid in a single sum on or about the Executive’s first
day of employment.

7.             Vacation.  Executive shall be entitled to vacation at
the rate of four (4) weeks per year to be accrued and taken in accordance with
the Company’s vacation policy from time to time in effect.  Vacation which is accrued but not used in a
given year will be forfeited as of the end of that year.

8.             Confidentiality, Inventions and Non-Solicitation Agreement.    On the date hereof, Executive shall execute
a confidentiality, inventions and non-solicitation agreement, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part
hereof (the “Confidentiality, Inventions and
Non-Solicitation Agreement”).

9.             Restrictive Covenants.

(a)           Executive’s Acknowledgment.  Executive acknowledges that: (i) Parent
and the Company are and will be engaged in the Business during the Employment
Period and thereafter; (ii) Parent and the Company are and will be
actively engaged in the Business throughout the world; (iii) Executive is
one of a limited number of persons who will be developing the Business;
(iv) Executive will occupy a position of trust and confidence with the
Company after the date of this Employment Agreement and during the Employment
Period 

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Executive will
become familiar with Parent’s and the Company’s and each of their subsidiaries’
and portfolio companies (collectively, the “Group”) trade secrets and with other proprietary and
confidential information concerning the Group and the Business (and the other
businesses of the Group); (v) the agreements and covenants contained in
this Section 9 are essential to protect the
Group and the goodwill of the Business and are a condition precedent to the
Company entering into this Employment Agreement; (vi) Executive’s
employment with the Company has special, unique and extraordinary value to the
Company and Parent and the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive
were to provide services to any person or entity in violation of the provisions
of this Employment Agreement; and (vii) Executive has means to support
Executive and Executive’s dependents other than by engaging in the Business,
and the provisions of this Section 9 will
not impair such ability.

(b)           Restrictions.  Executive will not, during the Restricted
Period (as defined below), anywhere in North America (the “Restricted
Territory”), directly or indirectly (whether as an owner, partner,
shareholder, agent, officer, director, employee, independent contractor,
consultant, or otherwise) own, operate, manage, control, invest in, perform
services for, or engage or participate in any manner in, or render services to
(alone or in association with any person or entity) or otherwise assist any
person or entity in, the following entities, or in any entity or entities
directly or indirectly related to the following entities:  Bob Evans’; IHOP; Denny’s; Perkin’s; Marie
Callender’s; Mimi’s; Cracker Barrel; Coco’s; and Carrows.

The term “Restricted Period” means the period of
time from the date of this Employment Agreement until one (1) year after the
termination for any reason of Executive’s employment relationship with the
Group or any successor thereto (whether pursuant to a written agreement or
otherwise, including any Renewal Employment Period under this Employment
Agreement).  The Restricted Period shall
be extended for a period equal to any time period that Executive is in
violation of Section 9.  Nothing contained in Section 9(b) above shall be construed to
prevent Executive from investing in the stock of any competing corporation
listed on a national securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter
market, but only if Executive is not involved in the business of said
corporation and if Executive and Executive’s associates (as such term is
defined in Regulation 14(A) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as in effect on the date hereof), collectively, do not own more than an
aggregate of one percent (1%) of the stock of such corporation.

(c)           Scope/Severability.  The parties acknowledge that the business of Parent
and the Company is and will be national in scope and thus the covenants in this
Section 9 would be ineffective if the
covenants were to be limited to a particular geographic area.  If any court of competent jurisdiction at any
time deems the Restricted Period unreasonably lengthy, or the Restricted
Territory unreasonably extensive, or any of the covenants set forth in this Section 9 not fully enforceable, the other provisions of
this Section 9, and this Employment
Agreement in general, will nevertheless stand and to the full extent consistent
with law continue in full force and effect, and it is the intention and desire
of the parties that the court treat any provisions of this Employment Agreement
which are not fully enforceable as having been modified to the extent deemed
necessary by the court to render them reasonable and enforceable and that the
court enforce them to such extent (for example, that the Restricted Period be
deemed to be the longest period permissible by law, but not in excess of the
length provided for in Section 9(b), 

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and the
Restricted Territory be deemed to comprise the largest territory permissible by
law under the circumstances but not in excess of the territory provided for in Section 9(b)).

10.           Equitable
Remedies.  Executive
acknowledges and agrees that the agreements and covenants set forth in theConfidentiality, Inventions and
Non-Solicitation Agreement and in Section 9
of this Employment Agreement are reasonable and necessary for the protection of
Parent’s and the Company’s business interests, that irreparable injury will
result to Parent and the Company if Executive breaches any of the terms of said
covenants, and that in the event of Executive’s actual or threatened breach of
any such covenants, Parent and the Company will have no adequate remedy at
law.  Executive accordingly agrees that,
in the event of any actual or threatened breach by Executive of any of said
covenants, Parent and the Company will be entitled to immediate injunctive and
other equitable relief, without bond and without the necessity of showing
actual monetary damages.  Nothing in this
Section 10 will be construed as
prohibiting Parent or the Company from pursuing any other remedies available to
them for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of any
damages that they are able to prove.

11.           Termination.  Notwithstanding anything in Section 2 of this Employment Agreement to
the contrary, Executive’s services shall terminate upon the first to occur of
the following events:

(a)           Death.  The Employment Period will terminate
immediately upon the death of Executive. 
If the Employment Period is terminated pursuant to this Section 11(a), the Company shall have no further obligation
to Executive (or his estate) except for Base Salary and benefits accrued
through the date of termination.

(b)           Due Cause.  The Company may terminate the Employment
Period immediately upon written notice to Executive for Due Cause.  The following events will be deemed to
constitute “Due Cause”:

(i)                                     Executive’s
breach of any of Executive’s obligations under the Confidentiality, Inventions
and Non-Solicitation Agreement, this Employment Agreement, the Management
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement; or

(ii)                                  Executive’s
neglect of, willful misconduct in connection with the performance of, or
refusal to perform Executive’s duties in accordance with Section 3
of this Employment Agreement, which, in the case of neglect or refusal to
perform, has not been cured to the Company’s good faith satisfaction within
thirty (30) days after Executive has been provided written notice of the same
and the corrective action required by the Company; or

(iii)                               Executive’s
engagement in any conduct which injures the integrity or reputation of the
Company or which impugns Executive’s own integrity or reputation so as to cause
Executive to be unfit to act in the capacity of President, Bakers Square
Division of the Company; or

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(iv)                              the
Executive’s commission of an act or acts constituting a felony, or any other
act or acts involving dishonesty, disloyalty or fraud against the Company.

If the Employment Period is terminated pursuant to
this Section 11(b), the Company
shall have no further obligation to Executive except for Base Salary and
benefits accrued through the date of termination.

(c)           Permanent
Disability.  The Company
may terminate the Employment Period upon the Permanent Disability (as defined
below) of the Executive.  For purposes of
this Employment Agreement, the term “Permanent Disability” shall mean that Executive
is entitled to benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan, or if no
such plan exists, if the Executive is unable to perform, by reason of physical
or mental incapacity, the essential functions of his position for ninety (90)
or more days in any one hundred twenty (120) day period.  If the Employment Period is terminated
pursuant to this Section 11(c),the Company shall have no further
obligations to Executive except for Base Salary and benefits accrued through
the date of termination.

(d)           Termination by the Company without Due Cause.  The Company may terminate the Employment
Period without Due Cause upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice.  If the Employment Period is terminated
pursuant to this Section 11(d), then Executive will
be entitled to receive as severance pay his Base Salary at the annual rate then
in effect for a period of twelve (12) months following the termination of his
employment (the “Severance Period”), payable in
accordance with the Company’s payroll policy from time to time in effect.  Upon a termination under this Section 11(d), the Company may elect, within thirty (30)
days of the termination of the Employment Period, to extend the duration of the
Restricted Period for up to an additional twelve (12) month period by so
notifying Executive.  If the Company
elects to extend the Restricted Period, the amount of severance pay shall be
increased by one-twelfth (1/12) of his Base Salary, at the annual rate then in
effect, for each month by which the Restricted Period is extended.  In addition, if the Executive elects COBRA
continuation coverage, the Company shall pay for such coverage through the
Severance Period at the same rate as it pays for health insurance coverage for
its active employees (with the Executive required to pay for any employee paid
portion of such coverage).  Nothing
herein provided, however, shall be construed to extend the period of time over
which such COBRA continuation coverage otherwise may be provided to the
Executive and/or her dependents.  Notwithstanding
the above, Executive shall receive such amounts only if Executive is not in
material breach of any of the provisions of the Confidentiality, Inventions and
Non-Solicitation Agreement and Section 9 of
this Employment Agreement and has complied with Section
11(f) of this Employment Agreement.

(e)           Voluntary Resignation by Executive.  Executive may terminate the Employment Period
at any time for any reason upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice.   If the Employment Period is terminated
pursuant to this Section 11(e), the Company shall
have no further obligation to Executive except for Base Salary and benefits
accrued through the date of termination; provided, however, that
if Executive is terminating the Employment Period for Good Reason (as defined
below), then Executive will be entitled to receive the severance benefits on
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following events will be deemed “Good Reason” for which Executive may terminate the
Employment Period and receive the severance payments set forth in Section 11(d):

(i)                                     a
material diminution of the Executive’s duties, responsibilities, position or
title after notice to the Company and a thirty (30) day opportunity to cure; or

(ii)                                  any
material breach of this Employment Agreement on the part of the Company
(including, but not limited to, any decrease in the Base Salary without the
consent of the Executive), after notice to the Chief Executive Officer, and a
thirty (30) day opportunity to cure; provided, however, that
Executive is not in material breach of any of the terms of this Employment
Agreement.

(f)            General Release.  The receipt of any
payment as set forth in Sections 11(d)-(e)
above shall be contingent upon Executive’s execution of an agreement acceptable
to the Company that (i) waives any rights the Executive may otherwise have
against the Company and its Affiliates, (ii) releases the Company and its
Affiliates from actions, suits, claims, proceedings and demands related to the
period of employment and/or the termination of employment, and
(iii) contains certain other standard obligations which shall be set forth
at the time of the termination.  For
purposes of this Employment Agreement, the term “Affiliates”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated association or other entity (other than the
Company) that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company
including, without limitation, any member of an affiliated group of which the
Company is a common parent corporation as provided in Section 1404 of the Code.

(g)           Survival.  Termination of the Employment Period in
accordance with this Section 11,
or expiration of the Employment Period, will not affect the provisions of this
Employment Agreement that survive such termination, including, without
limitation, the provisions in the Confidentiality, Inventions and
Non-Solicitation Agreement and in Section
9 of this Employment Agreement, and will not limit either party’s
ability to pursue remedies at law or equity.

12.           Executive
Assistance.  Both during
and after Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall, upon
reasonable notice, furnish the Company with such information as may be in
Executive’s possession or control, and cooperate with the Company, as the
Company may reasonably request (with due consideration to Executive’s business
activities and obligations after the Employment Period), in connection with any
litigation, claim, or other dispute in which the Company or any of its
Affiliates is or may become a party.  The
Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Executive in fulfilling Executive’s obligations under this Section 12.

13.           Effect
of Prior Agreements.  This
Employment Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Confidentiality, Inventions and
Non-Solicitation Agreementcontain
the entire understanding among Parent, the Company and Executive relating to
the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior employment agreement among
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relating to the subject
matter hereof between Parent, the Company and Executive.  Executive agrees and acknowledges that he is
entitled to no benefits or compensation and has no other rights against the
Company, the Parent, and their Affiliates, except as otherwise set forth in
this Employment Agreement and, to the extent any such benefits, compensation or
rights are owed to him, expressly waives such benefits, compensation and
rights.

14.           Modification
and Waiver.  This
Employment Agreement may not be modified or amended, nor may any provisions of
this Employment Agreement be waived, except by an instrument in writing signed
by the parties. No written waiver will be deemed to be a continuing waiver
unless specifically stated therein, and each such waiver will operate only as
to the specific term or condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of
such term or condition for the future or as to any act other than that
specifically waived.

15.           Severability.  If, for any reason, any provision of this
Employment Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity will not affect any other
provision of this Employment Agreement, and each provision will to the full
extent consistent with law continue in full force and effect.  If any provision of this Employment Agreement
is held invalid in part, such invalidity will in no way affect the rest of such
provision, and the rest of such provision, together with all other provisions
of this Employment Agreement, will, to the full extent consistent with law,
continue in full force and effect.

16.           Notices.  Any notice, consent, waiver and other
communications required or permitted pursuant to the provisions of this
Employment Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been
properly given (a) when delivered by hand; (b) when sent by telecopier (with acknowledgment
of complete transmission), provided that a copy is mailed by U.S. certified
mail, return receipt requested; (c) three (3) days after sent by certified
mail, return receipt requested; or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a
nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case to the
appropriate addresses and telecopier numbers set forth below:

	
  If to the Company:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  VICORP Restaurants, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  VICORP Restaurants, Inc.

  	
   

  
	
  c/o Wind Point
  Partners

  	
   

  	
  400 West 48th Avenue

  	
   

  
	
  Suite 3700

  	
   

  	
  Denver, Colorado  
  80216

  	
   

  
	
  676 North
  Michigan Avenue

  	
   

  	
  Attn:   Debra Koenig

  	
   

  
	
  Chicago,
  Illinois   60611

  	
   

  	
  Fax:    (303) 672-2606

  	
   

  
	
  Attn:   Michael
  Solot

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Fax:    (312)
  255-4820

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  With
  a copy to:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Sachnoff &
  Weaver, Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  30 South Wacker
  Drive

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Suite 2900

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Chicago,
  Illinois   60606

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Attn:   Seth
  M. Hemming, Esq.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Fax:    (312)
  207-6400

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  If
  to Executive:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Tim Casey

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  344 Cove Drive

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Coppell, Texas
  75019

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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Each party will be entitled to specify a different
address for the receipt of subsequent notices by giving written notice thereof
to the other party in accordance with this Section
16.

17.           Third
Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing
herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or
give to any person or entity, other than the parties to this Employment
Agreement and their respective permitted successors and assigns, any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Employment Agreement.

18.           Headings.  The headings and other captions in this
Employment Agreement are included solely for convenience of reference and will
not control the meaning and interpretation of any provision of this Employment
Agreement.

19.           Governing
Law; Arbitration.  This
Employment Agreement has been executed in the State of Illinois, and its
validity, interpretation, performance, and enforcement will be governed by the
laws of such state, except with respect to conflicts of laws principles.  Except for disputes arising out of an alleged
violation of the Restrictive Covenants set forth in the Confidentiality,
Inventions and Non-Solicitation Agreementand
in Section 9 of this Employment
Agreement, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to any provision
of this Employment Agreement or any other document or agreement referred to
herein shall be resolved by arbitration. 
The arbitration process shall be instigated by either party giving
written notice to the other of the desire for arbitration and the factual
allegations underlying the basis for the dispute.  The arbitration shall be conducted by such
alternative dispute resolution service as is agreed to by the parties, or,
failing such agreement within thirty (30) days after such dispute arises, by
arbitrators selected as described below in accordance with the rules and
procedures established by the American Arbitration Association.  Only a person who is a practicing lawyer
admitted to a state bar may serve as an arbitrator.  Each party shall select one arbitrator, and
those arbitrators shall choose a third arbitrator; these arbitrators shall
constitute the panel.  The American
Arbitration Association rules for employment arbitration shall control any
discovery conducted in connection with the arbitration.  The expenses of arbitration (other than
attorneys’ fees) shall be shared as determined by arbitration.  Each side to the claim or controversy shall
pay their own attorneys’ fees.  Any
result reached by the panel shall be binding on all parties to the arbitration,
and no appeal may be taken.  It is agreed
that any party to any award rendered in such arbitration proceeding may seek a
judgment upon the award and that judgment may be entered thereon by any court
having jurisdiction.  The arbitration
shall be conducted in the State of Colorado.

20.           Non-Assignability/Binding
Effect.  The Executive
acknowledges that the services to be rendered by him are unique and
personal.  Accordingly, the Executive may
not assign any of her rights or delegate any of his duties or obligations under
this Agreement.  The rights and
obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Company.

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21.           No
Strict Construction.  The
language used in this Employment Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction will be applied against any person.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Employment
Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer and Executive has
signed this Employment Agreement, as of the date first above written.

	
  

  	
  VICORP Restaurants, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  EXECUTIVE

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Tim Casey

  	
   

  

 

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EXHIBIT A

CONFIDENTIALITY,
INVENTIONS AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT

In consideration of employment by VICORP Restaurants,
Inc., a Colorado corporation, its successors or assigns (the “Company”) of Tim Casey (“Executive”), it is understood and agreed as
follows:

1.             Confidential Information.

(a)                                  Executive
acknowledges that the Confidential Information (as defined below) constitutes a
protectible business interest of the Company and its parent VI Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”)
and covenants and agrees that at all times during the period of Executive’s
employment, and at all times after termination of such employment, Executive
will not, directly or indirectly, disclose, furnish, make available or utilize
any Confidential Information other than in the course of performing duties as
an employee of the Company.  Executive
will abide by Company policies and rules as may be established from time to
time by it for the protection of its Confidential Information.  Executive agrees that in the course of
employment with the Company Executive will not bring to the Company’s offices
nor use, disclose to the Company, or induce the Company to use, any
confidential information or documents belonging to others.  Executive’s obligations under this Section 1.a. with respect to particular
Confidential Information will survive expiration or termination of this
Confidentiality, Inventions and Non-Solicitation Agreement (this “Agreement”), and Executive’s employment
with the Company, and will terminate only at such time (if any) as the
Confidential Information in question becomes generally known to the public
other than through a breach of Executive’s obligations under this Agreement.

(b)                                 As
used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential
Information” means any and all confidential, proprietary or trade
secret information, whether disclosed, directly or indirectly, verbally, in
writing or by any other means in tangible or intangible form, including that
which is conceived or developed by Executive, applicable to or in any way
related to: (i) the present or future business of Parent, the Company or any of
their Affiliates (as defined below); (ii) the research and development of
Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates; or (iii) the business of any
client or vendor of Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates.  Such Confidential Information includes the
following property or information of Parent, the Company and their Affiliates,
by way of example and without limitation: 
trade secrets, processes, formulas, data, program documentation,
customer lists, designs, drawings, algorithms, source code, object code,
know-how, improvements, inventions, licenses, techniques, all plans or
strategies for marketing, development and pricing, business plans, financial
statements, profit margins and all information concerning existing or potential
clients, suppliers or vendors. 
Confidential Information of Parent and the Company also means all
similar information disclosed to Parent or the Company by third parties which
is 

subject to confidentiality obligations. 
The term “Affiliates” means
(i) all persons or entities controlling, controlled by or under common control
with, Parent and/or the Company, (ii) all companies or entities in which Parent
or the Company own an equity interest and (iii) all predecessors, successors
and assigns of the those Affiliates identified in (i) and (ii).

2.             Return
of Materials.  Upon
termination of employment with the Company, and regardless of the reason for
such termination, Executive will leave with, or promptly return to, the Company
all documents, records, notebooks, magnetic tapes, disks or other materials,
including all copies, in Executive’s possession or control which contain
Confidential Information or any other information concerning Parent, the
Company, any of their Affiliates or any of their respective products, services
or clients, whether prepared by the Executive or others.

3.             Inventions as Sole Property of
the Company.

(a)                                  Executive
covenants and agrees that all Inventions (as defined below) shall be the sole
and exclusive property of the Company.

(b)                                 As
used in this Agreement, the term “Inventions”
means any and all inventions, developments, discoveries, improvements, works of
authorship, concepts or ideas, or expressions thereof, whether or not subject
to patents, copyright, trademark, trade secret protection or other intellectual
property right protection (in the United States or elsewhere), and whether or
not reduced to practice, conceived or developed by Executive while employed
with the Company or within one (1) year following termination of such
employment which relate to or result from the actual or anticipated business,
work, research or investigation of Parent, the Company or any of their
Affiliates or which are suggested by or result from any task assigned to or
performed by Executive for Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates.

(c)                                  Executive
acknowledges that all original works of authorship which are made by her
(solely or jointly) are works made for hire under the United States Copyright
Act (17 U.S.C., et seq.).

(d)                                 Executive
agrees to promptly disclose to the Company all Inventions, all original works
of authorship and all work product relating thereto.  This disclosure will include complete and
accurate copies of all source code, object code or machine-readable
copies, documentation, work notes, flow-charts, diagrams, test data,
reports, samples and other tangible evidence or results (collectively, “Tangible Embodiments”) of such Inventions, works of
authorship and work product.  All
Tangible Embodiments of any Invention, work of authorship or work product
related thereto will be deemed to have been assigned to the Company as a result
of the act of expressing any Invention or work of authorship therein.

(e)                                  Executive
hereby assigns to the Company (together with the right to prosecute or sue for
infringements or other violations of the same) the entire worldwide right,
title and interest to any such Inventions or works made for hire, and Executive

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agrees to
perform, during and after employment, all acts deemed necessary or desirable by
the Company to permit and assist it, at the Company’s expense, in registering,
recording, obtaining, maintaining, defending, enforcing and assigning
Inventions or works made for hire in any and all countries.  Executive hereby irrevocably designates and
appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Executive’s
agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and in Executive’s behalf
and instead of Executive, to execute and file any documents and to do all other
lawfully permitted acts to further the above purposes with the same legal force
and effect as if executed by Executive; this designation and appointment
constitutes an irrevocable power of attorney and is coupled with an interest.

(f)                                    Without
limiting the generality of any other provision of this Section 3,
Executive hereby authorizes the Company and each of its Affiliates (and their
respective successors) to make any desired changes to any part of any
Invention, to combine it with other materials in any manner desired, and to
withhold Executive’s identity in connection with any distribution or use
thereof alone or in combination with other materials.

(g)                                 Pursuant
to the Illinois Employee Patent Act, Public Act 83-493, this Agreement does not
apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade
secret information of Parent or the Company was used and which was developed
entirely on Executive’s own time, unless (1) the invention relates (a) to the business
of Parent or the Company or (b) to Parent’s or the Company’s actual
demonstrably anticipated research or development; or (2) the invention results
from any work performed by Executive for Parent or the Company.

(h)                                 The
obligations of Executive set forth in this Section 3
(including, but not limited to, the assignment obligations) will continue
beyond the termination of Executive’s employment with respect to Inventions
conceived or made by Executive alone or in concert with others during Executive’s
employment with the Company and during the one (1) year thereafter, whether
pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise. 
These obligations will be binding upon Executive and Executive’s
executors, administrators and other representatives.

4.                                       List of Prior Inventions.  All Inventions which Executive has made prior
to employment by the Company are excluded from the scope of this
Agreement.  As a matter of record,
Executive has set forth on Annex I hereto
a complete list of those Inventions which might relate to Parent’s or the
Company’s business and which have been made by Executive prior to employment
with the Company.  Executive represents
that such list is complete.  If no list
is attached, Executive represents that there are no prior Inventions.

5.             Non-Solicitation.

(a)                                  Executive
will not, during the term of Executive’s employment with the Company and for
two (2) years thereafter (the “Restricted
Period”) (whether as an owner, 

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partner,
shareholder, agent, officer, director, employee, independent contractor,
consultant, or otherwise) with or through any individual or entity:

i.              employ,
engage or explicitly solicit for employment any individual who is, or was at
any time during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the
termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, an
employee of Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates or otherwise seek to
adversely influence or alter such individual’s relationship with Parent, the
Company or any of their Affiliates; or

ii.             explicitly
solicit or encourage any individual or entity that is, or was during the twelve-month
period immediately prior to the termination of Executive’s employment with the
Company for any reason, a customer or vendor of Parent or the Company to
terminate or otherwise alter his, her or its relationship with Parent or the
Company.

(b)                                 The
Restricted Period shall be extended for a period equal to any time period that
Executive is in violation of this Section 5.

6.                                 Equitable
Remedies.  Executive acknowledges
and agrees that the agreements and covenants set forth in this Agreement are
reasonable and necessary for the protection of Parent’s and the Company’s
business interests, that irreparable injury will result to Parent and the
Company if Executive breaches any of the terms of said covenants, and that in
the event of Executive’s actual or threatened breach of any such covenants,
Parent and the Company will have no adequate remedy at law.  Executive accordingly agrees that, in the
event of any actual or threatened breach by Executive of any of said covenants,
Parent and the Company will be entitled to immediate injunctive and other
equitable relief, without posting bond or other security and without the
necessity of showing actual monetary damages. 
Nothing in this Section 6 will
be construed as prohibiting Parent or the Company from pursuing any other
remedies available to them for such breach or threatened breach, including the
recovery of any damages that they are able to prove.

7.                                 No
Right to Employment.  No
provision of this Agreement shall give Executive any right to continue in the
employ of the Company or any of its Affiliates, create any inference as to the
length of employment of Executive, affect the right of the Company or its
Affiliates to terminate the employment of Executive, with or without cause, or
give Executive any right to participate in any Executive welfare or benefit
plan or other program of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

8.                                 Modification
and Waiver.  This Agreement may
not be modified or amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the
parties.  No term or condition of this
Agreement will be deemed to have been waived, except by written instrument of
the party charged with such waiver.  No
such written waiver will be deemed to be a continuing waiver unless
specifically stated therein, and each such waiver will operate only as to the
specific term or condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of such
term or condition for the future or as to any act other than that specifically
waived.

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9.                                 Severability.  Executive acknowledges that the agreements
and covenants contained in this Agreement are essential to protect Parent, the
Company and their goodwill.  Each of the
covenants in this Agreement will be construed as independent of any other
covenants or other provisions of this Agreement.  It is the intention and desire of the parties
that the court treat any provisions of this Agreement which are not fully
enforceable as having been modified to the extent deemed necessary by the court
to render them reasonable and enforceable and that the court enforce them to
such extent.

10.                                 Notices.
Any notice, consent, waiver and other communications required or permitted
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement must be in writing and will be
deemed to have been properly given (a) when delivered by hand; (b) when sent by
telecopier (with acknowledgment of complete transmission), provided that a copy
is mailed by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested; (c) three (3) days
after sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; or (d) one (1) day
after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each
case to the appropriate addresses and telecopier numbers set forth below:

	
  If to the Company:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  VICORP Restaurants, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  VICORP Restaurants, Inc.

  	
   

  
	
  c/o Wind Point
  Partners

  	
   

  	
  400 West 48th Avenue

  	
   

  
	
  Suite 3700

  	
   

  	
  Denver, Colorado  
  80216

  	
   

  
	
  676 North
  Michigan Avenue

  	
   

  	
  Attn:   Debra Koenig

  	
   

  
	
  Chicago,
  Illinois   60611

  	
   

  	
  Fax:    (303) 672-2606

  	
   

  
	
  Attn:   Michael
  Solot

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Fax:    (312)
  255-4820

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  With
  a copy to:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Sachnoff &
  Weaver, Ltd.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  30 South Wacker
  Drive

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Suite 2900

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Chicago,
  Illinois   60606

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Attn:   Seth
  M. Hemming, Esq.

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Fax:    (312)
  207-6400

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  If
  to Executive:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Tim Casey

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  344 Cove Drive

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Coppell, Texas
  75019

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

Each party will be
entitled to specify a different address for the receipt of subsequent notices
by giving written notice thereof to the other party in accordance with this Section 10.

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11.                                 Headings.  The headings and other captions in this
Agreement are included solely for convenience of reference and will not control
the meaning and interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

12.                                 Governing
Law.  This Agreement has
been executed in the State of Illinois, and its validity, interpretation,
performance, and enforcement will be governed by the laws of such state, except
with respect to conflicts of laws principles.

13.                                 Binding
Effect.  This Agreement will be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of Executive, the Company, and their
respective successors and permitted assigns. 
The Company will be entitled to assign its rights and duties under this
Agreement provided that the Company will remain liable to Executive should such
assignee fail to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

14.                                 No Strict
Construction.  The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will
be applied against any person.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized
officer and Executive has signed this Agreement, as of the date written below.

	
  

  	
  EXECUTIVE

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date:  April     ,
  2006

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Tim Casey

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  VICORP Restaurants, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Its:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 6Exhibit 10.30

JOINDER AGREEMENT

This
Joinder Agreement (this “Agreement”) is by
and between VI ACQUISITION
CORP., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”) and TIM
CASEY (“Casey”).

RECITALS

A.            Pursuant to the terms of a
Management Agreement between the Company and Casey dated of even date herewith
(the “Management Agreement”), Casey is acquiring from the Company 15,000 shares
of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Common Stock.

B.            The Company requires execution of
this Joinder Agreement as a condition to the sale of the shares under the
Management Agreement.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged by the
parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.             Registration Rights Agreement

a.             Casey is hereby made a party to the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 13, 2003, by and among the
Company and the other parties thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) in
the capacity of an “Executive” (as such term is defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement), and Casey hereby agrees to be bound by all of the terms and
conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to Casey
as an Executive, as to all shares purchased under the Management Agreement.

b.             Casey shall execute a signature
page to the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule
1.b., which signature page shall be attached to and made a part of the
Registration Rights Agreement.

c.             The Schedule of Security Holders to
the Registration Rights Agreement shall hereby be replaced with Schedule 1.c
attached hereto.

2.             Stockholders Agreement

a.             Casey is hereby made a party to the
Stockholders Agreement dated as of June 13, 2003, by and among the Company
and the other parties thereto (the “Stockholders Agreement”) in the capacity of
an “Executive” and a “Stockholder” (as such terms are defined in the
Stockholders Agreement), and Casey hereby agrees to be bound by all of the
terms and conditions set forth in the Stockholders Agreement 

   
 

applicable to him
as an Executive and a Stockholder, as to all shares purchased under the
Management Agreement.

b.             Casey shall execute a signature
page to the Stockholders Agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule 2,
which signature page shall be attached to and made a part of the Stockholders
Agreement.

3.             The Agreement is binding upon the
parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns.

4.             This Agreement may be executed in
one or more counterparts, and by facsimile signature, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which when taken together, shall constitute one
and the same instrument.

5.             This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have executed this Agreement as of the                  day
of April, 2006.

	
  Company:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  VI ACQUISITION CORP.

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Michael J. Solot, President

  	
   

  	
  TIM CASEY

  

 

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SCHEDULE
1.b.

	
  

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  TIM CASEY

  	
   

  

 

VI Acquisition
Corp.

Registration Rights Agreement

Joinder Signature Page

SCHEDULE
1.c

SCHEDULE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

WIND
POINT PARTNERS IV, L.P.

WIND
POINT PARTNERS V, L.P.

WIND
POINT IV EXECUTIVE ADVISOR PARTNERS, L.P.

WIND
POINT ASSOCIATES IV, LLC

676 N. Michigan
Avenue, Suite 3700

Chicago, IL 60611

Fax:  (312) 255-4820

Tel.: (312)
255-4800

Attn.:   Michael J. Solot

With a
copy to:

Sachnoff & Weaver,
Ltd.

30 S. Wacker
Drive, 29th Floor

Chicago, Illinois
60606

Fax:  (312) 207-1000

Tel:  (312) 207-6400

Attn:   Seth M. Hemming, Esq.

MID
OAKS INVESTMENTS LLC

750 Lake Cook
Road, Suite 440

Buffalo Grove,
Illinois  60089

Fax:  (847) 215-3421

Tel:  (847) 215-3420

Attn:   Wayne C.
Kocourek

With a copy to:

GREENBERG
TRAURIG, LLP

77 West Wacker
Drive

Suite 2500

Chicago,
Illinois  60601

Fax:  (312) 456-8435

Tel:  (312) 456-8400

Attn:   David W.
Schoenberg

A.G. EDWARDS PRIVATE EQUITY
PARTNERS QP II, L.P.

A.G. EDWARDS PRIVATE EQUITY
PARTNERS II, L.P.

A.G. Edwards
Capital, Inc.

One North
Jefferson

St. Louis, MO  63103

Fax:  (314) 955-8095

Tel:  (314) 955-3971

Attn:   Patricia
A. Dahl

WALTER VAN BENTHUYSEN

17 Tartan Lakes Ct.

Westmont, IL 
60559

ALLIED CAPITAL CORPORATION

401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2050

Chicago, IL 
60611

Attn:  Ed Ross,
Managing Director

With a copy to:

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attn:  John
Chinuntdet

GLEACHER MEZZANINE FUND I,
L.P.

GLEACHER MEZZANINE FUND P,
L.P.

660 Madison Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 
10021

Attn:   Mary
Gay, Managing Director

With a copy to:

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attn:   John
Chinuntdet

SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.

C/O SUNTRUST EQUITY PARTNERS

303 Peachtree Street, N.E., 25th Floor

Atlanta, GA 
30308

Attn:   Palmer
Henson, Director

With a copy to:

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attn:   John
Chinuntdet

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IF TO THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVES, at the address
appearing in the Company’s records:

Debra Koenig

Timothy Kanaly

Daniel Gresham

Mark Hampton

Donald Prismon

VI Acquisition
Corp.

Stockholders Agreement

Schedule of Security Holders

 3

SCHEDULE
2

	
  

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  TIM CASEY

  	
   

  

 

VI Acquisition
Corp.

Stockholders Agreement

Joinder Signature Page

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