EXHIBIT 23.1

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to  the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement of Quality Dining, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 333-___________) of
our report dated January 10,  1997,  on  our  audits  of  the  consolidated
financial statements of Quality Dining, Inc. and subsidiaries as of October
27,  1996  and  October 29, 1995, and for the fifty-two week periods  ended
October 27, 1996,  October  29,  1995 and October 30, 1994, which report is
included in the Annual Report on Form  10-K of Quality Dining, Inc. for its
fiscal year ended October 27, 1996.

                         /S/ COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P.

                         COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

South Bend, Indiana
October 22, 1997