EXHIBIT 3.11


                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                          RESTAURANT INNOVATIONS, INC.

         The undersigned incorporator, being a natural person 18 years of age or
older, in order to form a corporation under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 302A,
hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation:

                                    ARTICLE I

         The name of this corporation is Restaurant Innovations, Inc.

                                   ARTICLE II

         The registered office of this corporation is located at 10260 Viking
Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344

                                   ARTICLE III

         The purpose or purposes of this Corporation are to engage in the
transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be
incorporated under Minnesota law.

                                   ARTICLE IV

         This Corporation is authorized to issue an aggregate total of 1,000
shares. The shares are classified in One (1) class, consisting of One Thousand
(1,000) shares of Common Stock of the par value of One Cent ($0.01) per share.
The Board of Directors is authorized to establish one or more series of
Preferred Stock by approving, and filing in the manner required by law, a
certificate of designation setting forth the designation, and fixing the
relative rights and preferences, of any such series.

                                    ARTICLE V

         The name and address of the incorporator of this Corporation is as
follows: H. Thomas Mitchell, 10260 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, 55344.

                                   ARTICLE VI

         The names of the first directors of this Corporation are: C. Dennis
Scott (Chairman) and Clark C. Grant.

                                   ARTICLE VII

         Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board
of Directors of this Corporation not needing approval by the shareholders under
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 302A, may be taken by written action signed by the
number of directors that would be required to take such action at a meeting of
the Board of Directors at which all directors are present.


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                                  ARTICLE VIII

         No shareholder of this Corporation shall have any cumulative voting
rights.

                                   ARTICLE IX

         No shareholder of this Corporation shall have any preemptive rights to
subscribe for, purchase or acquire any shares of the Corporation of any class,
whether unissued or now or hereafter authorized, or any obligations or other
securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares.

                                    ARTICLE X

         No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the
Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director; provided, however, that this Article shall not eliminate or
limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by applicable law (i)
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section
302A.559 or Section 80A.23 of the Minnesota Statutes, or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No
amendment to or repeal of this article shall apply to or have any effect on the
liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with
respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name this 10th Day of
February, 1999.

                                                     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
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                                                     H. Thomas Mitchell


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