EXHIBIT 23



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of
Quality Dining, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 33-84698) 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 this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


                                    COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


South Bend, Indiana
January 22, 1997