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                                                                   Exhibit 24(a)




              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Forms S-8) pertaining to the Uno Restaurant Corporation 1997 Employee Stock
Option Plan and the Uno Restaurant Corporation Restricted Stock Program of our
report dated November 1, 1996, with respect to the financial statements of Uno
Restaurant Corporation included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended September 29, 1996.






                                       /S/ Ernst & Young LLP

March 7, 1997
Boston, Massachusetts