EXHIBIT 32.2

                              QUALITY DINING, INC.

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Quality Dining, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q/A for the period ending May 9, 2004 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, John C. Firth,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel (Principal Financial Officer) of
the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Company.

/s/ John C. Firth
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John C. Firth,
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel (Principal Financial Officer)
December 23, 2004

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