EXHIBIT 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
O'Charley's Inc.:

      We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements (No. 33-39872, No. 33-51316, No. 33-51258, No. 33-83172, No.
33-69934, No. 333-63495, No. 333-59484, No. 333-126221 and No. 333-129783 on
Form S-8) of O'Charley's Inc. of our reports dated March 9, 2006, with respect
to the consolidated balance sheets of O'Charley's Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, and the related consolidated statements
of earnings, shareholders' equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 25, 2005 and the
related financial statement schedule, management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 25,
2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 25, 2005, which reports appear in the December 25, 2005 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of O'Charley's Inc.

      Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in
accounting for certain asset retirement obligations in 2005.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
March 9, 2006