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                                                                      Exhibit 5

                  [WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS LETTERHEAD]





                                June 27, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

          Re:  Logan's Roadhouse, Inc.
               Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We are acting as counsel to Logan's Roadhouse, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation (the "Registrant"), in connection with the preparation of a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering up to 1,150,000 shares
of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the
Registrant to be sold by the Registrant and a selling shareholder to J.C.
Bradford & Co. and Equitable Securities Corporation (the "Underwriters"),
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant, the selling
shareholder and the Underwriters, a form of which was filed as Exhibit 1 to
the Registration Statement (the "Underwriting Agreement").

          In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon
such records, documents and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary
and appropriate in order to express the opinions  hereinafter set forth and
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to original documents
of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies.

          Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of
Common Stock being sold by the Registrant will be, when issued and delivered in
the manner and on the terms described in the Registration Statement and the
Underwriting Agreement (after the Registration Statement is declared
effective), and the shares of Common Stock being sold by the selling
shareholder are, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and further consent to the reference to us under the
caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement.


                                      Very truly yours,


                                      /s/ Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis,
                                      A Professional Limited Liability Company