Exhibit 24

                                  BUCA, INC.

                 POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
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     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of BUCA, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Joseph P. Micatrotto and Greg A. Gadel, and each or any of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for the undersigned in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of said Company to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form
S-8 relating to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of BUCA, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies, as amended, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary
or incidental to the performance and execution of the power herein expressly
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or either of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's hand
this 17th day of October, 2000.


/s/ David Yarnell
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David Yarnell


                                  BUCA, INC.

                 POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
                 --------------------------------------------


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of BUCA, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Joseph P. Micatrotto and Greg A. Gadel, and each or any of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for the undersigned in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of said Company to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form
S-8 relating to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of BUCA, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies, as amended, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary
or incidental to the performance and execution of the power herein expressly
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or either of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's hand
this 17th day of October, 2000.



/s/ Don W. Hays
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Don W. Hays


                                  BUCA, INC.

                 POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
                 --------------------------------------------


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of BUCA, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Joseph P. Micatrotto and Greg A. Gadel, and each or any of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for the undersigned in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of said Company to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form
S-8 relating to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of BUCA, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies, as amended, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary
or incidental to the performance and execution of the power herein expressly
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or either of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's hand
this 17th day of October, 2000.



/s/ Peter J. Mihajlov
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Peter J. Mihajlov


                                  BUCA, INC.

                 POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
                 --------------------------------------------


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of BUCA, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Joseph P. Micatrotto and Greg A. Gadel, and each or any of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for the undersigned in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of said Company to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form
S-8 relating to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of BUCA, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies, as amended, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary
or incidental to the performance and execution of the power herein expressly
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or either of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's hand
this 17th day of October, 2000.



/s/ Philip A. Roberts
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Philip A. Roberts



                                  BUCA, INC.

                 POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
                 --------------------------------------------


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of BUCA, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Joseph P. Micatrotto and Greg A. Gadel, and each or any of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for the undersigned in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of said Company to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form
S-8 relating to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of BUCA, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies, as amended, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary
or incidental to the performance and execution of the power herein expressly
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or either of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's hand
this 17th day of October, 2000.



/s/ John P. Whaley
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John P. Whaley


                                  BUCA, INC.

                 POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
                 --------------------------------------------


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of BUCA, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Joseph P. Micatrotto and Greg A. Gadel, and each or any of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for the undersigned in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of said Company to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form
S-8 relating to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of BUCA, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies, as amended, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary
or incidental to the performance and execution of the power herein expressly
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or either of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's hand
this 17th day of October, 2000.



/s/ Paul Zepf
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Paul Zepf


                                  BUCA, INC.

                 POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
                 --------------------------------------------


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of BUCA, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Joseph P. Micatrotto and Greg A. Gadel, and each or any of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for the undersigned in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of said Company to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form
S-8 relating to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of BUCA, Inc. and Affiliated
Companies, as amended, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary
or incidental to the performance and execution of the power herein expressly
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or either of them, or any of their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's hand
this 17th day of October, 2000.



/s/ Joseph P. Micatrotto
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Joseph P. Micatrotto