POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

       I hereby make, constitute and appoint each of the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and the Deputy, Associate
and   Assistant  General  Counsels  of  Red  Robin  Gourmet  Burgers  Inc.  (the
"Company"), who at the time of acting pursuant to this Power of Attorney is each
acting singly, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  prepare, sign, acknowledge, deliver and file for me and on my behalf, Forms
3,  4  and  5 and any amendments thereof in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and the rules of
the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission ("SEC"),with respect to securities or
contracts  of (or with respect to) the Company, and Form ID or other information
to secure an access and any other code and/or CIK number to permit my filing via
EDGAR;

(2)  do  and  perform  any  and  all  acts  for me and on my behalf which may be
necessary  or  desirable  to  complete  any  such Form 3, 4 or 5 and file in any
authorized  manner  such  form  and  this power of attorney with the SEC and any
stock exchange or similar authority;

(3)  seek  or  obtain,  as  my  representative  and  on  my  behalf, information
concerning  transactions in or with respect to the Company's securities from any
third  party,  including  brokers,  employee  benefit  plan  administrators  and
trustees,  knowing  that  I hereby authorize any such person to release any such
information to the attorney-in fact and approve any such release of information;
and

(4)  take  any  other  action  of  any  type  whatsoever  in connection with the
foregoing  which,  in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to
me, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it being understood that the
documents  executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such  attorney-in-fact  may  approve  in  such  attorney-in-fact's discretion. I
hereby  grant  to  each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to  all  intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, with
full  power  of  substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that   such   attorney-in-fact,   or   such   attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or
substitutes,  shall  lawfully  do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney  and  the  rights  and  powers  herein  granted. This Power of Attorney
authorizes,  but  does  not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in his or
her   discretion  on  information  provided  to  such  attorney-in-fact  without
independent  verification  of  such  information. I further acknowledge that the
foregoing  attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with
Section  16  of  the  1934  Act  or  any  liability  I  may have with respect to
transactions  reported or reportable thereunder. All prior actions taken by each
such  attorney-in-fact  which are consistent with the authority conferred hereby
are ratified and approved. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect  until I am no longer required to file Section 16 reports with respect to
my  holdings  of  and  transactions  in  or  involving  securities issued by the
Company,  or earlier if I revoke it in a signed writing delivered to each of the
foregoing attorneys- in-fact.

December 14, 2015

/s/ Jonathan A. Muhtar
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Jonathan A. Muhtar