LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, hereby make,
constitute, and appoint RHONDA PARISH and/or JILL GOLDER, and/or either of them,
with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact for me and
in my name, place and stead, with full power to execute, and to do and perform
all and every other act necessary to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission timely reports of stock transactions by the undersigned involving the
stock of Ruby Tuesday, Inc.

The rights, powers, and authority granted herein shall commence and be in full
force and effect on the date of the execution hereof and thereafter until
revoked, in writing, by me.

WITNESS my hand this 14th day of March, 2016.


\\Mike Ellis\\
MIKE ELLIS


STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ORANGE

I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, hereby
certify that Mike Ellis, whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument, and
who is known to me, acknowledged before me that, being informed of the contents
of said instrument, he executed the same voluntarily on the day the same bears
date.

Given under my hand and seal this 14th day of March, 2016.

Stamp

Yvonne Kennedy-Pearson
NOTARY PUBLIC


My Commission Expires:
April 10, 2017