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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>WASHINGTON,
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>FORM
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        Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Date
        of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        October
        10, 2005</font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>RUBIO&#8217;S
        RESTAURANTS, INC.</strong></font></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></div>
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SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
        DC 20549
FORM
        8-K
Current
        Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
        of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
October
        10, 2005
RUBIO'S
        RESTAURANTS, INC.
(Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
000-26125
33-0100303
(State
                  of Incorporation)
(Commission
                  File Number)
(I.R.S.
                  Employer Identification No.)
1902
                  Wright Place, Suite 300, Carlsbad, California
92008
(Address
                    of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
                  Code)
Registrant's
                  telephone number, including area code:
(760)
                  929-8226
Not
        Applicable
(Former
        Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
        satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
        provisions (
see
General
        Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written
                  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                  CFR
                  230.425)
o
Soliciting
                  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                  240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
                  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
                  (17 CFR
                  240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
                  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
                  (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
        1.01.
Entry
        into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
        October 10, 2005, Mr. Lawrence A. Rusinko accepted the Company's offer of
        employment as the Company's Vice President of Marketing. The
        Company's
press
        release announcing Mr. Rusinko's employment is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1
        and is incorporated herein by reference.
Mr.
        Rusinko will receive an annual base salary of $235,000. The Company also
        will
        reimburse Mr. Rusinko for relocation costs, up to a maximum amount of $100,000.
        Mr. Rusinko will be entitled to participate in the Company's cash bonus plan at
        a level equal to 20 percent of his base salary, plus a pro-rated portion
        of 1.5
        percent of earnings in excess of the Company's earnings per share target. He
        also will be entitled to an additional incentive bonus based on sales (under
        a
        metric yet to be determined) at a ratio up to 15 percent of his base
        salary.
Upon
        commencement of his employment with the Company, Mr. Rusinko will be paid
        a
        starting bonus of $25,000 and will be granted a stock option to purchase
        up to
        75,000 shares of the Company's common stock (the "
Option
"),
        pursuant to the Company's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. The Option will be granted
        to Mr. Rusinko at an exercise price equal to the closing market price of
        the
        Company's common stock on the date Mr. Rusinko commences employment. The Option
        becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments, commencing on the
        first
        anniversary of Mr. Rusinko's employment.
The
        foregoing description of the terms of Mr. Rusinko's employment with the Company
        is qualified in its entirety by reference to the offer letter from the Company
        to Mr. Rusinko, dated October 7, 2005 and filed herewith as Exhibit
        10.1.
Item
        9.01
Financial
        Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
Exhibit
Description
10.1
Offer
                  letter from Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. to Lawrence A. Rusinko, dated
                  October 7, 2005.
99.1
Press
                  release dated
October
                  14, 2005.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
        has
        duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
        duly authorized.
Dated:
                  October 14, 2005
RUBIO'S RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:
/s/
                John Fuller
John
                Fuller
Chief
                Financial Officer