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  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  April 3, 2002<br>
  File No. 333-_____</font></p>
  <hr color="#000000">
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
  </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp; 20549</font></font></p>
  <hr width="25%" color="#000000">
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">FORM S-8<br>
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><br>
  </font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">UNDER<br>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></font></p>
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  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="4">AVADO BRANDS, INC.<br>
  </font></b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)</font></i></font></p>
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        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">Georgia</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><br>
        </font></b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;(State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>
        Incorporation or Organization)</font></i></font></p>
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        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
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        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">59-2778983</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><br>
        </font></b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
        Identification Number)</font></i></font></p>
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  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">Hancock at Washington<br>
  Madison, Georgia&nbsp; 30650<br>
  (706) 342-4552</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><br>
  </font></b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(Address and Telephone Number of Issuer's Principal
  Executive Offices)</font></i></font></p>
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Hops
  Operating Partner Equity Investment Plan</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><br>
  </font></b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></i></font></p>
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">Mitch Blocher<br>
  Vice President, Financial Reporting and Compliance and Assistant Treasurer<br>
  Hancock at Washington<br>
  Madison, Georgia&nbsp; 30650<br>
  (706) 342-4552<br>
  </font></b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
  of Agent for Service)</font></i></font></p>
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Copies to:<br>
  </font></i><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Larry D. Ledbetter, Esq.<br>
  KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP<br>
  1100 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2800<br>
  Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4530<br>
  (404) 815-6500<br>
  (404) 815-6555 (fax)</font></b></font></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;Calculation of Registration Fee</font></b></p>
  <div align="center">
    <center>
  <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" bordercolor="#000000">
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      <td width="150" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><br>
        Title of Securities<br>
        to be Registered</font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><sup>(1)</sup></font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="150" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="2">&nbsp;<br>
        Amount to<br>
        </font></b><font size="2"><b>be Registered</b><sup>(2)</sup></font></font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="172" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="2">Proposed Maximum<br>
        Offering Price<br>
        </font></b><font size="2"><b>Per Share</b><sup>(3)</sup></font></font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="148" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Proposed Maximum<br>
        Aggregate<br>
        Offering Price</font></b></p>
      </td>
      <td width="135" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">&nbsp;<br>
        </font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Amount of<br>
        Registration Fee</font></b></font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="150" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Common Stock</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="150" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">1,750,000 shares</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="172" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">$0.40</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="148" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">$700,000</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="135" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">$64.40</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
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    </center>
  </div>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">(1)&nbsp; In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also
  covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered pursuant to the
  employee benefit plan described herein (the &#147;Plan&#148;).<br>
  (2)&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered or
  issued from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.<br>
  <br>
  (3)&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the offering
  price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of Avado Brands, Inc.
  common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board on March 27, 2002.</font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>

  <p align="left"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">PART
  I.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED
  IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>
  <p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">ITEM 1.</font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <b>PLAN INFORMATION*.</b></font></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; REGISTRANT
  INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL<br>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INFORMATION*.</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  *</font>Information required by Part I to be
  contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
  Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.</font></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">PART
  II.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INCORPORATION OF
  DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</font></b></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
  incorporated by reference into this registration statement (the &#147;Registration
  Statement&#148;) and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
  of such documents:</font></p>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <table border="0" width="618" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5">
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  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">(1)</font></p>
          </td>
          <td width="544">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Form 10-K of the Registrant (&#147;Avado&#148;) filed as of April 1, 2002
  (Commission File Number 000-19542).</font></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td width="58" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">(2)</font></p>
          </td>
          <td width="544">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  The description of the Common Stock as contained in Avado&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A dated September 23, 1991 filed under Section 12 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including all amendments or
  reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td width="58" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">(3)</font></p>
          </td>
          <td width="544">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  All other documents subsequently filed by the registrant or the Plan pursuant
  to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
  pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities that remain unsold.</font></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
  contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
  statement.&nbsp; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
  deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
  Registration Statement.</font></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DESCRIPTION OF
  SECURITIES.</font></b></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Not Applicable.</font></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">II-1</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INTERESTS OF NAMED
  EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</font></b></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Not Applicable.</font></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INDEMNIFICATION OF
  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</font></b></p>
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Under Section 14-2-202 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the &quot;Code&quot;), as amended, a corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation may eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except liability for:&nbsp; (a) any appropriation, in violation of his or her duties, of any business opportunity of the corporation; (b) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (c) the types of liability set forth in Code Section 14-2-832; or (d) any transaction from which the director received an improper personal benefit (the &#147;Non-Excludable Liabilities&#148;), provided that no such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes effective.&nbsp; The Restated Articles of Incorporation of Avado (the &#147;Articles&#148;) provide that no director shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of the duty of care or any other duty as a director, except that such liability shall not be eliminated with respect to the Non-Excludable Liabilities. </font>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">
  <font size="3">&nbsp; &nbsp;</font> <font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Code authorizes or, under certain circumstances, requires a corporation to indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a director or officer, against liability, expenses or both incurred in connection with the proceeding, subject to certain conditions. Avado&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide for indemnification rights for directors and officers. The following is a summary of the material provisions of Article Eight of the Bylaws.</font></font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font> <font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Article 8.1 requires Avado to indemnify and hold harmless any director who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding, including any action or suit by or in the right of Avado (each, a &#147;Proceeding&#148;), by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director, officer, employee, or agent of Avado, against any judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to the Proceeding, except in connection with Non-Excludable Liabilities.&nbsp; Directors are also entitled to have Avado advance any such expenses prior to final disposition of the Proceeding, upon an undertaking to repay Avado if it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled to indemnification.</font></font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font> <font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Article 8.2 of the Bylaws provides that the Board of Directors has the power to extend to officers, employees, and agents of Avado all or any part of the indemnification permitted for such persons by the Code.&nbsp; The Board of Directors has extended indemnification rights to all of Avado&#146;s executive officers.</font></font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font> <font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Avado, upon authorization of the Board of Directors, has the power to enter into an agreement or agreements providing indemnification rights pursuant to Article Eight to any person who was or is a director or officer of Avado.&nbsp; Avado has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers.</font></font></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">II-2</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font> <font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Article 8.3 of the Bylaws requires Avado to indemnify any director, and authorizes the Board of Directors to cause Avado to indemnify any officer, who is serving at Avado&#146;s request as a director or officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, subject to the conditions, limitations, and obligations specified for indemnification of such persons for liabilities in connection with service directly to
  Avado.</font></font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font> <font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Article 8.6 of the Bylaws provides that Avado has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any liability asserted against such person or incurred by such person in any such capacity, whether or not Avado has the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Article Eight.</font></font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
  <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Under the Code, a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify or advance expenses to him or her against the same liability.&nbsp;
  Avado has purchased and maintains directors and officers&#146; liability insurance coverage.</font></font></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EXEMPTION FROM
  REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</font></b></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Not Applicable.</font></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EXHIBITS.</font></b></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  The exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement are as follows:</font></p>
  <p><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Exhibit Number</font></font></u><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <u>Description</u></font></p>
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      <td width="272" valign="top"><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Restated Articles of Incorporation of Avado (incorporated herein by reference
  to Current Report on Form 8-K of Avado, filed as of October 13, 1998,
  Commission File No. 000-19542)</font></p>
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    </tr>
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      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Avado (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 3.2 of Registration Statement of Avado on Form S-1, Commission File
  No. 33-42662)</font></p>
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      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  The Hops Operating Partner Equity Investment Plan</font></p>
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      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">23.1</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Consent of KPMG LLP</font></p>
      </td>
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      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">24.1</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Power of Attorney (see signature page)</font></p>
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    </tr>
  </table>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">II-3</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ITEM
  9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UNDERTAKINGS</font></b></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  The undersigned registrant (&#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby undertakes:</font></p>
  <table border="0" width="700" cellpadding="5">
    <tr>
      <td width="93"></td>
      <td width="27" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">(1)</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="628">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-
  effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
  in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
  the Registration Statement.</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="93"></td>
      <td width="27" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">(2)</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="628">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
  registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="93"></td>
      <td width="27" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">(3)</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="628">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
  offering.</font></p>
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      <td width="93"></td>
      <td width="27" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  (4)</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="628">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> That, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
  Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
  employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
  may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp; In the event that a
  claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
  the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
  controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
  person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
  will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
  expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
  of such issue.</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">II-4</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Madison, State of Georgia, on this 1st day of
  April, 2002.</font></p>
  <p></p>
  <p style="margin-left: 350"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Avado Brands, Inc.<br>
  </font><font size="3">(Registrant)<br>
  <br>
  By:&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Mitchell Blocher&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font><br>
  <font size="3">Mitchell Blocher<br>
  Vice President, Financial Reporting and<br>
  Compliance and Assistant Treasurer</font>
  <font size="3">&nbsp;<br clear="all">
  </font></font>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>&nbsp;</b>II-5</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Tom
  E. DuPree, Jr. and Mitchell Blocher and either of them, his or her true and
  lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution, for him or her in any
  and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to cause the same
  to be filed, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
  each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in
  and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
  undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
  acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
  the date indicated.</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp; /s/ Tom E. DuPree,
  Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  /s/ William V. Lapham&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
  Tom E. DuPree,
  Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William
  V. Lapham<br>
  Chairman of the Board
  and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director<br>
  Chief Executive
  Officer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date: April 1, 2002<br>
  (Principal Executive, Financial and<br>
  Accounting Officer)<br>
  Date: April 1, 2002</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp; /s/ Margaret E. Waldrep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  /s/ Robert Sroka&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
  Margaret E. Waldrep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert Sroka<br>
  Chief Administrative Officer
  and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director<br>
  Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date: April 1, 2002<br>
  Date: April 1, 2002</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
  Jerome
  Atkinson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Emilio
  Alvarez-Recio<br>
  Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director<br>
  Date: April 1,
  2002&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date: April 1, 2002</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>&nbsp;</b>II-6</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the persons who administer
  the employee benefit plan have duly caused this Registration Statement to be
  signed on</font> its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tampa, State of Florida, on April 1, 2002.</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p align="right"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font></b>The Hops Operating Partner Equity
  Investment Plan</font></p>
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p align="right"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">By:&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  /s/ Katherine Asturias&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
  </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Katherine Asturias, Plan Administrator&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p align="left"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>&nbsp;</b>II-7</font></p>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  &nbsp;
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">TO</font></b></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</font></b></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  <p><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  <p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Exhibit Number</font></font></u><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <u>Description</u></font></b></p>
  <table border="0" width="694" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5">
    <tr>
      <td width="272" valign="top"><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Restated Articles of Incorporation of Avado (incorporated herein by reference
  to Current Report on Form 8-K of Avado, filed as of October 13, 1998,
  Commission File No. 000-19542)</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Avado (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 3.2 of Registration Statement of Avado on Form S-1, Commission File
  No. 33-42662)</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  The Hops Operating Partner Equity Investment Plan</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">23.1</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Consent of KPMG LLP</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="272" valign="top">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">24.1</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="406">
  <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
  Power of Attorney (see signature page)</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>&nbsp;</b>II-8</font></p>

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Prepared by Kilpatrick Stockton EDGAR Services
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  April 3, 2002
File No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVADO BRANDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)
Georgia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
59-2778983
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
Hancock at Washington
Madison, Georgia  30650
(706) 342-4552
(Address and Telephone Number of Issuer's Principal
  Executive Offices)
The Hops
  Operating Partner Equity Investment Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mitch Blocher
Vice President, Financial Reporting and Compliance and Assistant Treasurer
Hancock at Washington
Madison, Georgia  30650
(706) 342-4552
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
  of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Larry D. Ledbetter, Esq.
KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP
1100 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4530
(404) 815-6500
(404) 815-6555 (fax)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities
to be Registered
(1)
Amount to
be Registered
(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(3)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock
1,750,000 shares
$0.40
$700,000
$64.40
(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also
  covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered pursuant to the
  employee benefit plan described herein (the "Plan").
(2)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered or
  issued from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.
(3)   Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the offering
  price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of Avado Brands, Inc.
  common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board on March 27, 2002.
PART
  I.          INFORMATION REQUIRED
  IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1.
PLAN INFORMATION*.
ITEM
  2.          REGISTRANT
  INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL
INFORMATION*.
*
Information required by Part I to be
  contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
  Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART
  II.         INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM
  3.          INCORPORATION OF
  DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
  incorporated by reference into this registration statement (the "Registration
  Statement") and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
  of such documents:
(1)
Form 10-K of the Registrant ("Avado") filed as of April 1, 2002
  (Commission File Number 000-19542).
(2)
The description of the Common Stock as contained in Avado's Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A dated September 23, 1991 filed under Section 12 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including all amendments or
  reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(3)
All other documents subsequently filed by the registrant or the Plan pursuant
  to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
  pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities that remain unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
  contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
  statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
  deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
  Registration Statement.
ITEM
  4.          DESCRIPTION OF
  SECURITIES.
Not Applicable.
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ITEM
  5.          INTERESTS OF NAMED
  EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not Applicable.
ITEM
  6.          INDEMNIFICATION OF
  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Under Section 14-2-202 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the "Code"), as amended, a corporation's articles of incorporation may eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except liability for:  (a) any appropriation, in violation of his or her duties, of any business opportunity of the corporation; (b) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (c) the types of liability set forth in Code Section 14-2-832; or (d) any transaction from which the director received an improper personal benefit (the "Non-Excludable Liabilities"), provided that no such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes effective.  The Restated Articles of Incorporation of Avado (the "Articles") provide that no director shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of the duty of care or any other duty as a director, except that such liability shall not be eliminated with respect to the Non-Excludable Liabilities.
The Code authorizes or, under certain circumstances, requires a corporation to indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a director or officer, against liability, expenses or both incurred in connection with the proceeding, subject to certain conditions. Avado's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") provide for indemnification rights for directors and officers. The following is a summary of the material provisions of Article Eight of the Bylaws.
Article 8.1 requires Avado to indemnify and hold harmless any director who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding, including any action or suit by or in the right of Avado (each, a "Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director, officer, employee, or agent of Avado, against any judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to the Proceeding, except in connection with Non-Excludable Liabilities.  Directors are also entitled to have Avado advance any such expenses prior to final disposition of the Proceeding, upon an undertaking to repay Avado if it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled to indemnification.
Article 8.2 of the Bylaws provides that the Board of Directors has the power to extend to officers, employees, and agents of Avado all or any part of the indemnification permitted for such persons by the Code.  The Board of Directors has extended indemnification rights to all of Avado's executive officers.
Avado, upon authorization of the Board of Directors, has the power to enter into an agreement or agreements providing indemnification rights pursuant to Article Eight to any person who was or is a director or officer of Avado.  Avado has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers.
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Article 8.3 of the Bylaws requires Avado to indemnify any director, and authorizes the Board of Directors to cause Avado to indemnify any officer, who is serving at Avado's request as a director or officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, subject to the conditions, limitations, and obligations specified for indemnification of such persons for liabilities in connection with service directly to
  Avado.
Article 8.6 of the Bylaws provides that Avado has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any liability asserted against such person or incurred by such person in any such capacity, whether or not Avado has the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Article Eight.
Under the Code, a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify or advance expenses to him or her against the same liability. 
  Avado has purchased and maintains directors and officers' liability insurance coverage.
ITEM
  7.          EXEMPTION FROM
  REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not Applicable.
ITEM
  8.          EXHIBITS.
The exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement are as follows:
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Avado (incorporated herein by reference
  to Current Report on Form 8-K of Avado, filed as of October 13, 1998,
  Commission File No. 000-19542)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Avado (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 3.2 of Registration Statement of Avado on Form S-1, Commission File
  No. 33-42662)
4.3
The Hops Operating Partner Equity Investment Plan
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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ITEM
  9.          UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrant ("Registrant") hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-
  effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
  in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
  the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
  registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
  offering.
(4)
That, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
  Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
  employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
  may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
  claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
  the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
  controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
  person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
  will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
  expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
  of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Madison, State of Georgia, on this 1st day of
  April, 2002.
Avado Brands, Inc.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Mitchell Blocher
Mitchell Blocher
Vice President, Financial Reporting and
Compliance and Assistant Treasurer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Tom
  E. DuPree, Jr. and Mitchell Blocher and either of them, his or her true and
  lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution, for him or her in any
  and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to cause the same
  to be filed, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
  each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in
  and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
  undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
  acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
  the date indicated.
/s/ Tom E. DuPree,
  Jr.
/s/ William V. Lapham
Tom E. DuPree,
  Jr.                                                                 William
  V. Lapham
Chairman of the Board
  and                                                      Director
Chief Executive
  Officer                                                            Date: April 1, 2002
(Principal Executive, Financial and
Accounting Officer)
Date: April 1, 2002
/s/ Margaret E. Waldrep
/s/ Robert Sroka
Margaret E. Waldrep                                                               Robert Sroka
Chief Administrative Officer
  and                                               Director
Director                                                                                   Date: April 1, 2002
Date: April 1, 2002
Jerome
  Atkinson                                                                      Emilio
  Alvarez-Recio
Director                                                                                   Director
Date: April 1,
  2002                                                                  Date: April 1, 2002
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Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the persons who administer
  the employee benefit plan have duly caused this Registration Statement to be
  signed on
its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tampa, State of Florida, on April 1, 2002.
The Hops Operating Partner Equity
  Investment Plan
By:
/s/ Katherine Asturias
Katherine Asturias, Plan Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Avado (incorporated herein by reference
  to Current Report on Form 8-K of Avado, filed as of October 13, 1998,
  Commission File No. 000-19542)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Avado (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 3.2 of Registration Statement of Avado on Form S-1, Commission File
  No. 33-42662)
4.3
The Hops Operating Partner Equity Investment Plan
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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