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  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  Apri1 3, 2002<br>
  File No. 333-_____</font></p>
  <hr color="#000000">
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  </font></p>
  <hr width="25%" color="#000000">
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" 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></p>
  <hr width="25%" color="#000000">
  <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" 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></p>
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        <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" 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></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"><b><font face="Times New Roman" 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></p>
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  <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" 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></p>
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Hops Grill &amp; Bar, Inc. MP 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></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" 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></p>
  <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" 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></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;Calculation of Registration Fee</font></b></p>
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        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b><br>
        Title of Securities<br>
        to be Registered</b><sup>(1)</sup></font></p>
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      <td width="150" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;<br>
        Amount to<br>
        </font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>be Registered</b><sup>(2)</sup></font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="172" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Proposed Maximum<br>
        Offering Price<br>
        </font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Per Share</b><sup>(4)</sup></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" size="2">&nbsp;<br>
        </font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Amount of<br>
        Registration Fee</font></b></p>
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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">1,000,000 shares<sup>(3)</sup></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">$400,000</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="135" valign="top">
        <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">$36.80</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>
  (3)&nbsp;&nbsp; Represents shares registered in addition to the 1,000,000 shares
  registered on Form S-8 (File No. 333-56138) filed on February 23, 2001.<br>
  (4)&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="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E<br>
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</font></b></p>
  <p style="text-indent: 75" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration
  Statement&#148;) is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;)
  to register additional shares of the registrant's common stock issuable
  pursuant to The Hops Grill &amp; Bar, Inc. MP Equity Investment Plan (the
  &#147;Plan&#148;).&nbsp; Unless otherwise noted herein, this Registration
  Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the registrant's
  registration statement relating to the Plan on Form S-8 (File No. 333-56138),
  and all exhibits thereto, which was previously filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on February 23, 2001.&nbsp; On June 25, 2001, the Common
  Stock of the Registrant was delisted by NASDAQ.&nbsp; It is now tradable on
  the over-the-counter electronic bulletin board maintained by the National
  Association of Securities Dealers under the symbol &#147;AVDO.</font>&#148;</p>
  <p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">PART II.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>
  <p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ITEM 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  EXHIBITS.</font></b></p>
  <p style="text-indent: 75" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">The exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement are as
  follows</font>:</p>
  <p><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Exhibit Number</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <u>Description</u></font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Consent of KPMG LLP</font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Power of Attorney (see signature page)</font></p>
  <p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent: 84" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">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>
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        <td width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Avado Brands, Inc.<br>
          </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;(Registrant)</font></td>
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        <td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
        <td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
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        <td width="50%"></td>
        <td width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;
          /s/ Mitch Blocher</font>
          <hr color="#000000" width="94%" size="1" align="right">
        </td>
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        <td width="50%"></td>
        <td width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          Mitch Blocher<br>
          &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President, Financial
          Reporting<br>
          &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and Compliance and Assistant
          Treasurer</font></td>
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  &nbsp;
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p>&nbsp;<center><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b>
    </center>
  </p>
  <p style="text-indent: 75" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">
  Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Tom E.
  DuPree, Jr. and Mitch 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-8and to cause the same to
  be filed, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith,with the Securities and Exchange Commission<b>, </b>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 style="text-indent: 75" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">
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 face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <td width="329" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Tom E. DuPree, Jr.
        <hr align="left" width="80%" size="1" color="#000000"></font>
      </td>
      <td width="310" colspan="2" valign="top">
      </td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="329" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Tom E. DuPree, Jr.</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="310" colspan="2" valign="top">
      </td>
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      <td width="329" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief&nbsp;<br>
 Executive Officer
        (Principal Executive Officer),<br>
        Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting<br>
        Officer</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="310" colspan="2" valign="top">
      </td>
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      <td width="329" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Date: April 1, 2002</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="310" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
      </td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/s/ Margaret E. Waldrep
        <hr align="left" width="80%" size="1" color="#000000"></font>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Margaret E. Waldrep</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Date: April 1, 2002</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/s/ Robert Sroka
        <hr align="left" width="80%" size="1" color="#000000"></font>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Robert Sroka</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Date: April 1, 2002</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/s/ William V.Lapham
        <hr align="left" width="80%" size="1" color="#000000"></font>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">William V. Lapham</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Date:&nbsp; April 1, 2002</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <hr align="left" width="80%" size="1" color="#000000"></font>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Emilio Alvarez-Recio</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Date:</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
        <hr align="left" width="80%" size="1" color="#000000"></font>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Jerome A. Atkinson</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td width="321" colspan="2" valign="top">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Date:</font></p>
      </td>
      <td width="315">
        <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p style="text-indent: 75" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">
  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</font>.</p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
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        <td width="50%"></td>
        <td width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">The Hops Grill &amp; Bar, Inc. MP Equity Investment&nbsp;<br>
 Plan</font></td>
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        <td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
        <td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
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        <td width="50%"></td>
        <td width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          /s/ Katherine Astrurias</font>
          <hr color="#000000" width="94%" size="1" align="right">
          &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Katherine Asturias, Administrator</font>
        </td>
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        <td width="50%"></td>
        <td width="50%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          </font></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  <hr color="#000080" size="3">
  <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">EXHIBIT INDEX<br>
  TO<br>
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</font></b></p>
  <p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  <p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Exhibit Number</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <u>Description</u></font></b></p>
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  Consent of KPMG LLP</font></p>
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Prepared by Kilpatrick Stockton EDGAR Services
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  Apri1 3, 2002
File No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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 Grill & Bar, Inc. MP 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
(4)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock
1,000,000 shares
(3)
$0.40
$400,000
$36.80
(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)   Represents shares registered in addition to the 1,000,000 shares
  registered on Form S-8 (File No. 333-56138) filed on February 23, 2001.
(4)   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.
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
  Statement") is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
  to register additional shares of the registrant's common stock issuable
  pursuant to The Hops Grill & Bar, Inc. MP Equity Investment Plan (the
  "Plan").  Unless otherwise noted herein, this Registration
  Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the registrant's
  registration statement relating to the Plan on Form S-8 (File No. 333-56138),
  and all exhibits thereto, which was previously filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on February 23, 2001.  On June 25, 2001, the Common
  Stock of the Registrant was delisted by NASDAQ.  It is now tradable on
  the over-the-counter electronic bulletin board maintained by the National
  Association of Securities Dealers under the symbol "AVDO.
"
PART II.        
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8.         
  EXHIBITS.
The exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement are as
  follows
:
Exhibit Number
Description
23                                                                   
  Consent of KPMG LLP
24                                                                   
  Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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/ Mitch Blocher
Mitch Blocher
Vice President, Financial
          Reporting
and Compliance and Assistant
          Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Tom E.
  DuPree, Jr. and Mitch 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-8and 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.
Tom E. DuPree, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer
        (Principal Executive Officer),
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer
Date: April 1, 2002
/s/ Margaret E. Waldrep
Margaret E. Waldrep
Director
Date: April 1, 2002
/s/ Robert Sroka
Robert Sroka
Director
Date: April 1, 2002
/s/ William V.Lapham
William V. Lapham
Director
Date:  April 1, 2002
Emilio Alvarez-Recio
Director
Date:
Jerome A. Atkinson
Director
Date:
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 Grill & Bar, Inc. MP Equity Investment
Plan
By:   
          /s/ Katherine Astrurias
Katherine Asturias, Administrator
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit Number
Description
23                                                                   
  Consent of KPMG LLP
24                                                                   
  Power of Attorney (see signature page)