INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
Greenwood Village, Colorado
We have audited the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the Company) and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity (deficit) and cash
flows for the years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000 and December 26, 1999. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000 and
December 26, 1999 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Denver, Colorado
February 19, 2002, except for the third and fourth paragraphs of note 15,
as to which the date is April 26, 2002 and for the fifth paragraph of note 15,
as to which the date is June 4, 2002
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