JOINDER AGREEMENT

                                JOINDER AGREEMENT

     WHEREAS, TRC Finance, Inc. ("Finance") and the Initial Purchasers named

therein (the "Initial Purchasers") heretofore executed and delivered a Purchase

Agreement, dated September 21, 2005 (the "Purchase Agreement"), providing for

the issuance and sale of the Securities (as defined therein); and

     WHEREAS, as a condition to the consummation of the offering of the

Securities, The Restaurant Company (the "Company") and each Guarantor (as

defined in the Purchase Agreement), that was originally not a party thereto, has

agreed to join in the Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date.

     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have

the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and each Guarantor hereby agrees for the

benefit of the Initial Purchasers, as follows:

     1. Joinder. Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges that it has

received and reviewed a copy of the Purchase Agreement and all other documents

it deems fit to enter into this Joinder Agreement (the "Joinder Agreement"), and

acknowledges and agrees to (i) join and become a party to the Purchase Agreement

as indicated by its signature below; (ii) be bound by all covenants, agreements,

representations, warranties and acknowledgments attributable to an indemnifying

party in the Purchase Agreement as if made by, and with respect to, each

signatory hereto; and (iii) perform all obligations and duties required of an

indemnifying party pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

     2. Representations and Warranties and Agreements of the Company and the

Guarantors. Each of the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to and agrees

with the Initial Purchasers that it has all the requisite corporate power and

authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Joinder

Agreement and the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby has been

duly and validly taken and that when this Joinder Agreement is executed and

delivered, it