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	<headerData>
        <submissionType>144</submissionType>
                <filerInfo>
            <filer>
                <filerCredentials>
                    <cik>0002097265</cik>
                    <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
                </filerCredentials>
            </filer>
        <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>




                </filerInfo>
    </headerData>

     <formData>
        <issuerInfo>
            <issuerCik>0001171759</issuerCik>
			<issuerName>RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC</issuerName>


			    <secFileNumber>001-34851</secFileNumber>


			<issuerAddress>
				<com:street1>10000 E. GEDDES AVE.</com:street1>
                				<com:street2>STE. 500</com:street2>
                				<com:city>ENGLEWOOD</com:city>
				<com:stateOrCountry>CO</com:stateOrCountry>
				<com:zipCode>80112</com:zipCode>
			</issuerAddress>

			<issuerContactPhone>3038466000</issuerContactPhone>
			<nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Jesse Griffith</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>

			<relationshipsToIssuer>

				    <relationshipToIssuer>Officer</relationshipToIssuer>

			</relationshipsToIssuer>
		</issuerInfo>

				          <securitiesInformation>
			<securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
			<brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
				<name>E*Trade from Morgan Stanley</name>
				<address>
				<com:street1>Morgan Stanley </com:street1>
                				<com:street2>200 Hudson Street Suite 501</com:street2>
                				<com:city>Jersey City</com:city>
				<com:stateOrCountry>NJ</com:stateOrCountry>
				<com:zipCode>07311</com:zipCode>
				</address>
			</brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
			<noOfUnitsSold>1048</noOfUnitsSold>
			<aggregateMarketValue>3479.36</aggregateMarketValue>
			<noOfUnitsOutstanding>17964459</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
			<approxSaleDate>02/18/2026</approxSaleDate>
			<securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
		</securitiesInformation>

    		       <securitiesToBeSold>
         <securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
         <acquiredDate>02/17/2026</acquiredDate>
         <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Restricted Stock Units</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
                  <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
                  <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
		          <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>2038</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
                  <paymentDate>02/17/2026</paymentDate>
                  <natureOfPayment>Compensation</natureOfPayment>
      </securitiesToBeSold>

    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>


    		<remarks>Represents an estimate of shares expected to be sold pursuant to automatic "sell to cover" transactions to cover tax withholding obligations and fees arising due to the vesting of restricted stock units on 02/17/26. Such sell to cover transactions do not represent discretionary trades by the Reporting Person. The actual number of shares sold will depend on the sale price of the Company's common stock in such transactions.</remarks>

        <noticeSignature>
            <noticeDate>02/18/2026</noticeDate>
                        <signature>  /s/ Carrie Etherton, Attorney-in-Fact</signature>
        </noticeSignature>
	</formData>
    </edgarSubmission>
