8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2011

REAL MEX RESTAURANTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	333-116310	13-4012902
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5660 Katella Avenue, Suite 100 Cypress, CA	90630
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (562)-346-1200

Not applicable

(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Resignation of Raymond Garcia as Senior Vice President of Operations

On June 10, 2011, Raymond Garcia, Senior Vice President of Operations of Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. (“Real Mex” or the “Company”), announced his resignation from the Company effective immediately. The Company thanks Mr. Garcia for his many years of service.

Appointment of Edie Ames as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

On June 16, 2011, Real Mex announced the appointment of Edie Ames as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective July 11, 2011. Ms. Ames most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, LLC, a boutique steakhouse company that owns and operates the Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House and Sullivan’s Steakhouse concepts. Prior to that, she served as President of Morton’s Restaurant Group, Inc. for five years. Ms. Ames began her restaurant career at California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. where she held positions of increasing responsibility over an 11 year period, ultimately serving as Regional Vice President of Operations and Training.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated June 16, 2011 regarding the appointment of Edie Ames as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

	REAL MEX RESTAURANTS, INC.
Date: June 16, 2011	By:	/s/ Richard P. Dutkiewicz
		Richard P. Dutkiewicz
		Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Media Contact:
Lowell Petrie, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Real Mex Restaurants
562-346-1260
lowell.petrie@realmexrestaurants.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REAL MEX RESTAURANTS NAMES EDIE AMES AS NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Cypress, CA, June 16, 2011 — Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. today announced the appointment of Edie Ames as the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer, effective July 11, 2011.

A seasoned restaurant industry executive, Ms. Ames most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, LLC, a boutique steakhouse company that owns and operates the Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House and Sullivan’s Steakhouse concepts. In that role, she was responsible for operations, culinary, beverage, training, marketing, social media, human resources and national sales. Previously, she served as President of Morton’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (NYSE: MRT) for five years, overseeing all restaurant operations, along with purchasing, marketing, training, human resources and sales with a worldwide staff of more than 4,500 employees. Ms. Ames began her restaurant career at California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPKI), where she held positions of increasing responsibility over an 11 year period, including restaurant general manager, regional director of operations, and regional vice president of operations and training.

David Goronkin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Real Mex Restaurants, Inc., said, “We are pleased to be welcoming Edie to Real Mex Restaurants and are highly confident that she will play an instrumental role in shaping our Company’s future. Edie has a tremendous passion for people and a unique ability to engage them in driving organizational success. Throughout her career, she has established a proven track record of aligning functional departments with operations to improve efficiencies and execution, and we intend to leverage Edie’s well-defined skill set to achieve similar objectives at Real Mex. We are delighted that an individual of her caliber is joining our executive team.”

About Real Mex Restaurants, Inc.
Headquartered in Cypress California, Real Mex Restaurants is the largest full service, casual dining operator of Mexican Restaurants in the United States with 178 company owned and operated restaurants as well as 24 franchised restaurants. Our brands include El Torito Restaurants, Acapulco Mexican Restaurants, Chevy’s Fresh Mex Restaurants, Sinigual Restaurants, Las Brisas Restaurant in Laguna Beach, and several additional regional concepts. In addition, our Real Mex Foods division is a custom manufacturer of foodservice products specializing in soups, sauces, salsas, starches and proteins in a modern USDA certified facility as well as a provider of broadline foodservice distribution to restaurants.