LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

                        SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

	  Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of Russell Bendel, Ira Fils and Ray Nopper, signing singly, as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead
of the undersigned to:

(1)	  prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of The Habit
Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and
the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	  seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

(3)	  perform any and all other acts that in the discretion of such attorney-in-
fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in
connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	  this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney-in-
fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information;

(2)	  any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or
her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	  neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned
for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	  this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	  The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all the acts that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney for and on
behalf of the undersigned.

	  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

	  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 31st day of October, 2018.


                                /s/ John Phillips
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                                Signature

                                Name: John Phillips

                                Title: Chief Global Business Partnership Officer