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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Advantica Restaurant Group,
Inc.'s Registration Statements Nos. 333-53031, 333-58169, 333-58167 and
333-95981 (such Registration Statement also constitutes a post-effective
amendment to Registration Statement No. 333-53031) on Form S-8 of our report
dated February 14, 2001, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc., for the year ended December 27, 2000.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Greenville, South Carolina
March 27, 2001