Exhibit 32.2

EX-32 9 ex322.htm EXHIBIT 32.2 Exhibit 32.2

EXHIBIT 32(2)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE 13a-14(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AND 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of RARE Hospitality International, Inc. (the “Registrant”) on Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 25, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, W. Douglas Benn, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, certify, in accordance with Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)

The Report, to which this certification is attached as Exhibit 32.2, fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Dated: March 6, 2006	/s/ W. Douglas Benn
	W. Douglas Benn
	Executive Vice President, Finance and
	Chief Financial Officer