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        <issuerName>NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>LAPOINT WILLIAM J</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1880</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02116</rptOwnerZipCode>
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(&quot;HD III&quot;) agreed to acquire an aggregate of 57,000 shares of Series Z Preferred Stock of New World Restaurant Group, Inc. in exchange for 56,237.994 shares of Series F Preferred Stock, 23,264,107 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase 13,711,054 shares of Common Stock of New World Restaurant Group, Inc. in a private transaction.</footnote><footnote id="F2">By HD III.  The reporting person is one of several managing members of the sole general partner of HD III.  Pursuant to Instruction 4(b)(iv) of Form 4, the reporting person has elected to report as indirectly beneficially owned the entire number of securities reported as beneficially owned by such limited partnership.  The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities, and any proceeds thereof, that exceed his or her pecuniary interest therein and/or that are not actually distributed to him or her.</footnote><footnote id="F3">HD III was entitled to receive the Warrants on a periodic basis and as a result of the trigger of anti-dilution provisions after September 2002.  Although the Warrants are issued as of the indicated date, new World Restaurant Group, Inc. did not receive the Warrants on the scheduled dates and the Warrants were recently issued by new World Restaurant Group, Inc.</footnote><footnote id="F4">In connection with the ownership by HD III of warrants to purchase common Stock of New World Restaurant Group, Inc., HD III is entitled to receive, without further consideration, additional warrants to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $.01 per share pursuant to the antidilution provisions of such warrants.</footnote><footnote id="F5">In connection with the ownership by HD III of shares of Series F Preferred Stock of New World Restaurant Group, Inc., HD III is entitled to receive, without further consideration, additional warrants to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $.01 per share in the event that certain events do not occur.</footnote></footnotes><remarks/><ownerSignature><signatureName>William J. Nimmo, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-10-02</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

