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): March 15, 2010

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-33515	13-3690261
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

555 Zang Street, Suite 300

Lakewood, Colorado 80228

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(303) 568-8000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

On March 15, 2010, Richard P. Dutkiewicz, the Chief Financial Officer of Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned from his employment and all positions that he holds with the Company, effective April 9, 2010.

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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.

	EINSTEIN NOAH RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
Date: March 19, 2010	/s/ RHONDA J. PARISH
	Rhonda J. Parish
	Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

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