SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    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): July 8, 2003

                      RARE Hospitality International, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




Georgia                         0-19924                 58-1498312
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(State or Other                 (Commission             (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of                 File Number)            Identification No.)
Incorporation)

                  8215 Roswell Rd, Bldg. 600, Atlanta, GA 30350
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         (Addresses of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                                 (770) 399-9595
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)



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Item 7.       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

              (c)     Exhibits.




  EXHIBIT NO.                       DESCRIPTION
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        99.1                        Press Release dated July 7, 2003




Item 9.       Regulation FD Disclosure

              The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 12,
"Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition":

              On July 7, 2003, RARE Hospitality International Inc. (the
"Company") announced stronger-than-expected second-quarter same-store sales
growth and increased earnings guidance. The full text of the press release is
set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The information in this report, including the
exhibit hereto, is deemed not "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Further, pursuant to the interim
guidance of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Release No. 33-8216, the
Company is including this Item 12 information under Item 9 because Item 12 has
not yet been added to the EDGAR system.





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                                    SIGNATURE

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.


                                  RARE Hospitality International, Inc.


                                  By:  /s/  W. DOUGLAS BENN
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                                      Name:  W. Douglas Benn
                                      Title: Executive Vice President, Finance
                                             and Chief Financial Officer

Date: July 8, 2003

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