POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
        I hereby make, constitute and appoint each, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief
 Financial Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Deputy General Counsel of Red Robin Gourmet
 Burgers, Inc. (the "Company"), and certain individuals, Annita M. Menogan, John W. Grant,
 Florine Clark, and Christina R. Carlson who at the time of acting pursuant to this Power
 of Attorney is each acting singly, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, sign, acknowledge, deliver and file for me and on my behalf, Forms 3, 4 and 5
 and any amendments thereof in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
 Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and the rules of the Securities and Exchange
 Commission ("SEC"),with respect to securities or contracts of (or with respect to) the
 Company, and Form ID or other information to secure an access and any other code and/or
 CIK number to permit my filing via EDGAR;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for me and on my behalf which may be necessary or
 desirable to complete any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and file in any authorized manner such 
form and this power of attorney with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
(3) seek or obtain, as my representative and on my behalf, information concerning 
transactions in or with respect to the Company's securities from any third party, 
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, knowing that I
 hereby authorize any such person to release any such information to the attorney-in fact
 and approve any such release of information; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
 in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to me, in my best interest, 
or legally required of me, it being understood that the documents executed by such 
attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form 
and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such 
attorney-in-fact's discretion.  I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power 
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein 
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present,
 with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that 
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall 
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and 
powers herein granted. This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such 
attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such 
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information. I further 
acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my 
request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to 
comply with Section 16 of the 1934 Act or any liability I may have with respect to 
transactions reported or reportable thereunder. All prior actions taken by each such 
attorney-in-fact which are consistent with the authority conferred hereby are ratified 
and approved. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no 
longer required to file Section 16 reports with respect to my holdings of and transactions
 in or involving securities issued by the Company, or earlier if I revoke it in a signed
 writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys- in-fact.

March 4, 2010                                        /s/ Robert B. Aiken Jr.
                                                Robert B. Aiken, Jr.