FORM 3 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission OMB APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: April 30, 1997
Initial Statement of Beneficial Estimated average
Ownership of Securities burden hours per
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section
30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person:
BARTON CRAIG WILLIAM
(Last) (First) (Middle)
1313 N. Webb Road
(Street)
Wichita Kansas 67278
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year): December 19, 1996
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary): 509527802
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Stoico Restaurant Group, Inc.:
(SRGI)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable):
_X_ Director ____ 10% Owner
___ Officer (give ____ Other (specify
title below) below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year):
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing:
(Check applicable line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Amount 3. Ownership 4. Nature of
(Instruction 4) of Securities Form: of Indirect
Beneficially Direct (D) or Beneficial
Owned Indirect (I) Ownership
(Instruction 4) (Instruction 5) (Instruction 5)
_____________________ ___________________ _________________ ________________
Common Stock 10,000 D
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses)
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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Form 3 (continued)
TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS,
WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instruction 4):
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year):
Date Exercisable:
Expiration Date:
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instruction 4):
Title:
Amount or Number of Shares:
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security:
5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instruction 5):
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership(Instruction 5):
Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Craig William Barton December 19, 1996
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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