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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or
Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Timothy Barakett
c/o Atticus Capital, L.L.C.
590 Madison Avenue
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10022
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Unique Casual Restaurants, Inc. (UNIQ)
3. IRS Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
7/98
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)to Issuer (Check all
applicable)
( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below)
() Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security| 2. Transaction| 3. Transaction| 4. Securities | 5. Amount of | 6. Ownership |7. Nature of |
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | Acquired (A) | Securities | Form: | Indirect |
| | (Instr. 8) | or Disposed | Beneficially | Direct (D) | Beneficial|
| (Month/ | | of (D) | Owned at End | or Indirect| Ownership |
| Day/ | | (Instr. 3,4, | of Month | (I) | (Instr. 4)|
| Year) | | and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (Instr. 4) | |
| | | | |(A) or| | | | |
| | Code | V | Amount|(D) |Price| | | |
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 7/29/98 P 15,000 A $6.96816666 I +
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Common Stock 7/30/98 P 25,000 A $7.0558 1,902,406++ I +
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of | 2. Conver- | 3. Trans- | 4. Trans- | 5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- | 7. Title and Amount |
Derivative | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying |
Security | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities |
(Instr. 3) | Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. | Acquired | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) |
| Deri- | Date/ | 8) | (A) or | (Month/Day/ | |
| vative | Year) | | Disposed of | Year) | |
| Security | | | (D) (Instr. | | |
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| 8. Price of | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Derivative | derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 5) | Benefi- | Security | Ownership |
| | cially | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | Owned at | or Indirect | |
| | End of | (I) (Instr. | |
| | Month | 4) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
+ Principal of General Partner or Investment Manager
++ The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these
securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest
therein.
/s/ Timothy R. Barakett August 12, 1998
__________________________ ______________________
Date
** Signature of
Reporting Person
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.
02090003.AH3