Avado Brands, Inc.
Hancock at Washington
Madison, GA 30650-1304
July 23, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Filing Desk
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Avado Brands, Inc.
Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-02958) filed on April 3, 1996, as amended
Dear Sir or Madam:
Avado Brands, Inc. (the "Company") formerly known as Apple South, Inc.,
hereby applies under Rule 477 for the withdrawal of its above-referenced
Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on April 3, 1996, as amended, with
respect to the registration of $200,000,000 of its Debt Securities. The purpose
of the Registration Statement was to facilitate the offering of debt securities
to raise capital for the Company. The Company will not issue any additional
securities under this Registration Statement. Therefore, the Company wishes to
withdraw the Registration Statement because the need for it no longer exists.
Please direct any questions to our counsel, Larry D. Ledbetter of
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, at (404) 815-6175.
Respectfully yours,
/s/ Louis Profumo
Louis J. Profumo
Senior Vice President of Finance
and Chief Accounting Officer
