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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 SCHEDULE 13D-A


                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                Amendment No. 2

                            The Quizno's Corporation

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                                (Name of Issuer)

Warrants exercisable for Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                  749058 10 3

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                                 (CUSIP Number)


J. Eric Lawrence, Executive Vice President, Retail & Restaurant Growth
Management, Inc., 10000 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1060, Dallas, Texas 75231
(214) 750-0065

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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
                                Communications)


                                January 6, 1999

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             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box.  [ ]


The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).





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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                              CUSIP NO. 749058 10 3

    1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON 
           S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 
           Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital, L.P. 75-2623606

    2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*    (a)  [ ]
                                                                (b)  [ ]

    3      SEC USE ONLY
    4      SOURCE OF FUNDS*  WC

    5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS           [ ]
           REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

    6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
           Delaware

                7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                       415,056 Common Shares (maximum upon exercise of Warrants)

                8      SHARED VOTING POWER
                       N/A
  NUMBER OF 
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY    9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
  OWNED BY             415,056 Common Shares (maximum upon exercise of Warrants)
    EACH                  
  REPORTING     10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 PERSON WITH             N/A      
                       

    11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
            415,056 Common Shares (maximum upon exercise of Warrants) 

    12      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)            [ ]
            EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

    13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 
            9.4%  Common Stock

    14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 
            IV (Small Business Investment Company exempt from Investment 
            Company Act of 1940)





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                             SCHEDULE 13D STATEMENT

ITEM 1(a).  TITLE OF CLASS OF EQUITY SECURITIES:

            Warrants to purchase Common Stock of The Quizno's Corporation, par
            value $0.001 per share.

ITEM 1(b).  NAME AND ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:

            The Quizno's Corporation (the "Issuer") 
            1099 18th Street, Suite 2850
            Denver, CO 80202

ITEM 2(a).  NAME OF PERSON FILING:

            Retail and Restaurant Growth Capital, L.P. ("RRGC"). Set forth below
            is the name and address of each General Partner of RRGC:

                              Retail & Restaurant Growth Partners, L.P.
                              10000 N. Central Expressway
                              Suite 1060
                              Dallas, Texas  75231

            Set forth below is the name and address of each General Partner of
            Retail & Restaurant Growth Partners, L.P.:

                              Retail & Restaurant Growth Management, Inc.
                              10000 N. Central Expressway
                              Suite 1060
                              Dallas, Texas  75231

            Set forth below are the names and addresses of each officer and
            director and control person of Retail & Restaurant Growth
            Management, Inc.:

            Raymond C. Hemmig
            Chief Executive Officer
             and Chairman of the Board
            10000 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1060
            Dallas, TX  75231

            Mark L. Masinter
            Vice President and Director
            10000 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1060
            Dallas, TX  75231





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            Joseph L. Harberg
            Secretary & Director
            10000 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1060
            Dallas, TX  75231

            J. Eric Lawrence            
            Vice President & Director   
            10000 N. Central Expressway 
            Dallas, TX  75231           
                                        
            Marshall B. Payne           
            Director                    
            Cardinal Investment Company 
            500 Crescent Court          
            Suite 250                   
            Dallas, TX  75201           
                                        
            Scott M. Kleberg            
            Director                    
            Private Equity Partners     
            301 Commerce Street         
            Suite 1600                  
            Fort Worth, TX  76102       
                                        
            George Rich                 
            Director                    
            Armata Partners, L.P.       
            300 E. Lombard              
            Suite 610                   
            Baltimore, MD  21202        
            

ITEM 2(b).  RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS ADDRESS:

            10000 N. Central Expressway
            Suite 1060                  
            Dallas, Texas  75231        
            
ITEM 2(c).  PRESENT EMPLOYMENT AND THE NAME, PRINCIPAL BUSINESS AND ADDRESS OF
            THE COMPANY IN WHICH SUCH EMPLOYMENT IS CONDUCTED. 
            RRGC is a limited partnership licensed by the U.S. Small Business 
            Administration as a small business investment company that invests 
            in retail and restaurant companies.

ITEM 2(d).  WHETHER OR NOT, DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN
            CONVICTED IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING.

            No



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ITEM 2(e).  WHETHER OR NOT, DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SUCH PERSON WAS A PARTY
            TO A CIVIL PROCEEDING AND AS A RESULT WAS OR IS SUBJECT TO AN
            ENJOINMENT WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

            No

ITEM 2(f).  CITIZENSHIP.

            United States

ITEM 3.     SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

            The original securities were purchased from Funds raised by RRGC
            from the sale of general and limited partnership interests in RRGC
            and debentures guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
            RRGC invested $2,000,000 in the purchase of the original securities.

ITEM 4.     PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

            RRGC entered into the transaction for investment purposes. RRGC does
            not have any plans or proposals which relate to or would result in:
            (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the
            Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; (b) an
            extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger,
            reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its
            subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets
            of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the
            present board of directors or management of the Issuer, including
            any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or
            to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change
            in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; (f)
            any other material change in the Issuer's business or corporate
            structure including but not limited to, if the Issuer is a
            registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to
            make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is
            required by section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940; (g)
            changes in the Issuer's charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding
            thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control
            of the Issuer by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of
            the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to
            cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation
            system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class
            of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination
            of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any
            action similar to any of those enumerated above.

ITEM 5(a).  AGGREGATE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK.

            Upon exercise of all Warrants and subject to anti-dilution
            protections in the Warrants, RRGC will own 415,056 shares of the
            outstanding Common Stock of the Issuer, which equals 9.4% of the
            outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer on a fully diluted
            basis.




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ITEM 5(b).  NUMBER OF SHARES AS TO WHICH SUCH PERSON HAS:

            (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 415,056 shares of
                   Common Stock, (maximum upon exercise of Warrants)

            (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None

            (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 415,056
                   shares of Common Stock, (maximum upon exercise of Warrants)

            (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition: None

ITEM 5(C).  TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING PAST SIXTY DAYS.

            On January 6, 1999 the Issuer paid off the Amended and Restated
            Senior Subordinated Promissory Note (the "Note"). Pursuant to the
            terms of the Note, upon payment of the Note the Issuer issued to
            RRGC a Warrant to purchase 372,847 shares of the Issuer's Common
            Stock. Also on January 6, 1999, the Issuer redeemed 100,000 shares
            of the Company's Class B Cumulative Preferred Stock, which
            represented all of the class B Cumulative Preferred Stock of the
            company held by RRGC.

ITEM 6.     CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH 
            RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

            RRGC has entered into an Investment Agreement with the Issuer, dated
            December 31, 1996, as amended by a First Amendment to Investment
            Agreement dated October 8, 1997, pursuant to which the Issuer has
            agreed to register all of the shares of the Issuer's Common Stock
            beneficially owned by RRGC, and pursuant to which the Issuer has
            agreed, at any time six years after the closing of the transaction,
            to purchase any Warrants or Common Stock acquired upon conversion of
            the Amended and Restated Promissory Note or exercise of the Warrants
            if there was an event of default while the Amended and Restated
            Promissory Note was outstanding or if there has been no secondary
            public offering of the Issuer's Common Stock which results in net
            proceeds to the Issuer of at least $15,000,000. RRGC has also
            entered into a Stockholders' Agreement dated as of December 31, 1996
            with the Issuer and Richard E. Schaden and Richard F. Schaden as
            co-trustees pursuant to a Voting Trust dated as of July 14, 1994
            (the "Voting Trust") and Richard E. Schaden and Richard F. Schaden
            individually (collectively, the "Schadens") which grants RRGC
            tag-along rights when the Voting Trust or the Schadens sell any of
            the Issuer's securities, grants RRGC preemptive rights to acquire
            its pro rata share of all capital stock of the Issuer issued after
            the transaction date, and whereby RRGC, the Voting Trust and the
            Schadens agree to vote for one director nominated by RRGC.





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ITEM 7.     MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
            None.

SIGNATURE

            After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


                             RETAIL & RESTAURANT GROWTH CAPITAL, 
                             L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

                             By:  Retail & Restaurant Growth Partners, L.P., a 
                                  Texas limited partnership, its general partner

                             By:  Retail & Restaurant Growth Management, 
                                  Inc., a Texas corporation, its general partner


February 8, 1999             By:    /s/ J. Eric Lawrence
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    J. ERIC LAWRENCE

                             Its:  Vice President










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