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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARK RESTAURANTS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000779544
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		IRS NUMBER:				133156768
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09453
		FILM NUMBER:		091072148

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10003-3019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2122068800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 FIFTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10003-3019
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      <font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">UNITED STATES</font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Washington,
      DC 20549</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Form
      8-K</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Current
      Report</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">
      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 16, 2009</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>ARK
      RESTAURANTS CORP.</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br style="font-size: 11pt"></font><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Commission
      file number&#160;1-09453</font><br><br><br>
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            <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">85
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">(212)
      206-8800</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">(Registrant's
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      name or former address, if changed since last report)</font><br>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Check the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
      simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
      of the following provisions:</font>
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      The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not
      be deemed &quot;filed&quot; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
      Act of 1934 (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), or otherwise subject to the
      liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report
      shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the
      Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly
      set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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      On September 16, 2009, Ark Restaurants Corp. issued a press release
      entitled &quot;Ark Restaurants Declares Special Dividend and Resumption of
      Regular Quarterly Dividend&quot; a copy of which is furnished herewith as
      Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">SIGNATURES</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pursuant to
      the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
      has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
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            <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">ARK
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            <u><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">/s/
            Michael Weinstein</font></u>
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            <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">September
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      INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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            99.1
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          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Press Release dated September 16, 2009 titled &quot;Ark Restaurants
            Declares Special Dividend and Resumption of Regular Quarterly
            Dividend.&quot;
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Ark
      Restaurants Declares Special Dividend and Resumption of Regular
      Quarterly Dividend</b></font>
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    <p>
      NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 16, 2009--Ark Restaurants Corp.
      (NASDAQ:ARKR) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a
      $1.00 special dividend and will resume paying a regular quarterly
      dividend in the amount of $0.25 per share beginning with the first
      quarter of the Company&#8217;s upcoming fiscal year.
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      Michael Weinstein, the Company&#8217;s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
      stated that &#8220;it has been the policy of our Company to return excess cash
      to shareholders as long as this policy is consistent with maintaining a
      strong balance sheet for current and future business needs. We invoked a
      very conservative approach last year and suspended paying dividends
      because of uncertainty as to how the Company would perform in a
      difficult economic and financial environment. The Company&#8217;s experience
      over the last year gives us comfort that a special dividend along with
      the resumption of a regular quarterly dividend, beginning with the first
      quarter of the Company&#8217;s upcoming fiscal year, is a reasonable approach
      and retains sufficient liquidity to take advantage of opportunities that
      may be presented.&#8221;
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      The Company&#8217;s Board of Directors, therefore, declared a special dividend
      of $1.00 per share on the Company's common stock to be paid on October
      16, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October
      2, 2009.
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    <p>
      Ark Restaurants owns and operates 20 restaurants and bars, 30 fast food
      concepts, catering operations and wholesale and retail bakeries. Seven
      restaurants are located in New York City, four are located in
      Washington, D.C., five are located in Las Vegas, Nevada, two are located
      in Atlantic City, New Jersey, one is located at the Foxwoods Resort
      Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut and one is located in Boston,
      Massachusetts. The Las Vegas operations include three restaurants within
      the New York-New York Hotel &amp; Casino Resort and operation of the hotel's
      room service, banquet facilities, employee dining room and nine food
      court concepts; one bar within the Venetian Casino Resort as well as
      three food court concepts. The Florida operations under management
      include five fast food facilities in Tampa, Florida and seven fast food
      facilities in Hollywood, Florida, each at a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
      operated by the Seminole Indian Tribe at these locations. In Atlantic
      City, New Jersey, the Company operates a restaurant and a bar in the
      Resorts Atlantic City Hotel and Casino. In Boston, Massachusetts, the
      Company operates a restaurant in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
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    <p>
      Except for historical information, this news release contains
      forward-looking statements, which involve unknown risks, and
      uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results or outcomes to
      be materially different from those anticipated and discussed herein.
      Important factors that might cause such differences are discussed in the
      Company's fillings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
      Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
      forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
      future events or otherwise.
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    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>Ark Restaurants Corp.<br>Robert Towers, 212-206-8800<br><u><b>bob@arkrestaurants.com</b></u>
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