Ark Restaurants (ARKR) 8-K Ark Restaurants Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010

Exhibit 99.1

Ark Restaurants Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 29, 2010--Ark Restaurants Corp. (NASDAQ:ARKR) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended October 2, 2010.

As of October 2, 2010, the Company had no long-term debt and cash, cash equivalents and short term investments totaling $9,449,000.

The Company reports fiscal years under a 52/53-week format. The fiscal year ended October 2, 2010 was a 52 week year. The prior fiscal year ended October 3, 2009 was a 53 week year. The three month period ended October 2, 2010 contained 13 weeks and the prior year’s three month period ended October 3, 2009 contained 14 weeks. Having one more week in each of the 2009 full fiscal year and fourth quarter distorts the comparisons with the 2010 full fiscal year and fourth quarter.

Total revenues for the three-month period ended October 2, 2010 were $31,916,000 versus $33,335,000 in the three months ended October 3, 2009. Total revenues for fiscal 2010 were $117,768,000 versus $115,007,000 in fiscal 2009.

EBITDA adjusted for non-cash stock option expense for the three-month period ended October 2, 2010 was $2,652,000 versus $2,950,000 during the same three-month period last year. For the year ended October 2, 2010, EBITDA before non-cash stock option expense was $8,081,000 versus $8,099,000 last year. EBITDA comparisons are distorted due to the extra week in each of the fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and the full year.

The Company’s income for the three-month period ended October 2, 2010 was $1,083,000, or $0.31 per share ($0.31 per diluted share), as compared to $1,325,000, or $0.38 per share ($0.38 per diluted share), for the same three-month period last year. The Company’s income for the year ended October 2, 2010 was $2,605,000, or $0.75 per share ($0.74 per diluted share), as compared to $3,059,000, or $0.88 per share ($0.87 per diluted share), last year. Income comparisons are distorted due to the extra week in each of the fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and the full year.

Compared to the same three month period last year, Company-wide same store sales decreased by 7.3%. For the year ended October 2, 2010, Company-wide same store sales decreased by 1.4% from fiscal 2009. Company-wide same store comparisons are distorted due to the extra week in each of the fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and the full year. If the Company were to adjust each of the fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and the full year to eliminate the extra week, Company-wide same store sales would have been relatively the same for the three-month and full fiscal year periods ended October 2, 2010.

Ark Restaurants owns and operates 22 restaurants and bars, 29 fast food concepts and catering operations. Nine 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 & Casino Resort and operation of the hotel's room service, banquet facilities, employee dining room and seven food court concepts; one bar within the Venetian Casino Resort as well as three food court concepts and one restaurant within the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Company operates a restaurant and a bar in the Resorts Atlantic City Hotel and Casino. The operations at the Foxwoods Resort Casino include one fast food concept and six fast food concepts at the MGM Grand Casino. In Boston, Massachusetts, the Company operates a restaurant in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace. 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.

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.

ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.
Consolidated Statements of Income
For the 13 week and 52 week periods ended October 2, 2010 and
the 14 and 53 week periods ended October 3, 2009
(In Thousands, Except per share amounts)
	13 weeks ended			14 weeks ended			52 weeks ended			53 weeks ended
	October 2,			October 3,			October 2,			October 3,
	2010			2009			2010			2009
TOTAL REVENUES	$	31,916		$	33,335		$	117,768		$	115,007
COST AND EXPENSES:
Food and beverage cost of sales		8,335			8,677			30,326			29,420
Payroll expenses		10,211			10,492			38,003			37,111
Occupancy expenses		4,427			4,282			16,758			16,649
Other operating costs and expenses		4,602			5,015			16,293			16,102
General and administrative expenses		2,238			2,073			9,516			8,834
Depreciation and amortization		981			932			3,873			3,619
Total costs and expenses		30,794			31,471			114,769			111,735
OPERATING INCOME		1,122			1,864			2,999			3,272
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Interest income, net		(1	)		(2	)		(53	)		(252	)
Other income, net		(431	)		(55	)		(386	)		(559	)
Total other income, net		(432	)		(57	)		(439	)		(811	)
Income before provision for income taxes		1,554			1,921			3,438			4,083
Provision for income taxes		511			539			1,121			1,240
NET INCOME		1,043			1,382			2,317			2,843
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests		40			(57	)		288			216
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.	$	1,083		$	1,325		$	2,605		$	3,059
Net income per share of Ark Restaurants Corp. common stock
Basic	$	0.31		$	0.38		$	0.75		$	0.88
Diluted	$	0.31		$	0.38		$	0.74		$	0.87
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES-BASIC		3,490			3,490			3,490			3,494
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES-DILUTED		3,512			3,515			3,514			3,506
EBITDA Reconciliation:
Income before provision for income taxes	$	1,554		$	1,921		$	3,438		$	4,083
Depreciation and amortization		981			932			3,873			3,619
Interest income, net		(1	)		(2	)		(53	)		(252	)
EBITDA (a)	$	2,534		$	2,851		$	7,258		$	7,450
EBITDA adjusted for non-cash stock option expense and non-controlling interests:
EBITDA (as defined) (a)	$	2,534		$	2,851		$	7,258		$	7,450
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests		40			(57	)		288			216
Non-cash stock option expense		78			156			535			433
EBITDA, as adjusted	$	2,652		$	2,950		$	8,081		$	8,099

(a)	EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and cumulative
	effect of changes in accounting principle. Although EBITDA is not a measure of performance or
	liquidity calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the
	Company believes the use of this non-GAAP financial measure enhances an overall understanding
	of the Company's past financial performance as well as providing useful information to the
	investor because of its historical use by the Company as both a performance measure and measure
	of liquidity, and the use of EBITDA by virtually all companies in the restaurant sector as a measure
	of both performance and liquidity. However, investors should not consider this measure in isolation
	or as a substitute for net income (loss), operating income (loss), cash flows from operating activities
	or any other measure for determining the Company's operating performance or liquidity that is
	calculated in accordance with GAAP, it may not necessarily be comparable to similarly titled
	measures employed by other companies. A reconciliation of EBITDA to the most comparable GAAP
	financial measure, pre-tax income (loss), is included above.

CONTACT:
Ark Restaurants Corp.
Robert Towers, 212-206-8800
bob@arkrestaurants.com