SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
 
                      WASHINGTON, DC  20549 
 
                      _____________________ 
 
                            FORM 8-K 
 
                         CURRENT REPORT 
                 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) 
             OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 6, 1997 
 
             Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. 
       (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 
 
 
        Delaware                 1-12692            13-3490-149 
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission        (IRS Employer 
   of Incorporation)           File Number)    Identification No.) 
 
 
       3333 New Hyde Park Road, New Hyde Park, New York  11042 
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)        (Zip Code) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(516) 627-1515 
 
 
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 
 
 
 
                              
Item 5.   Other Events. 
 
          Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. (the "Company") and Peasant Holding 
Corp. ("Peasant"), a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, have 
consummated the sale (i) to MRI Acquisition Corporation ("MRIAC") of 80.1% of 
the outstanding shares of common stock of Mick's Restaurants, Inc. ("MRI"), 
pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement with MRIAC dated as of December 31, 
1996, and (ii) to PRI Acquisition Corporation ("PRIAC") of 80.1% of the 
outstanding shares of common stock of The Peasant Restaurants, Inc. ("PRI"), 
pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement with PRIAC dated as of December 31, 
1996, for an aggregate of $6.8 million, consisting of $4.3 million in cash and 
$2.5 million in the form of two unsecured promissory notes.  The Company has 
retained a 19.9% interest in MRI and PRI. 
 
          The complete text of the press release issued by the Company with  
respect to such transactions is attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated  
herein by reference. 
 
Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits. 
 
          (c) Exhibits: 
 
          99.1.   Press Release, dated February 6, 1997 
 
                              
 
                           SIGNATURES 
 
          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. 
 
 
 
                          MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. 
 
 
 
Dated:  February 7, 1997              By:  /s/ Thomas J. Baldwin 
                                           Thomas J. Baldwin 
                                           Executive Vice President and 
                                           Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                               
 
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX 
 
Exhibit 
  No.               Description of Exhibits 
 
 
99.1 Press Release, dated February 6, 1997, by Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.