SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-A/A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2


                         MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Delaware                                             13-3490149
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(State of incorporation or organization)                  (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification No.)

3333 New Hyde Park Road, Suite 210, New Hyde Park, New York    75204
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(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)


If this form relates to the                 If this form relates to the
registration of a class of                  registration of a class of
securities pursuant to Section              securities pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act and               12(g) of the Exchange Act and
is effective pursuant to General            is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), please check             Instruction A.(d), please check
the following box. |X|                      the following box. | |

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates (If
Applicable):

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

    Title of Each Class                     Name of Each Exchange on Which
    to be so Registered                     Each Class is to be Registered
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    RIGHTS TO PURCHASE SERIES               NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING
    PREFERRED STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                      None
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                                (Title of Class)






                         AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 TO FORM 8-A

The undersigned Registrant hereby amends the following items, exhibits and other
portions of its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, which was initially filed on
December  27,  1994,  amended and  restated  on January  25,  1995 and  declared
effective on February 9, 1995,  regarding the  registration of the  Registrant's
Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, $.01 par value
(the "Form 8-A").

Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

          Item 1 of the Form 8-A is hereby amended to include the following:

On March 22, 2001,  the  Registrant  amended and  restated its Rights  Agreement
originally  adopted on December  15, 1994 (the "Rights  Agreement")  between the
Registrant (then known as Quantum  Restaurant  Group,  Inc.) and Equiserve Trust
Company (then known as The First National Bank of Boston),  as Rights Agent. The
amendments,  among  other  things,  removed  provisions  that  required  certain
directors'  consent in order to redeem the Rights  Agreement and to take certain
other actions.  A copy of the Amended and Restated Rights  Agreement is included
as  Exhibit  3 to this  Registration  Statement  and is  incorporated  herein by
reference.  This  description  of the changes to the Rights  Agreement  does not
purport to be  complete,  and is  qualified  in its entirety by reference to the
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement.

ITEM 2.   EXHIBITS

          Item 2 of the Form 8-A is hereby amended to include the following:

          Exhibit 3   Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of
                      March 22, 2001, between Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.
                      and Equiserve Trust Company, as Rights Agent.









                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the  Registrant has duly caused this amendment to the  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized.


                                  MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

                                  By: /s/ Thomas J. Baldwin
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                                      Thomas J. Baldwin
                                      Executive Vice President
                                      and Chief Financial Officer


Dated:  March 23, 2001








                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS






  EXHIBIT
    NO.                                     DESCRIPTION
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     3              Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of
                    March 22, 2001, between Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.
                    and Equiserve Trust Company, as Rights Agent (included as
                    an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on March
                    23, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference)