EXHIBIT 21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant Jurisdiction of Subsidiary Incorporation ---------- ------------- Columbus Cafe Corp. New York SSWB Restaurants, Inc. New York MEB Emporium Corp. New York MEB On Columbus Inc. New York MEB Dining 18, Inc. New York MEB On First, Inc. New York Conis Realty Corp. New York Conis Restaurant Corp. New York Ernie's Hackensack, Inc. New Jersey Four Gentlemen From Verona, Inc. New Jersey La Femme Noire, Inc. New York Ark 27th Street, Inc. New York Ark Seventh Avenue South Corp. New York Ark Rio Corp. New York Ark Operating Corp. New York Ark Sub-One Corp. New York Ark 474 Corp. New York Ark Twenty-Ninth Street Corp. New York Ark Boston Corp. Massachusetts Ark Union Station, Inc. District of Columbia Ark D.C. Kiosk, Inc. District of Columbia Ark Potomac Corporation District of Columbia Washington Parties & Events Related Industries, Inc. District of Columbia Aroc and Ark Corporation New York Ark Bryant Park Corp. New York Ark of the Seaport, Inc. New York Ark Parties, Inc. New York Tysons America Corp. Virginia Ark JC Corp. Florida Ark Oxnard Corp. California Ark California Restaurants Corp. California Ark JMR Corp. New York Ark Fifth Avenue Corp. New York Ark Islamorada Corp. Florida KRA Holdings, Inc. New York La Femme Noire D.C. Incorporated District of Columbia Ark Cafeteria Corp. New Jersey Las Vegas Steakhouse Corp. Nevada Las Vegas America Corp. Nevada Las Vegas Festival Food Corp. Nevada Ark WFC Corp. New York Ark Las Vegas Restaurant Corp. Nevada Ark Fulton Street Corp. New York