EXHIBIT 20.1

                                           
                                           
From:    SANFORD TELLER COMMUNICATIONS                   November 26, 1997 
         1365 York Avenue                        
         New York, NY 10021             
         (212) 717-0332
                                           
For:    MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.                  For Immediate Release
        3333 New Hyde Park Road
        New Hyde Park, NY  11042
        (516) 627-1515
        www.mortons.com
        Contact: Thomas J. Baldwin, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
        Officer
                                           
       CALIFORNIA JURY RENDERS JUDGMENT AGAINST MORTON'S OF CHICAGO IN LAWSUIT.
                                           
    New Hyde Park, NY.....Morton's Restaurant Group (NYSE:MRG) today reported
that a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
California yesterday awarded a judgment to a former employee of its Morton's of
Chicago subsidiary in a suit charging that the company had violated California
employment laws.
                                           
    In conjunction with the judgment, the company will take a fourth quarter
non-recurring, pre-tax charge which takes into account the award of compensatory
damages in the amount of $250,000 and punitive damages in the amount of
$850,000, and which will include an estimate of legal fees and expenses.
                                           
    The company said it intends to appeal.

                                           
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