---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779544-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARKR"
cik: "0000779544"
company_name: "ARK RESTAURANTS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T23:12:15.743926+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ark Restaurants appoints Jordan and Weinstein as Co-COOs; Pascal resigns

## Summary
- Vincent Pascal, 80, resigns as director and COO effective April 30, 2024, citing no disagreement with the company.
- Board appoints Jennifer Jordan and Samuel Weinstein as Co-COOs, effective April 30, 2024.
- Jordan, 60, has 40 years at Ark; most recently GM at New Meadowlands Racetrack subsidiary and VP of Operations.
- Weinstein, 30, has 10 years at Ark, VP of Operations since 2022; he is son of Chairman/CEO Michael Weinstein.
- Both Jordan and Weinstein oversaw Las Vegas operations transition and lease renovations over the past 18 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779544-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARKR
- cik: 0000779544
- company_name: ARK RESTAURANTS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000025/0000779544-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000025/arkr-20240410.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779544-24-000025
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779544-24-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vincent Pascal resigned as Chief Operating Officer at ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 10, 2024, Vincent Pascal, age 80, informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ark Restaurants Corp. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as a director of the Company and as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of April 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000025/0000779544-24-000025-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer Jordan was appointed as Co-Chief Operating Officer at ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 12, 2024, the Board of the Company appointed Jennifer Jordan and Samuel Weinstein as Co-Chief Operating Officers of the Company, effective as of April 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000025/0000779544-24-000025-index.htm
- Executive change
  Samuel Weinstein was appointed as Co-Chief Operating Officer at ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 12, 2024, the Board of the Company appointed Jennifer Jordan and Samuel Weinstein as Co-Chief Operating Officers of the Company, effective as of April 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000025/0000779544-24-000025-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.