---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779544-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARKR"
cik: "0000779544"
company_name: "ARK RESTAURANTS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-26T20:05:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T20:09:00.169587+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Court partially grants summary judgment in Bryant Park lease dispute; Company to appeal

## Summary
- Court granted Company summary judgment on breach of contract for Bryant Park Grill and right of first lease for Café; damages to be tried later.
- Court granted Landlord summary judgment on ejectment, use and occupancy, and breach for Bryant Park Café and Porch; Company to appeal.
- Filing of Notice of Appeal will automatically stay eviction pending appeal; Company must post an undertaking set by the court.
- Company added age discrimination claim in amended complaint on June 16, 2025; claim dismissed in recent ruling.
- Uncertainty from dispute has had and is expected to continue to have a material adverse impact on business and financial condition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779544-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARKR
- cik: 0000779544
- company_name: ARK RESTAURANTS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-26T20:05:25+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954426000027/0000779544-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954426000027/arkr-20260626.htm

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