---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779544-26-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARKR"
cik: "0000779544"
company_name: "ARK RESTAURANTS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-10T20:21:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T20:22:14.585439+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ark Restaurants Q3 revenue -6.5% to $40.9M; net loss $0.10/sh; Bryant Park stay to Oct 16

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $40.9M vs $43.7M YoY; same-store sales -6.6%; 39-week SSS -7.2%.
- Net loss $0.10/sh vs $0.96 loss prior year; adjusted EBITDA $358k vs $1.79M.
- Bryant Park: court granted ejectment but stay until ~Oct 16, 2026 with $125k bond; appeal pending.
- Bryant Park Grill/Cafe/Porch generated $17.1M (14.5% of revenue) in 39 weeks; potential loss material.
- No Meadowlands casino referendum in 2026; no impairment on NMR investment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779544-26-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARKR
- cik: 0000779544
- company_name: ARK RESTAURANTS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T20:21:13+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954426000033/0000779544-26-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954426000033/arkr-20260810.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779544-26-000033.txt

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