UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934* (Amendment No. 1) Ark Restaurants Corp. --------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $0.01 par value ----------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 040712101 --------- (CUSIP Number) December 31, 2003 ----------------- (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [X] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). ------------------------- --------------------------- CUSIP No. 040712101 13G Page 2 of 7 Pages --------- --- --- ------------------------- --------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Kirkwood Capital, LP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [X] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 225,865 OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------------------ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 0 WITH ------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 225,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 225,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* N/A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! ------------------------- --------------------------- CUSIP No. 040712101 13G Page 3 of 7 Pages --------- --- --- ------------------------- --------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Kirkwood Capital, LLC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [X] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 225,865 OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------------------ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 0 WITH ------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 225,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 225,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* N/A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! ------------------------- --------------------------- CUSIP No. 040712101 13G Page 4 of 7 Pages --------- --- --- ------------------------- --------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON David Rabinowitz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [X] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 225,865 OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------------------ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 0 WITH ------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 225,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 225,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* N/A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G (this "Amendment No. 1") is being filed with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Ark Restaurants Corp., a New York corporation, to amend the Schedule 13G filed on September 4, 2003 (the "Schedule 13G"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Schedule 13G. Item 4: Ownership: ------ --------- Item 4 of the Schedule 13G is hereby amended by its deletion in the entirety and its replacement with the following: The percentages used herein and in the rest of this Schedule 13G are calculated based upon a total 3,242,299 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of February 6, 2004, as reported in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 27, 2003. A. The Partnership. --------------- The Partnership may be deemed to share beneficial ownership over its holdings with the General Partner and Mr. Rabinowitz. The Partnership's holdings are as follows: (a) Amount beneficially owned: 225,865 (b) Percent of class: 7.0% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 225,865 (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 225,865 B. The General Partner. ------------------- The General Partner may be deemed to share beneficial ownership over its holdings with Mr. Rabinowitz and the Partnership. The General Partner's holdings are as follows: (a) Amount beneficially owned: 225,865 (b) Percent of class: 7.0% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 225,865 (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 225,865 -5- C. Mr. Rabinowitz. -------------- Mr. Rabinowitz may be deemed to share beneficial ownership over certain of his holdings with the General Partner and the Partnership. Mr. Rabinowitz's holdings are as follows: (a) Amount beneficially owned: 225,865 (b) Percent of class: 7.0% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 225,865 (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 225,865 Item 10: Certification: ------- ------------- Each Reporting Person hereby makes the following certification: By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. [THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK] -6- SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: February 13, 2004 KIRKWOOD CAPITAL, LP By: Kirkwood Capital, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ David Rabinowitz ---------------------------- Name: David Rabinowitz Title: Managing Member KIRKWOOD CAPITAL, LLC By: /s/ David Rabinowitz ---------------------------- Name: David Rabinowitz Title: Managing Member /s/ David Rabinowitz --------------------------------- David Rabinowitz [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SCHEDULE 13G WITH RESPECT TO ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.]