CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012	Oct. 01, 2011
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales	$ 136,914	$ 136,113
Other revenue	1,114	783
Total revenues	138,028	136,896
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Food and beverage cost of sales	35,157	36,742
Payroll expenses	43,406	44,596
Occupancy expenses	17,702	18,562
Other operating costs and expenses	17,915	17,792
General and administrative expenses	9,368	9,476
Impairment loss from write-down of long-lived assets	379	2,603
Depreciation and amortization	4,110	3,969
Total costs and expenses	128,037	131,137
OPERATING INCOME	9,991	5,759
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Interest expense	23	14
Interest income	(33)	(17)
Other income, net	(454)	(486)
Total other income, net	(464)	(489)
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES	10,455	6,248
Provision for income taxes	3,013	1,473
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS	7,442	4,775
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefits	(292)	(2,471)
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME	7,150	2,304
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(1,661)	(889)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.	5,489	1,415
AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.:
Income from continuing operations	5,748	2,695
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(259)	(1,280)
Net income	$ 5,489	$ 1,415
From continuing operations:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.75	$ 0.77
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.73	$ 0.76
From discontinued operations:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.08)	$ (0.36)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.08)	$ (0.36)
From net income:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.67	$ 0.41
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.65	$ 0.40
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic (in Shares)	3,292	3,494
Diluted (in Shares)	3,327	3,525