Morton's to Open its First Restaurant in Brooklyn

    CHICAGO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Morton's Restaurant Group,
 Inc. ( MRT) today announced that it has signed a lease to open a new
 Morton's The Steakhouse in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 14,500 square-foot restaurant
 will be located in the New York Marriott(R) at the Brooklyn Bridge.
 Morton's expects to open the restaurant, its first in Brooklyn, in late
 2008.
 
     With a total seating capacity of nearly 300, the restaurant will seat
 approximately 125 guests in the main dining room, 100 in Morton's exclusive
 private boardrooms and 70 in Bar 12-21, Morton's new bar dining concept,
 the place for specialty cocktails and Morton's appetizing Bar Bites menu.
 Morton's will be on the ground level of the Marriott. The Marriott, located
 at 333 Adams Street, is a 25-floor hotel with more than 600 rooms and
 suites.
 
     "We believe Morton's has identified an outstanding location in the
 heart of downtown Brooklyn in one of the city's more popular hotels," said
 Thomas J. Baldwin, chairman, chief executive officer and president of
 Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. "We truly look forward to bringing Morton's
 legendary food, service and ambiance to Brooklyn. Our new Morton's will be
 our second Morton's in New York City and the fourth in New York State."
 
     The new Morton's Steakhouse in Brooklyn will be the sixth in the New
 York Tri-State metropolitan area. Morton's is currently located in midtown
 Manhattan (45th Street and Fifth Avenue at 551 Fifth Avenue); White Plains,
 N.Y. (Fortunoff building at 9 Maple Avenue); Great Neck, N.Y., (777
 Northern Blvd.); Stamford, Conn. (UBS building at 377 North State Street);
 and Hackensack, N.J. (Route 4 at The Shops at Riverside, One Riverside
 Square).
 
     About Morton's
 
     Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. is the world's largest operator of
 company-owned upscale steakhouses. Morton's steakhouses have remained true
 to our founders' original vision of combining generous portions of high
 quality food prepared to exacting standards with exceptional service in an
 enjoyable dining environment. As of December 17, 2007, the Company owned
 and operated 78 Morton's steakhouses located in 66 cities in 28 states and
 Puerto Rico and five international locations (Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore,
 Toronto and Vancouver), as well as four Italian restaurants. Please visit
 our Morton's Web site at visit www.mortons.com.
 
 
 

SOURCE Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.