SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                       Date of Report: September 12, 1997
                       (Date of earliest event reported)


                             NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)





          Delaware                    1-3189              11-3166443
(State of Incorporation)            (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
                                   File Number)       Identification No.)


1400 Old Country Road, Westbury, New York                     11590
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code           (516) 338-8500




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    (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)





Item 5.   Other Events

     In September 1997, Registrant executed and delivered an Extension Agreement
to the employment  agreement  between the  Registrant and Howard M. Lorber,  its
Chairman of the Board.  Such Extension  Agreement  extended to July 16, 2001 the
term of such  employment  agreement.  In  connection  with such  amendment,  the
Registrant  issued to Mr.  Lorber a warrant to  purchase  150,000  shares of the
Company's common stock, $.01 par value.

Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

     (c) Exhibits

     10.01     Extension Agreement dated as of July 17, 1997, between Nathan's 
               Famous, Inc. and Howard M. Lorber.

     10.02     Warrant to Purchase 150,000 shares of Common Stock issued to
               Howard M. Lorber dated July 17, 1997.

                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunder duly authorized.

                                             NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.


                                             By:  /s/ Wayne Norbitz 
                                                  -----------------------
                                                  Wayne Norbitz
                                                  President

Dated:   September 12, 1997






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit        Description


10.01          Extension Agreement dated as of July 17, 1997, between Nathan's
               Famous, Inc. and Howard M. Lorber.

10.02          Warrant to Purchase 150,000 shares of Common Stock issued to
               Howard M. Lorber dated July 17, 1997.
                               EXTENSION AGREEMENT


     EXTENSION  AGREEMENT  made  this  17th  day of  July,  1997 by and  between
NATHAN'S FAMOUS,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  (hereinafter the "Company") and
HOWARD M. LORBER (hereinafter the "Employee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS,  the Company and  Employee  entered into an  Employment  Agreement
dated November 8, 1993 which was modified by an agreement dated January 26, 1996
(hereinafter the "Employment Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS,  the Employment  Agreement expires,  per its terms, on October 31,
1997; and

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to extend the term of the Employment Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.  Paragraph  "3" of the  Employment  Agreement  entitled  "Term" shall be
amende    
     Directors of the Company and Employee shall so serve the Company for a
     further  term of four (4) years from July 17,  1997  subject,  however, to
     to termination  as  hereinafter   provided.   Employee   hereby  accepts
     such employment."

     2. The  aforesaid  Employment  Agreement  in all other  respects  is hereby
ratified and approved.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned have executed this Extension Agreement
as of the day and year first above written.

                                        NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.


                                         By: /s/ Wayne Norbitz
                                             ---------------------
                                             Wayne Norbitz
                                             President

                                            
                                         /s/ Howard M. Lorber   
                                         --------------------
                                             Howard M. Lorber

These  securities may not be publicly offered or sold unless at the time of
such offer or sale,  the person  making such offer of sale delivers a prospectus
meeting  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933  forming a part of a
registration statement, or post-effective  amendment thereto, which is effective
under said act,  or unless in the  opinion of counsel to the  Corporation,  such
offer and sale is exempt from the provisions of Section 5 of said Act.



                          W A R R A N T



  For the Purchase of Common Stock, Par Value $.01 per Share of

                      NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.

      (Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware)



                 VOID AFTER 5 P.M. July 17, 2007


No. 1                                             Warrant to Purchase
                                                    150,000 Shares



          THIS IS TO  CERTIFY  that,  for value  received,  HOWARD M.  LORBER is
entitled,  subject to the terms and conditions  set forth,  at or before 5 P.M.,
New York City Time, on July 17, 2007, but not thereafter, to purchase the number
of shares set forth above of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), of NATHAN'S FAMOUS,  INC., a Delaware  corporation (the "Corporation"),
from the Corporation at a purchase price per share of $3.25 if and to the extent
this Warrant is exercised,  in whole or in part,  during the period this Warrant
remains in force,  subject in all cases to  adjustment  as provided in Section 3
hereof, and to receive a certificate or certificates  representing the shares of
Common Stock so purchased, upon presentation and surrender to the Corporation of
this Warrant, with the form of subscription  attached hereto duly executed,  and
accompanied by payment of the purchase price of each share  purchased  either in
cash or by  certified  or bank  cashier's  check  payable  to the  order  of the
Corporation.



         1. (a) The rights  represented  by this Warrant are  exercisable at the
option of the holder  hereof in whole at any time, or in part from time to time,
within the  period  above  specified  at the price  specified  on page 1 hereof,
provided that the Warrant  shall be vested as follows:  37,500 on July 17, 1998,
37,500 on July 17, 1999, 37,500 on July 17, 2000 and 37,500 on July 17, 2001.

             (b)  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  in the event there shall be a
change in the present control of the Company as hereinafter  defined,  or in any
person directly or indirectly presently  controlling the Company, as hereinafter
defined, the Warrant shall become fully vested.

                  For  purposes  of this  Agreement,  a change in control of the
          Company, or in any person directly or indirectly  controlling the
          Company, shall mean:

                  (i) a change in control  as such term is  presently  defined
          in  Regulation 240.12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          ("Exchange Act"); or

                  (ii) if any "person" (as such term is used in Section 13(d)
          and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or any "person"
          who on the date of this Agreement is a director or officer of the
          Company, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13(d)-3
          under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
          Company representing twenty (20%) percent of the voting power of the
          Company's then outstanding securities; or

                  (iii) if during any period of two (2) consecutive years during
          the term of this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such
          period constitute the Board of Directors cease for any reason to
          constitute at least a majority thereof.

         2.  The  Corporation  covenants  and  agrees  that  all  shares  may be
delivered upon the exercise of this Warrant and will,  upon  delivery,  be fully
paid and non-assessable,  and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the  Corporation  covenants  and agrees  that it will from time to time take all
such  action as may be  requisite  to assure that the par value per share of the
Common  Stock is at all  times  equal to or less than the then  current  Warrant
purchase  price per share of the Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of this
Warrant.

         3. The rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable at the option
of the holder hereof in whole at any time, or in part from time to time,  within
the period above specified at the prices specified in Section 1 hereof.  In case
of the  purchase  of less  than all the  shares  as to  which  this  Warrant  is
exercisable, the Corporation shall cancel this Warrant upon the surrender hereof
and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor for the balance of the
shares purchasable hereunder.

         4. The price per share at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased
hereunder,  and the number of such shares to be purchased upon exercise  hereof,
are subject to change or adjustment as follows:

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               (A) In case the  Corporation  shall,  while this Warrant  remains
          unexercised,   in  whole  or  in  part,   and  in   force,   effect  a
          recapitalization  of such  character  that the shares of Common  Stock
          purchasable hereunder shall be changed into or become exchangeable for
          a larger or smaller number of shares,  then,  after the date of record
          for effecting  such  recapitalization,  the number of shares of Common
          Stock which the holder hereof shall be entitled to purchase  hereunder
          shall  be  increased  or  decreased,  as the case  may be,  in  direct
          proportion  to the  increase  or  decrease  in the number of shares of
          Common  Stock by reason  of such  recapitalization,  and the  purchase
          price hereunder per share of such recapitalized Common Stock shall, in
          the  case  of  an   increase  in  the  number  of  such   shares,   be
          proportionately  reduced,  and in the case of a decrease in the number
          of such shares, shall be proportionately increased. For the purpose of
          this subsection (A), a stock dividend, stock split-up or reverse split
          shall be  considered  as a  recapitalization  and as an exchange for a
          larger or smaller number of shares, as the case may be.

               (B) In the case of any  consolidation of the Corporation with, or
          merger of the Corporation into, any other  corporation,  or in case of
          any sale or  conveyance of all or  substantially  all of the assets of
          the Corporation in connection  with a plan of complete  liquidation of
          the Corporation, then, as a condition of such consolidation, merger or
          sale or  conveyance,  adequate  provision  shall be made  whereby  the
          holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive,
          upon the basis and upon the terms  and  conditions  specified  in this
          Warrant and in lieu of shares of Common Stock immediately  theretofore
          purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented
          hereby,  such  shares  of  stock or  securities  as may be  issued  in
          connection with such consolidation,  merger or sale or conveyance with
          respect  to or in  exchange  for the number of  outstanding  shares of
          Common Stock immediately therefore purchasable and receivable upon the
          exercise  of the rights  represented  hereby  had such  consolidation,
          merger or sale or  conveyance  not taken  place,  and in any such case
          appropriate  provision  shall be made with  respect  to the rights and
          interests of the holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions
          hereof  shall be  applicable  as nearly as may be in  relation  to any
          shares of stock or securities thereafter deliverable upon the exercise
          hereof.

               (C) In case the  Corporation  shall,  while this Warrant  remains
          unexercised,  in whole or in part, and in force, issue (otherwise than
          by stock  dividend or stock  split-up or reverse split) or sell shares
          of its Common Stock (hereinafter  referred to as "Additional  Shares")
          for a  consideration  per  share  (before  deduction  of  expenses  or
          commissions  or  underwriting  discounts or  allowances  in connection
          therewith)  less than the purchase  price  hereunder per share,  then,
          after the date of such issuance or sale, the purchase price  hereunder
          per share shall be reduced to a price  determined  by dividing  (1) an
          amount  equal to (a) the  total  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock
          outstanding  immediately  prior to the time of such  issuance  or sale
          multiplied by such

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          purchase  price  hereunder per share,  plus (b) the  consideration
          (before deduction of expenses or commissions or underwriting
          discounts or allowances in connection therewith), if any, received by
          the Corporation upon such issuance or sale,  by (2) the total number
          of shares of Common Stock  outstanding  after the date of the issuance
          or sale of such Additional Shares, and the number of shares of Common
          Stock which the holder hereof shall be entitled to purchase  hereunder
          at each such  adjusted  purchase  price  per  share,  at the time such
          adjusted purchase  price per shall be in effect, shall be the number 
          of whole  shares of Common Stock  obtained by multiplying  such 
          purchase  price  hereunder per share before such adjustment, by the
          number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
          Warrant  immediately  before such adjustment,  and dividing the
          product so obtained by such  adjusted  purchase  price per share; 
          provided, however,  that no such  adjustment of the purchase price
          hereunder per share or the number of shares for which this Warrant 
          may be exercised  shall be made upon the  issuance or sale by the
          Corporation  of  Additional  Shares  reserved  for issuance upon
          exercise of outstanding Stock Options.

               (D) In case the  Corporation  shall,  while this Warrant  remains
          unexercised  in whole or in part,  and in  force,  issue or grant  any
          rights to subscribe for or to purchase,  or any option (other than the
          employee  stock options  referred to in subsection  (C) above) for the
          purchase  of (i) Common  Stock or (ii) any  indebtedness  or shares of
          stock convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock  (indebtedness
          or shares of stock  convertible  into or exchangeable for Common Stock
          being hereinafter referred to as "Convertible  Securities"),  or issue
          or sell  Convertible  Securities  and the  price  per  share for which
          Common  Stock is issuable  upon the exercise of such rights or options
          or upon conversion or exchange of such  Convertible  Securities at the
          time  such  Convertible   Securities   first  become   convertible  or
          exchangeable (determined by dividing (1) in the case of an issuance or
          grant of any  such  rights  or  options,  the  total  amount,  if any,
          received or receivable by the  Corporation  as  consideration  for the
          issuance  or  grant  of such  rights  or  options,  plus  the  minimum
          aggregate   amount  of   additional   consideration   payable  to  the
          Corporation upon exercise of such rights or options, plus, in the case
          of such  Convertible  Securities,  the  minimum  aggregate  amount  of
          additional consideration,  if any, payable to the Corporation upon the
          conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
          Convertible  Securities first become  convertible or exchangeable,  or
          (2) in the case of an issuance or sale of Convertible Securities other
          than where the same or issuable  upon the  exercise of any such rights
          or options,  the total amount,  if any,  received or receivable by the
          Corporation  as  consideration  for  the  issuance  or  sale  of  such
          Convertible   Securities,   plus  the  minimum   aggregate  amount  of
          additional consideration,  if any, payable to the Corporation upon the
          conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
          Convertible  Securities first become convertible or exchangeable,  by,
          in either such case,  (3) the total maximum number of shares of Common
          Stock issuable upon the exercise of such rights or options or upon the
          conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
          Convertible 

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          Securities first become convertible or exchangeable) shall
          be less than the two purchase  prices  hereunder  per share,  then the
          total  maximum  number of shares of  Common  Stock  issuable  upon the
          exercise of such rights or options or upon  conversion  or exchange of
          the total maximum  amount of such  Convertible  Securities at the time
          such Convertible  Securities first become convertible or exchangeable,
          shall  (as of the date of the  issuance  or grant  of such  rights  or
          options  or,  in the  case of the  issuance  or  sale  of  Convertible
          Securities other than where the same are issuable upon the exercise of
          rights or options,  as of the date of such issuance or sale) be deemed
          to be  outstanding  and to have been  issued for said price per share;
          provided that (i) no further adjustment of the purchase price shall be
          made upon the actual  issuance of such Common  Stock upon the exercise
          of such rights or options or upon the  conversion  or exchange of such
          Convertible  Securities  or upon the actual  issuance  of  Convertible
          Securities  where  the same are  issuable  upon the  exercise  of such
          rights or options,  and (ii)  rights or options  issued or granted pro
          rata to shareholders without consideration and Convertible  Securities
          issuable  by way of  dividend or other  distribution  to  shareholders
          shall be  deemed  to have  been  issued  or  granted  at the  close of
          business  on the date  fixed  for the  determination  of  shareholders
          entitled to such rights,  options or Convertible  Securities and shall
          be deemed to have been issued without consideration;  and (iii) if, in
          any case,  the total  maximum  number of shares of Common Stock issued
          upon exercise of such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange
          of such Convertible  Securities is not, in fact,  issued and the right
          to  exercise  such  right or option or to  convert  or  exchange  such
          Convertible Securities shall have expired or terminated,  then, and in
          any  such  event,   the  purchase   price,   as  adjusted,   shall  be
          appropriately   readjusted   at  the  time  of  such   expiration   or
          termination.  In such case,  each purchase  price  hereunder per share
          which is greater  than the price per share for which  Common  Stock is
          issuable upon conversion or exchange of such rights or options or upon
          conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
          Convertible  Securities first become  convertible or exchangeable,  as
          determined above in this subsection (D), shall thereupon be reduced to
          a price  determined  by dividing  (1) an amount equal to (a) the total
          number of shares of Common Stock outstanding  immediately prior to the
          time of the  issuance  or  grant  of such  rights  or  options  or the
          issuance or sale of such  Convertible  Securities  multiplied  by such
          purchase price hereunder per share, plus (b) the total amount, if any,
          received or receivable by the  Corporation as  consideration  for such
          issuance  or  grant or such  issuance  or  sale,  plus the  additional
          amounts referred to and more fully set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of
          the  parenthetical  material above in this subsection  (D),  whichever
          clause and whichever additional amounts may be applicable,  by (2) the
          total number of shares of Common Stock  outstanding  after the date of
          such  issuance or grant or such  issuance  or sale,  and the number of
          shares of Common  Stock which the holder  hereof  shall be entitled to
          purchase  hereunder at such adjusted  purchase price per share, at the
          time such adjusted purchase price per shall be in effect, shall be the
          number of whole shares of Common Stock  obtained by  multiplying  such
          purchase price hereunder,  per share,  before such adjustment,  by the
          number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise 

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          of this Warrant immediately before such adjustment and dividing the
          product so obtained by such adjusted purchase price per share.

               (E) For the purpose of subsections (C) and (D) above, in case the
          Corporation shall issue or sell Additional Shares,  issue or grant any
          rights  to  subscribe  for or to  purchase,  or any  options  for  the
          purchase of (i) Common Stock or (ii) Convertible Securities,  or issue
          or sell Convertible Securities for a consideration part of which shall
          be other than cash,  the amount of the  consideration  received by the
          Corporation therefor shall be deemed to be the cash proceeds,  if any,
          received by the Corporation  plus the fair value of the  consideration
          other  than  cash as  determined  by the  Board  of  Directors  of the
          Corporation   in  good  faith,   before   deduction  of   commissions,
          underwriting  discounts  or  allowances  or  other  expenses  paid  or
          incurred by the Corporation for any  underwriting  of, or otherwise in
          connection with, such issuance, grant or sale.

               (F) Subject to the  provisions of subsection  (G) below,  in case
          the  Corporation  shall,  while this Warrant remains  unexercised,  in
          whole or in part, and in force, make any distribution of its assets to
          holders of Common Stock as a partial liquidating  dividend,  by way of
          return of capital  or  otherwise,  then,  after the date of record for
          determining  shareholders  entitled to such  distribution,  the holder
          hereof shall be entitled,  upon  exercise of this Warrant and purchase
          of any or all of the shares of Common Stock subject hereto, to receive
          the amount of such assets (or at the option of the Corporation,  a sum
          equal to the value thereof at the time of such distribution to holders
          of Common Stock as such value is  determined by the Board of Directors
          of the  Corporation  in good faith)  which would have been  payable to
          such  holder had he been the holder of record of such shares of Common
          Stock  on the  record  date  for  the  determination  of  shareholders
          entitled to such distribution.

               (G) Except as otherwise  provided in subsection (B) above, in the
          case of any sales or  conveyance  of all or  substantially  all of the
          assets  of the  Corporation  in  connection  with a plan  of  complete
          liquidation  of the  Corporation,  in  the  case  of the  dissolution,
          liquidation  or winding up of the  Corporation,  all rights under this
          Warrant shall terminate on a date fixed by the Corporation,  such date
          so fixed to be not earlier  than the date of the  commencement  of the
          proceedings  for such  dissolution,  liquidation or winding-up and not
          later than thirty (30) days after such  commencement  date.  Notice of
          such  termination of purchase  rights shall be given to the registered
          holder  hereof,  as  the  same  shall  appear  on  the  books  of  the
          Corporation, at least thirty (30) days prior to such termination date.

               (H) In case the  Corporation  shall,  while this Warrant  remains
          unexercised in whole or in part, and in force, offer to the holders of
          Common Stock any rights to subscribe for additional shares of stock of
          the  Corporation,  then the  Corporation  shall given  written  notice
          thereof to the registered holder hereof not less than thirty (30)

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          days prior to the date on which the books of the  Corporation are 
          closed or a record date fixed for the determination of shareholders
          entitled to such  subscription  rights.  Such notice shall  specify
          the date as to which the books shall be closed or the record date
          fixed with  respect to such offer or  subscription,  and the right of
          the holder hereof to participate  in such offer or  subscription
          shall  terminate  if this Warrant  shall not be  exercised on or
          before the date of such closing of the books or such record date.

               (I) Any adjustment pursuant to the foregoing  provisions shall be
          made on the basis of the  number of shares of Common  Stock  which the
          holder  hereof would have been entitled to acquire by exercise of this
          Warrant  immediately prior to the event giving rise to such adjustment
          and, as to the purchase price  hereunder per share,  whether or not in
          effect immediately prior to the time of such adjustment,  on the basis
          of such purchase price  immediately  prior to the event giving rise to
          such adjustment.  Whenever any such adjustment is required to be made,
          the Corporation shall forthwith  determine the new number of shares of
          Common Stock which the holder shall be entitled to purchase  hereunder
          and/or such new purchase price per share, and shall prepare, retain on
          file and transmit to the holder hereof within ten (10) days after such
          preparation a statement  describing  in  reasonable  detail the method
          used in calculating such adjustment(s).

               (J) For the purposes of this  Section 3, the term "Common  Stock"
          shall  include  all  shares  of  capital   stock   authorized  by  the
          Corporation's  Certificate  of  Incorporation,  as  from  time to time
          amended,  which are not  limited to a fixed sum or  percentage  of par
          value in respect of the right of the holders thereof to participate in
          dividends  or in the  distribution  of assets  upon the  voluntary  or
          involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.

               (K) Whenever the price per share hereunder,  initial or adjusted,
          and the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise
          hereof, initial or adjusted,  shall be changed or adjusted pursuant to
          the  provisions  of this Section 3, the  Corporation  shall  forthwith
          cause written  notice  setting forth the changed or adjusted price per
          share  hereunder  and number of shares to be purchased  upon  exercise
          hereof to be given to the holder of this Warrant.

          5.  (A) The  Corporation  agrees  that  at any  time  the  Corporation
          contemplates filing under and in accordance with the Securities Act of
          1933, as amended, (the "Act"), a new Registration  Statement, it shall
          notify the holder hereof in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to
          the filing of such new  Registration  Statement of its intention to do
          so, and in such case,  the holder  hereof  shall have the right,  upon
          written notice  delivered to the  Corporation  within twenty (20) days
          after  receipt of notice from the  Corporation,  to require  that such
          Warrants  and the shares of Common  Stock into which the  Warrants are
          exercisable  be included in such new  Registration  Statement.  In the
          event that the holder  hereof  elects to so include  such  Warrants or
          such  shares of 

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          Common  Stock,  the  Corporation  shall pay all of the expenses of
          preparation and filing of such new Registration Statement, including
          legal,  accounting,  printing,  blue sky and other fees and expenses.

               (B)  The Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to cause any
          new  registration statement to become effective as promptly as
          possible.  the Corporation agrees to file such post-effective 
          amendment or amendments to any new registration statement or
          supplements to any prospectus contained therein as may be required so
          that there will continuously be available (for so long a period of 
          time as such prospectus may be used under the Act or otherwise as may
          be determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission) a prospectus
          meeting the requirements of the Act.  The Corporation agrees to
          provide a reasonable number of copies of any preliminary or final
          prospectus forming a part of such new registration statement, and the
          Corporation shall comply with the blue sky laws of such states as may
          be requested by the holder of the warrants or shares of Common Stock
          issued upon exercise hereof; provided, however, that the Corporation
          shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of
          process or to qualify as a foreign corporation under the laws of any
          such state.  Such provision and such compliance shall be at the 
          expense of the Corporation.  the Corporation agrees to indemnify the
          holder of the Warrants and shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise
          hereof to the usual extent in connection with liabilities and expenses
          arising out of material misrepresentations or omissions in such post-
          effective amendment or new registration statement against the
          indemnification of the Corporation by the holder of the Warrants and
          shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise hereof to the usual
          extent.

               (C) If the holder  elects to include  the  Warrants  or shares of
          Common  Stock  in  the  Registration   Statement,   the  Corporation's
          obligation  to do  so  shall  be  subject  to  the  following  further
          conditions:

                    (i)    If the managing underwriter advises that either the 
                    Warrants or shares of  Common  Stock  otherwise  to be 
                    included  in the offering  by the timely  election  of the
                    holder  cannot be included in whole or in part in such 
                    offering  for whatever reason,  then, as the case may be,
                    the Warrants or shares of Common  Stock shall not be  
                    included in the  offering or the amount thereof  included in
                    the offering shall be reduced in accordance with the advice
                    of the underwriters.

                    (ii)  The Corporation may in its discretion withdraw any
                    Registration Statement filed without liability to the holder
                    hereof.

               (D) The holder  hereof  agrees  that the  Warrants  and shares of
          Common  Stock  will not be  offered  or sold (1) unless at the time of
          such  offer or sale,  there is  delivered  a  prospectus  meeting  the
          requirements  of  the  Act,  as  amended,  forming  a  part  of a new

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          Registration  Statement  with  respect to such offer and sale,  or (2)
          unless in the opinion of counsel to the  Corporation  satisfactory  to
          the holder  hereof,  such offer and sale is exempt from the provisions
          of Section 5 of the Act. In connection with the preparation of any new
          Registration  Statement,  the  holder  hereof  agrees to  furnish  the
          Corporation with information,  in writing, concerning the terms of the
          proposed offer.

          6. The Corporation  agrees at all times to reserve or hold available a
sufficient  number  of shares  of  Common  Stock to cover  the  number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of this and all other Warrants of the same class.

          7. This  Warrant  shall not  entitle  the holder  hereof to any voting
rights or other  rights as a  shareholder  of the  Corporation,  or to any other
rights whatsoever except the rights herein expressed,  and no dividends shall be
payable or accrue in respect of this Warrant or the interest  represented hereby
or the shares  purchasable  hereunder until or unless,  and except to the extent
that, this Warrant shall be exercised.

          8. This  Warrant  is  exchangeable  upon the  surrender  hereof by the
holder hereof to the Corporation for new Warrants of like tenor  representing in
the aggregate the right to purchase the number of shares purchasable  hereunder,
each of such new  Warrants to  represent  the right to  purchase  such number of
shares  as  shall  be  designated  by the  holder  hereof  at the  time  of such
surrender.

          9. The  Corporation  will  transmit to the holder of this Warrant such
information,  documents and reports as are generally distributed to shareholders
of  the  Corporation   concurrently  with  the  distribution   thereof  to  such
shareholders.

          10.  Notices to be given to the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed
to have been  sufficiently  given if delivered or mailed,  addressed in the name
and at the address of such holder  appearing in the records of the  Corporation,
and if mailed,  sent first class registered or certified mail,  postage prepaid.
The address of the  Corporation  is 1400 Old Country  Road,  Westbury,  New York
11590, and the Corporation shall give written notice of any change of address to
the holder hereof.

          IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  Warrant to be
executed by the  signature of its President and its seal affixed and attested by
its Secretary.

Dated:    July 17, 1997
                                 NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.


                                 By:/s/ Wayne Norbitz
                                 --------------------
                                    WAYNE NORBITZ, President
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:


/s/ Ronald DeVos
- ----------------
Ronald  DeVos, Secretary


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                            ASSIGNMENT

                   To Be Executed by the Holder
                   If He Desires To Assign The
                     Warrant In Its Entirety


FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _______________________hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto __________________________  _____________________________________________
                                 (Please insert Social Security or other
                                  identifying number of Assignee)


the right to  purchase  _______ shares  of  Common  Stock of the  within  named
Company evidenced by the within  Warrant,  together  will all right,  title and
interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

_____________________________________________________________________________
attorney to transfer  the said Warrant on the books of said  Company,  with full
power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ________________________, 19__

                                 ______________________________________  
                                 (Signature)
                                 NOTE:  The  signature to this  Assignment  must
                                 correspond  with the name as  written  upon the
                                 face  of  this  Warrant  in  every  particular,
                                 without alteration or enlargement or any change
                                 whatever.

                                 SIGNATURE GUARANTEED:

                                 ------------------------------






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                        SUBSCRIPTION FORM

                   To Be Executed By The Holder
                  If He Desires To Exercise The
                   Warrant In Whole Or In Part

TO:  NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.

     The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase
represented  by the within Warrant for, and to purchaser  thereunder,  shares of
the stock  provided  for therein and  tenders  payment  herewith to the order of
NATHAN'S  FAMOUS,  INC.  in the  amount of $ (such  payment  being in cash or by
certified or official bank or bank cashier's check) in accordance with the terms
of the within  Warrant.  The  undersigned  requests that  certificates  for such
shares be issued in the name of

______________________________          _______________________________________
(Name)                                  (Social Security or other identifying
                                        number of Subscriber)
- ------------------------------
(Address)

and to be delivered to ________________________________________________________
                              (Name)

_______________________________________________________________________________
(Address)

and, if said number of shares shall not be all the shares purchasable hereunder,
that a new Warrant for the balance remaining of the shares purchasable under the
within  Warrant be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the  undersigned
at the address stated below.

_______________________________________________________________________________
(Address)

Dated: _________________ 19__
     
                              -----------------------------------------------
                              (Signature)
                              NOTE: The signature to this Subscription must
                              correspond with the name  as  written   upon 
                              the  face  of  this  Warrant  in  every
                              particular,  without  alteration  or  enlargement
                              or any  change whatever.



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