UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                        Date of report: November 3, 2005
                        (Date of earliest event reported)


                       MAIN STREET RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                        Commission File Number: 000-18668

                   DELAWARE                                 11-2948370
       (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
                incorporation)                           Identification No.)


             5050 N. 40TH STREET, SUITE 200, PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85018
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                 (602) 852-9000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Main Street  Restaurant  Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a news release dated
November 3, 2005,  entitled "Main Street Restaurant  Group,  Inc.  Announces Its
2005 Third Quarter  Results",  a copy of which is furnished  herewith as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The  information  under  this  Item  2.02 in this  Current  Report  on Form 8-K,
including  Exhibit  99.1  hereto,  shall not be deemed  "filed" for  purposes of
Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange
Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.  The information
in this  Current  Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference in any filing under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  or the
Exchange  Act,  except as  expressly  set forth by  specific  reference  in such
filing.

The Company does not have,  and expressly  disclaims,  any obligation to release
publicly any updates or any changes in the Company's  expectations or any change
in events,  conditions,  or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement
is based.

The text included with this Report is available on the Company's website located
at  www.mainandmain.com,  although the Company reserves the right to discontinue
that availability at any time.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  Financial Statements of Business Acquired

          Not Applicable

(b)  Pro Forma Financial Information

          Not Applicable

(c)  Shell Company Transactions

          Not Applicable

(d)  Exhibits

          Exhibit No.      Exhibit Description  
          -----------      -------------------  

             99.1          Press Release dated  November 3, 2005 entitled  "Main
                           Street Restaurant Group,  Inc. Announces  2005  Third
                           Quarter Results".





                                   SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                             Main Street Restaurant Group, Inc.


Dated: November 3, 2005                      By : /s/ Michael Garnreiter
                                             ---------------------------
                                             Michael Garnreiter
                                             Executive Vice President and Chief 
                                             Financial Officer