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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.44

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

$4,000,000.00                                                 New York, New York
                                                                 August 23, 2002

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, S&W OF LAS VEGAS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company, having an office at c/o The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc.,
1114 First Avenue, New York, New York 10021 (the "MAKER"), promises to pay to
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware
corporation having an office at 825 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (the
"PAYEE"), or order, at said office, or at such place as may be designated from
time to time in writing by the Payee, the principal sum of Four Million and
No/100 Dollars ($4,000,000.00) in lawful money of the United States of America
in Federal funds or other immediately available New York City funds, with
interest thereon from and including the date of this Note to, but not including,
the date this Note is paid in full calculated in the manner hereinafter set
forth, as follows:

          (i)     interest on the Principal Balance calculated in the manner
     hereinafter set forth shall be due and payable on September 30, 2002, on
     the last day of each calendar month thereafter to and including the
     Maturity Date;

          (ii)    equal monthly installments of principal in the amount of
     $33,333.33 each commencing June 30, 2003 and on the last day of each
     calendar month thereafter through and including the Maturity Date; and

          (iii)   the entire Principal Balance, together with all interest
     accrued and unpaid thereon calculated in the manner hereinafter set forth
     and all other sums due under this Note, shall be due and payable on the
     Maturity Date.

     1.   The following terms as used in this Note shall have the following
meanings:

          (i)     The term "BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day on which the Payee
     is open for business in New York City.

          (ii)    The term "DEBT" shall mean all principal, interest, additional
     interest and other sums of any nature whatsoever which may or shall become
     due to the Payee in accordance with the provisions of this Note, the Deed
     of Trust or Other Security Documents.

          (iii)   The term "DEED OF TRUST" shall mean a certain Leasehold Deed
     of Trust, dated the date hereof in the principal sum of $4,000,000.00 given
     by the Maker to the trustee thereunder for the benefit of the Payee
     covering the leasehold estate of the Maker in certain premises located in
     Clark County, Nevada, as more particularly described

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     therein, and intended to be duly recorded in said County, as the same may
     be amended or restated from time to time.

          (iv)    The term "FIXED RATE" shall mean a fixed rate of interest as
     so implemented pursuant to Paragraph 2(b) of this Note. The Fixed Rate
     shall be calculated for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a
     365-366 day year and as otherwise set forth in the Loan Agreement.

          (v)     The term "FLOATING RATE" shall mean a rate per annum equal to
     2.75% PLUS the LIBO Rate in effect from day to day. Any change in the
     Floating Rate as a result of a change in the LIBO Rate shall be effective
     on the effective date of any such change in the LIBO Rate. The Floating
     Rate shall be calculated for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis
     of a 365-366 day year and as otherwise set forth in the Loan Agreement.
     Each determination of the Floating Rate shall be made by the Payee and
     shall be conclusive and binding upon the Maker absent manifest error.

          (vi)    The term "LIBO RATE" shall mean for any day, an interest rate
     per annum equal to the interest rate set forth in The Wall Street Journal
     (New York City edition) as the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate
     (LIBOR) (or an equivalent rate) for such day (or, if The Wall Street
     Journal shall not be published on any Business Day, any other publication
     selected in good faith by the Lender that sets forth the one-month London
     Interbank Offered Rate), or, if such interest rate shall not be so set
     forth for such day, for the then most recent day for which such interest
     rate is so set forth. Any change in the LIBO Rate shall be effective on the
     date such change is so published.

          (vii)   The term "LOAN" shall mean the loan in the principal sum of
     $4,000,000.00 made by the Payee to the Maker which is evidenced by this
     Note and secured by the Deed of Trust and the Other Security Documents.

          (viii)  The term "LOAN AGREEMENT" shall mean the Term Loan Agreement
     dated the date hereof between the Maker, the Payee and The Smith &
     Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc., as the same may be amended or restated
     from time to time.

          (ix)    The term "MATURITY DATE" shall mean May 31, 2008.

          (x)     The term "OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS" shall mean all and any of
     the documents other than this Note or the Deed of Trust, now or hereafter
     executed by the Maker or others, and by or in favor of the Payee, which
     wholly or partially secure or guarantee payment of this Note, or which
     otherwise pertain to the Loan, including, without limitation, the Loan
     Agreement, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.

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          (xi)    The term "PARTICIPANT" shall have the meaning given to such
     term in paragraph 6 of this Note.

          (xii)   The term "PRINCIPAL BALANCE" shall mean the outstanding
     principal balance of this Note from time to time.

     2.   (a)     From the date of this Note to, but not including,
May 31, 2003, and subject to the provisions of this Note hereinafter set forth,
the entire Principal Balance shall bear interest at the Floating Rate.
Thereafter, the Principal Balance (or portions thereof) shall bear interest,
subject to the provisions of this Note, at the Fixed Rate or the Floating Rate,
in accordance with subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 2.

          (b)     Subject to the terms of this subparagraph (b), the Maker shall
have the right to convert all or a portion of the Loan to the Fixed Rate for the
period commencing at any time on or after May 31, 2003 through the Maturity
Date. Any portion of the Loan to be converted to the Fixed Rate shall be in a
minimum of $1,000,000.00. If the Maker elects to convert a portion of the Loan
to a Fixed Rate as provided above, the entire remaining portion of the Loan that
was not converted to a Fixed Rate may later be separately converted to a Fixed
Rate on the terms of this subparagraph (b), or may continue to bear interest at
the Floating Rate until the Maturity Date. If the Maker elects to convert all or
a portion of the Loan to a Fixed Rate, then not later than fifteen (15) days
prior to the intended date of conversion (the "CONVERSION DATE"), the Maker
shall give the Payee irrevocable written notice (the "ELECTION NOTICE") that it
elects to convert all or a portion of the Loan to the Fixed Rate for the period
commencing on the Conversion Date through the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Conversion Date shall not occur during the last year of the Loan.
If the Maker gives the Election notice, the Payee shall, as soon as practical
prior to the Conversion Date, determine and quote to the Maker a Fixed Rate, and
shall notify the Maker of the date and time by which the Maker must accept the
quoted Fixed Rate. If the Maker rejects the quoted Fixed Rate, or if a Fixed
Rate is unavailable as determined by the Payee in its sole and absolute
discretion (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Maker;
provided, however, the Payee agrees that a Fixed Rate will be available if they
are, at the time in question, being offered generally to customers of the
Payee), or if the Maker does not inform the Payee of its acceptance of the
quoted Fixed Rate by the date and time specified by the Payee, time being of the
essence, then, the Floating Rate shall continue to apply to the Loan (or the
applicable portion) until the Maturity Date. If the Maker accepts a quoted Fixed
Rate by the date and time specified by the Payee, time being of the essence, the
quoted Fixed Rate shall be applicable to the Loan (or the applicable portion)
commencing on the Conversion Date to the Maturity Date. A quoted Fixed Rate may
be accepted by the Maker either orally or in writing, provided that any such
oral acceptance shall be immediately confirmed by the Maker in writing. In the
event that the Payee shall have, in its sole and absolute discretion, determined
that the Payee is unable to quote a Fixed Rate or that a Fixed Rate is
unavailable for any reason whatsoever (subject to the provisio contained in the
seventh (7th) sentence of this subsection (b)), the Payee shall so notify the

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Maker, and any such request for a Fixed Rate pursuant to this subsection (b)
shall be deemed to be a request for the Floating Rate to continue to apply to
the Loan (or the applicable portion).

          (c)     In addition to the conditions set forth above in this
Paragraph 2, the Maker's right to convert all or a portion of the Loan to a
Fixed Rate as provided above from and after May 31, 2003 shall not be applicable
if a default under this Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the Maker gives the Election
Notice or on the Conversion Date.

          (d)     If the Payee determines that it is necessary or desirable in
order to protect the priority of the lien of the Deed of Trust and the quality
of its title insurance with respect thereto, then upon conversion of all or a
portion of the Loan to a Fixed Rate pursuant to an Election Notice, the Payee
shall be provided with (i) such modification agreements and any other documents
required by the Payee in order to confirm such change in interest rate, all in
form satisfactory to the Payee, and (ii) a new title insurance policy (or a
title endorsement providing the same coverage) with respect to the Deed of
Trust, dated as of the Conversion Date, acceptable in all respects to the Payee.
The Maker shall bear all costs related to such modification including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees and title insurance premiums.

     3.   (a)     With respect to any portion of the Loan bearing interest at
the Fixed Rate (each a "FIXED RATE TRANCHE"), subject to the following
provisions of this subparagraph, the Maker shall have the right to prepay a
Fixed Rate Tranche in whole, or in multiples of $1,000.00 (with a minimum of
$10,000.00), upon not less than five (5) Business Days' prior irrevocable
written notice to the Payee specifying the intended date of prepayment, and the
amount to be prepaid, provided that such prepayment is accompanied by payment of
accrued interest to and including the date of prepayment and other sums then due
and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Note, the Deed of Trust or the
Other Security Documents. Any prepayments permitted hereunder shall be applied
in reduction of the principal balance of the applicable Fixed Rate Tranche in
inverse order of maturity. The Maker shall pay to the Payee contemporaneously
with any such voluntary prepayment a Yield Maintenance Premium (as hereinafter
defined). Any payment of the then outstanding principal indebtedness by virtue
of a sale or after the Payee shall have declared the principal indebtedness
immediately due and payable, or after the Payee shall have commenced an action
or proceeding to foreclose the Deed of Trust as a result of a default
thereunder, shall be deemed a voluntary prepayment for the purposes of this
subparagraph and a Yield Maintenance Premium calculated pursuant to the
provisions of this subparagraph shall be payable with respect thereto based upon
the interest rate specified herein applicable to the then outstanding principal
indebtedness immediately prior to such default, declaration or commencement. The
portion of the Principal Balance specified in any such irrevocable notice of
prepayment shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents, be absolutely and
unconditionally due and payable on the date specified in such notice. Amounts
prepaid may not be re-borrowed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this paragraph, the Payee shall not be obligated to accept a

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partial prepayment of the Principal Balance in accordance with the provisions of
this subparagraph if any default shall have occurred and shall be continuing
beyond applicable periods of notice and grace under this Note, the Deed of Trust
or the Other Security Documents unless the Payee shall otherwise agree to the
contrary in its sole and absolute discretion.

          "YIELD MAINTENANCE PREMIUM" shall mean an amount equal to the present
value as of the Prepayment Date of the Calculated Payments from the Prepayment
Date through the Maturity Date determined by discounting such payments at the
Discount Rate. The term "PREPAYMENT DATE" shall mean the date on which
prepayment is made. The term "CALCULATED PAYMENTS" shall mean the monthly
payments of interest only which would be due based on the principal amount being
prepaid on the Prepayment Date and assuming an interest rate per annum equal to
the difference (if such difference is greater than zero) between (y) the
applicable interest rate and (z) the Yield Maintenance Treasury Rate. The term
"DISCOUNT RATE" shall mean the rate which, when compounded monthly, is
equivalent to the Yield Maintenance Treasury Rate, when compounded
semi-annually. The term "YIELD MAINTENANCE TREASURY RATE" shall mean the yield
calculated by the Payee by the linear interpolation of the yields, as reported
in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15-Selected Interest Rates under
the heading U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities for the week
ending prior to the Prepayment Date, of U.S. Treasury Constant Maturities with
maturity dates (one longer or one shorter) most nearly approximating the
maturity date. In the event Release H.15 is no longer published, the Payee shall
select a comparable publication to determine the Yield Maintenance Treasury
Rate. In no event, however, shall the Payee be required to reinvest any
prepayment proceeds in U.S. Treasury obligations or otherwise.

          (b)     With respect to any portion of the Loan bearing interest at
the Floating Rate (the "FLOATING RATE TRANCHE"), subject to the following
provisions of this subparagraph, the Maker shall have the right to prepay the
principal balance applicable to the Floating Rate Tranche in whole, or in part,
upon not less two (2) Business Days' prior irrevocable written notice to the
Payee specifying the intended date of prepayment, and the amount to be prepaid
provided that such prepayment is accompanied by a payment of all interest and
other sums then due and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Note, the
Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents. Any prepayment of the principal
amount applicable to the Floating Rate Tranche shall be without premium or
penalty. Amounts prepaid may not be re-borrowed. All partial prepayments shall
be applied first to the reduction of principal in the inverse order of maturity.
The portion of the Principal Balance specified in any such irrevocable notice of
prepayment shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents, be absolutely and
unconditionally due and payable on the date specified in such notice.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subparagraph, the
Payee shall not be obligated to accept a prepayment, in whole or in part, of the
Principal Balance in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph if any
default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Note, the Deed of
Trust or the Other Security

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Documents unless the Payee shall otherwise agree to the contrary in its sole and
absolute discretion.

     4.   Anything in this Note, the Deed of Trust or any of the Other Security
Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Maker shall indemnify and hold
the Payee harmless and defend the Payee at the Maker's sole cost and expense
against any loss or liability, cost or expense (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements of the Payee's counsel, whether
in-house staff, retained firms or otherwise), and all claims, actions,
procedures and suits arising out of or in connection with:

          (i)     any ongoing matters arising out of this Note, the Deed of
     Trust, any of the Other Loan Documents or the transaction contemplated
     hereby or thereby, including, but not limited to, all costs of appraisal or
     reappraisal of all or any portion of any collateral for the Debt or of the
     granting by the Payee, in its sole and absolute discretion, of any lease
     non-disturbance agreements,

          (ii)    any amendment to, or restructuring of, the Debt, this Note,
     the Deed of Trust or any of the Other Loan Documents, and

          (iii)   any and all lawful action that may be taken by the Payee in
     connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this Note, the Deed of
     Trust or any of the Other Loan Documents, whether or not suit is filed in
     connection with the same, or in connection with the Maker, any guarantor of
     all or any portion of the Debt and/or any partner, joint venturer or
     shareholder thereof becoming subject of a voluntary or involuntary federal
     or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

All sums expended by the Payee on account of any of the foregoing shall be
reimbursable on demand, and until reimbursed by the Maker pursuant hereto, shall
be deemed additional principal evidenced hereby and shall bear interest at the
default interest rate hereinbelow set forth. The obligations of the Maker under
this paragraph shall, notwithstanding any exculpatory or other provisions of any
nature whatsoever which may be set forth herein, in the Deed of Trust or the
Other Loan Documents, constitute the personal recourse undertakings, obligations
and liabilities of the Maker and shall be secured by the Deed of Trust.

     5.   Intentionally Omitted.

     6.   The Maker acknowledges that the Payee may after the date of this Note
sell and assign participation interests in the Loan to such domestic or foreign
banks, insurance companies, pension funds, trusts or other institutional lenders
or other persons, parties or investors (including, but not limited to, grantor
trusts, owner trusts, special purpose corporations, REMIC's, real estate
investment trusts or other similar or comparable investment vehicles) as may be
selected by the Payee in its sole and absolute discretion and on terms and
conditions

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satisfactory to the Payee in its sole and absolute discretion (any such bank,
insurance company, pension fund, trust or other institutional lender or other
person, party or investor to whom a participation interest in the Loan is so
sold and assigned is herein referred to as a "PARTICIPANT"). The Payee shall at
all times during the term of the Loan act as lead lender and servicer for
Participants in accordance with participation agreements in form and substance
satisfactory in all respects to the Payee and its counsel. Subject to the
applicable terms and provisions of the participation agreements, the Payee shall
retain all rights with respect to the enforcement, collection and administration
of the Loan and the security therefor and shall service the Loan throughout the
term thereof. The Maker shall cooperate, and shall cause each guarantor,
indemnitor and other person or party associated or connected with the Loan or
the collateral therefor to cooperate, in all respects with the Payee in
connection with the sale of participation interests in the Loan in the manner
contemplated by this paragraph, and shall, in connection therewith, execute and
deliver such estoppels, certificates, instruments and documents as may be
requested by the Payee. The Maker grants to the Payee, and shall cause each
guarantor, indemnitor and other person or party associated or connected with the
Loan or the collateral therefor to grant to the Payee, the right to distribute
on a confidential basis financial and other information concerning the Maker,
each such guarantor, indemnitor and other person or party and the property
encumbered by the Deed of Trust and other pertinent information with respect to
the Loan to any party who has purchased a participation interest in the Loan or
who has expressed a serious interest in purchasing a participation interest in
the Loan. The Maker shall execute and deliver, and shall cause each guarantor,
indemnitor and other person or party associated or connected with the Loan or
the collateral therefor to execute and deliver, such documents and instruments
as may be necessary to split the Loan into two or more loans evidenced, secured
and advanced by and pursuant to separate sets of notes, Deed of Trusts and other
related loan documents to the full extent required by the Payee to facilitate
the sale of participation interests in the Loan in the manner contemplated by
this paragraph, it being agreed that (i) any such splitting of the Loan will not
adversely affect or diminish the rights of the Maker as presently set forth in
this Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents and will not
increase the respective obligations and liabilities of the Maker or any such
guarantor, indemnitor or other person or party above those presently set forth
in this Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents, (ii) the deeds
of trust and other documents securing the Loan as so split will have such
priority of lien as may be specified by the Payee, and (iii) the retained
interest of the Payee in the Loan as so split shall be allocated to or among one
or more of such separate loans in a manner specified by the Payee in its sole
and absolute discretion. If the Maker shall default in the performance of its
obligation as set forth in this paragraph, and if such default shall not be
remedied by the Maker within ten (10) days after notice by the Payee, the Payee
shall have the right in its discretion to declare the Debt immediately due and
payable. The Payee also reserves the right at any time during the term of the
Loan in its sole and absolute discretion to effect a so-called securitization of
the Loan in such a manner and on such terms and conditions as the Payee shall
deem to be appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion and with such
domestic or foreign banks, insurance companies, pension funds, trusts or other
institutional lenders or other persons, parties or investors (including, but not
limited to, grantor trusts, owner

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trusts, special purpose corporations, REMIC's, real estate investment trusts or
other similar or comparable investment vehicles) as may be selected by the Payee
in its sole and absolute discretion.

     7.   It is hereby expressly agreed that the entire Debt shall become
immediately due and payable at the option of the Payee on the happening of any
default or event by which, under the terms of this Note, the Deed of Trust or
the Other Security Documents, the Debt may or shall become due and payable, and
that all of the terms, covenants and provisions contained in the Deed of Trust
and the Other Security Documents which are to be kept and performed by the Maker
are hereby made part of this Note to the same extent and with the same force and
effect as if they were fully set forth herein.

     8.   If any installment of principal, interest, additional interest or
other sum payable under this Note is not paid within fifteen (15) days after the
date which it is due, the Maker shall pay to the Payee upon demand an amount
equal to 5% of such unpaid installment as a late payment charge.

     9.   In addition to any late payment charge which may be due under this
Note, if the Debt is declared immediately due and payable by the Payee pursuant
to the provisions of this Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security
Documents, or if the Debt is not paid in full on the Maturity Date, or if an
event of default shall occur and be continuing under this Note, the Deed of
Trust or the Other Security Documents, the Maker shall pay interest on the
Principal Balance from the date of such declaration, event of default or the
Maturity Date (as the case may be), until the date the Principal Balance is paid
in full or until such event of default is cured (as the case may be) at a rate
per annum (calculated for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a
365-366-day year) equal to 2% plus the interest rate then applicable under this
Note, provided, however, that such interest rate shall in no event exceed the
maximum interest rate which the Maker may by law pay.

     10.  The Maker hereby waives presentment and demand for payment, notice of
dishonor, protest and notice of protest of this Note. If any payment under this
Note is not made when due, the Maker agrees to pay all costs of collection when
incurred, including reasonable attorneys' fees (which costs shall be added to
the amount due under this Note and shall be receivable therewith). The Maker
agrees to perform and comply with each of the terms, covenants and provisions
contained in this Note, the Deed of Trust and the Other Security Documents on
the part of the Maker to be observed or performed. No release of any security
for the payment of this Note or extension of time for payment of this Note, or
any installment hereof, and no alteration, amendment or waiver of any provision
of this Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents made by
agreement between the Payee and any other person or party shall release,
discharge, modify, change or affect the liability of the Maker under this Note,
the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents.

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     11.  This Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall
the Maker be obligated or required to pay interest on the Principal Balance at a
rate which could subject the Payee to either civil or criminal liability as a
result of being in excess of the maximum rate which the Maker is permitted by
law to contract or agree to pay. If by the terms of this Note, the Maker is at
any time required or obligated to pay interest on the Principal Balance at a
rate in excess of such maximum rate, the rate of interest under this Note shall
be deemed to be immediately reduced to such maximum rate and interest payable
hereunder shall be computed at such maximum rate and the portion of all prior
interest payments in excess of such maximum rate shall be applied and shall be
deemed to have been payments in reduction of the Principal Balance.

     12.  If the Maker consists of more than one person or party, the
obligations and liabilities of each such person or party hereunder shall be
joint and several.

     13.  This Note is secured by the Deed of Trust and the Other Security
Documents.

     14.  This Note is and shall be deemed entered into in the State of New York
and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York and no defense given or allowed by the laws of any state or country
shall be interposed in any action or proceeding hereon unless such defense is
either given or allowed by the laws of the State of New York.

     15.  This Note may only be modified, amended, changed or terminated by an
agreement in writing signed by the Payee and the Maker. No waiver of any term,
covenant or provision of this Note shall be effective unless given in writing by
the Payee and if so given by the Payee shall only be effective in the specific
instance in which given.

     16.  The Maker acknowledges that this Note and the Maker's obligations
under this Note are and shall at all times continue to be absolute and
unconditional in all respects, and shall at all times be valid and enforceable
irrespective of any other agreements or circumstances of any nature whatsoever
which might otherwise constitute a defense to this Note and the obligations of
the Maker under this Note or the obligations of any other person or party
relating to this Note or the obligations of the Maker hereunder or otherwise
with respect to the Loan. This Note sets forth the entire agreement and
understanding of the Payee and the Maker, and the Maker absolutely,
unconditionally and irrevocably waives any and all right to assert any defense,
setoff, counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature whatsoever with respect to this
Note or the obligations of the Maker under this Note or the obligations of any
other person or party relating to this Note or the obligations of the Maker
hereunder or otherwise with respect to the Loan in any action or proceeding
brought by the Payee to collect the Debt, or any portion thereof, or to enforce,
foreclose and realize upon the liens and security interests created by the Deed
of Trust and the Other Security Documents. The Maker acknowledges that no oral
or other agreements,

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understandings, representations or warranties exist with respect to this Note or
with respect to the obligations of the Maker under this Note, except those
specifically set forth in this Note.

     17.  No delay on the part of the Payee in exercising any right or remedy
under this Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents or failure to
exercise the same shall operate as a waiver in whole or in part of any such
right or remedy. No notice to or demand on the Maker shall be deemed to be a
waiver of the obligation of the Maker or of the right of the Payee to take
further action without further notice or demand as provided in this Note, the
Deed of Trust and Other Security Documents.

     18.  The Maker agrees to submit to personal jurisdiction in the State of
New York in any action or proceeding arising out of this Note and, in
furtherance of such agreement, the Maker hereby agrees and consents that without
limiting other methods of obtaining jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction over the
Maker in any such action or proceeding may be obtained within or without the
jurisdiction of any court located in New York and that any process or notice of
motion or other application to any such court in connection with any such action
or proceeding may be served upon the Maker by registered or certified mail to or
by personal service at the last known address of the Maker, whether such address
be within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.

     19.  The Maker (and the undersigned representative of the Maker, if any)
represents that the Maker has full power, authority and legal right to execute
and deliver this Note and that the debt hereunder constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Maker.

     20.  Whenever used, the singular number shall include the plural, the
plural the singular, and the words "PAYEE" and "MAKER" shall include their
respective successors and assigns, provided, however, that the Maker shall in no
event or under any circumstance have the right without obtaining the prior
written consent of the Payee to assign or transfer its obligations under this
Note, the Deed of Trust or the Other Security Documents, in whole or in part, to
any other person, party or entity.

     21.  THE MAKER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, AND THE PAYEE
BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, ANY AND
ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING IN
CONNECTION WITH, OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE LOAN, THIS NOTE, THE DEED
OF TRUST OR THE OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS.

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     22.  This Note evidences the "First Advance" made pursuant to and in
accordance with the Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement contemplates an optional
additional advance of up to $10,000,000.00 upon and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement. In the event such additional advance
is made, at the Payee's option, this Note may be amended or restated to evidence
such additional advance as more particularly set forth in the Loan Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Maker has duly executed this Note the day and year
first above written.

                                        S&W OF LAS VEGAS, L.L.C.

                                        By: /s/ Alan M. Mandel
                                            --------------------------------
                                             Name: Alan M. Mandel
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer

STATE OF NEW YORK   )
                    ) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK  )

          On the 19th day of August in the year 2002 before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Alan M. Mandel
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity and that by his
signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which
the individual acted, executed the instrument.

                                            /s/ Linda Marshall
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                                                Notary Public

                                                      [SEAL]

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.45

                             LEASEHOLD DEED OF TRUST

THIS LEASEHOLD DEED OF TRUST (this "DEED OF TRUST") made the 23 day of August,
2002, by S&W OF LAS VEGAS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, having
an address at c/o The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc., 1114 First
Avenue, New York, New York 10021 (the "GRANTOR") to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY
OF NEVADA, INC., as trustee, having an address at 3760 Pecos-McLeod, #7, Las
Vegas, Nevada 89121 (the "TRUSTEE"), for the benefit of MORGAN STANLEY DEAN
WITTER COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, having an
address at 825 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (the "BENEFICIARY").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Grantor is the owner of a leasehold estate in the premises
described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the "PREMISES") under and pursuant to
the provisions of the lease described in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (the
"SUBJECT LEASE");

     WHEREAS, the Grantor is a party to a certain Term Loan Agreement of even
date herewith among the Grantor, The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc.
and the Beneficiary (such agreement and any and all amendments, modifications,
extensions, renewals or replacements thereto, is referred to herein as the "LOAN
AGREEMENT"; all capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement);

     WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, the
Beneficiary has agreed to make a certain loan (the "LOAN"), which Loan is
evidenced by a Promissory Note of even date herewith in the principal amount of
Four Million and 00/100 Dollars ($4,000,000.00) [as the same may be amended or
restated from time to time, the "Note"]; and

     WHEREAS, it is a condition to the obligation of the Beneficiary to make the
Loan that the Grantor execute and deliver this Deed of Trust.

     NOW THEREFORE, TO SECURE PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF THE FOLLOWING
OBLIGATIONS (collectively, the "OBLIGATIONS"):

          (i)     Prompt payment and performance of all obligations of the
Grantor under, with respect to and arising in connection with the Loan
Agreement, the Note, this Deed of Trust and the other Loan Documents (as herein
defined), including without limitation, all obligations to the Beneficiary for
fees, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, as provided herein or
therein;

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          (ii)    Payment of all sums advanced by the Beneficiary or the Trustee
to protect the Trust Property (as defined herein), with interest thereon at the
Default Rate (as defined herein);

          (iii)   All renewals, extensions, amendments, restatements and changes
of, or substitutions or replacements for, all or any part of any of the
obligations described in clause (i) hereof; and

          (iv)    Payment of all sums advanced and costs and expenses incurred
by the Beneficiary (or by the Trustee) in connection with any of the foregoing
obligations or in connection with the perfection and the security therefor,
whether such advances, costs and expenses were made or incurred at the request
of the Grantor or the Beneficiary (or the Trustee);

THE GRANTOR BY THESE PRESENTS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (i) grants, gives, bargains,
sells, alienates, enfeoffs, conveys, confirms, sets over, delivers, assigns and
transfers to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, IN TRUST FOREVER, WITH
POWER OF SALE, pursuant to this Deed of Trust and applicable law, for the
benefit of the Beneficiary, all right, title and interest of the Grantor now
owned, or hereafter acquired, in and to the property, rights and interests
hereinafter described in granting clauses (a) through (l) [collectively, the
"TRUST PROPERTY"] that are real property (collectively, the "RP COLLATERAL")
under the laws of the state of Nevada (subject, however, to the rights of the
Beneficiary in any of the Rents and Leases (as such terms are hereinafter
defined)) (ii) assigns and transfers to the Beneficiary all of the Rents and
other benefits derived from any Leases; and (iii) grants a security interest to
the Beneficiary in the Trust Property (that are now or hereafter existing) to
the full extent that the Trust Property may be subject to the Uniform Commercial
Code of the state or states where the Trust Property is situated (collectively,
the "UCC COLLATERAL"):

     (a)  (i) the Subject Lease and the leasehold estate in the Premises created
thereunder; (ii) the buildings and improvements owned by the Grantor now or
hereafter located on the Premises (the "IMPROVEMENTS"); (iii) all modifications,
extensions and renewals of the Subject Lease and all credits, deposits, options,
purchase options, privileges and rights of the Grantor under the Subject Lease,
including, but not limited to, the right, if any, to renew or extend the Subject
Lease for a succeeding term or terms, or to acquire fee title to or other
interest in all or any portion of the Premises or to the Improvements; and (iv)
all of the Grantor's rights and remedies at any time arising under or pursuant
to Section 365(h) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Section 101 ET SEQ. (the
"BANKRUPTCY CODE"), including, without limitation, all of the Grantor's rights
thereunder to remain in possession of the Premises and the Improvements;

     (b)  all of the estate, right, title, claim or demand of any nature
whatsoever of the Grantor, either in law or in equity, in possession or
expectancy, in and to the Premises or any part thereof;

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     (c)  all easements, rights-of-way, gores of land, streets, ways, alleys,
passages, sewer rights, waters, water courses, water rights and powers, and all
estates, rights, titles, interests, privileges, liberties, tenements,
hereditaments, and appurtenances of any nature whatsoever, in any way belonging,
relating or pertaining to the Premises (including, without limitation, any and
all development rights, air rights or similar or comparable rights of any nature
whatsoever now or hereafter appurtenant to the Premises or now or hereafter
transferred to the Premises);

     (d)  all machinery, apparatus, equipment, fittings, fixtures and other
property of every kind and nature whatsoever and all additions thereto and
renewals and replacements thereof, and all substitutions therefor now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Grantor, or in which the Grantor has or shall have an
interest, now or hereafter located upon or in, or attached to, any portion of
the Premises or appurtenances thereto, or located off-site from the Premises but
purchased with the proceeds of the Loan and used or usable in connection with
the present or future operation and occupancy of the Premises and all building
equipment, materials and supplies of any nature whatsoever owned by the Grantor,
or in which the Grantor has or shall have an interest, now or hereafter located
upon the Premises and whether stored at the Premises or off-site if used in
connection with such operation and occupancy (collectively, the "EQUIPMENT"),
and the right, title and interest of the Grantor in and to any of the Equipment
which may be subject to any security agreements (as defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code of the state of Nevada), superior in lien to the lien of this
Deed of Trust and all proceeds and products of any of the above;

     (e)  all awards or payments, including interest thereon, and the right to
receive the same, which may be made with respect to the Premises, whether from
the exercise of the right of eminent domain (including any transfer made in lieu
of the exercise of said right), or for any other injury to or decrease in the
value of the Premises;

     (f)  all leases and other agreements (other than the Subject Lease)
affecting the use or occupancy of the Premises now or hereafter entered into
(the "LEASES") and the right to receive and apply the rents, issues and profits
of the Premises (the "RENTS") to the payment of the Obligations;

     (g)  all right, title and interest of the Grantor in and to (i) all
contracts from time to time executed by the Grantor or any manager or agent on
its behalf relating to the ownership, construction, maintenance, repair,
operation, occupancy, sale or financing of the Premises or any part thereof and
all agreements relating to the purchase or lease of any portion of the Premises
or any property which is adjacent or peripheral to the Premises, together with
the right to exercise such options and all leases of Equipment, (ii) all
consents, licenses (to the extent such grant is permitted by law), building
permits, certificates of occupancy and other governmental approvals relating to
construction, completion, occupancy, use or operation of the Premises or any
part thereof, and (iii) all drawings, plans, specifications and similar or
related items relating to the Premises;

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     (h)  all trade names, trademarks, logos, copyrights, good will and books
and records relating to or used in connection with the operation of the Premises
or any part thereof; all general intangibles related to the operation of the
Premises now existing or hereafter arising;

     (i)  all accounts and revenues arising from the operation of the Premises,
including, without limitation, (i) any right to payment now existing or
hereafter arising for goods sold or for services rendered, whether or not yet
earned by performance, arising from the operation of the Premises and (ii) all
rights to payment from any consumer credit-charge card organization or entity,
including, without limitation, payments arising from the use of the American
Express Card, the Visa Card, the Carte Blanche Card, the Mastercard, the
Discover Card or any other credit card, including those now existing or
hereafter created, substitutions therefor, proceeds thereof (whether cash or
non-cash, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible) received upon the sale,
exchange, transfer, collection or other disposition or substitution thereof and
any and all of the foregoing and proceeds therefrom;

     (j)  all proceeds of and any unearned premiums on any insurance policies
covering the Premises, including, without limitation, the right to receive and
apply the proceeds of any insurance, judgments, or settlements made in lieu
thereof, for damage to the Premises and all refunds of Taxes (as herein
defined);

     (k)  the right, in the name and on behalf of the Grantor, to appear in and
defend any action or proceeding brought with respect to the Premises and to
commence any action or proceeding to protect the interest of the Beneficiary in
the Premises; and

     (l)  all rights and estates in reversion or remainder to any existing and
future corrections, modifications, supplements or amendments to, or renewals,
extensions or ratifications of, or replacements or substitutions for, or
accessions, additions or attachments to, or proceeds (both cash and non-cash)
of, any of the foregoing, and all privileges and appurtenances thereunto
belonging.

     IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING GRANTS, BARGAINS, SALES, ASSIGNMENTS,
TRANSFERS AND CONVEYANCES, AND TO PROTECT THE TRUST PROPERTY AND THE SECURITY
GRANTED BY THIS DEED OF TRUST, THE GRANTOR COVENANTS AND AGREES WITH AND
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO THE BENEFICIARY AS FOLLOWS:

     1.   PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.

          The Grantor will pay the Obligations at the time and in the manner
provided for its payment in the Loan Agreement, the Note and the other Loan
Documents. The Loan

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Agreement and the Note provide for a variable rate of interest which may, under
certain circumstances, be converted to a fixed rate of interest.

     2.   HABENDUM AND WARRANTY OF TITLE.

          The Grantor represents that the Grantor is the lawful owner of the RP
Collateral with good right and authority to encumber and convey it, and that the
RP Collateral is free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, subject
to the terms and condition of the Subject Lease and the other title exceptions
expressly set forth in the title insurance policy issued to the Beneficiary in
connection with the Loan and insuring the lien of this Deed of Trust. The
Grantor hereby binds the Grantor and the Grantor's successors and assigns to
forever WARRANT and DEFEND the Trust Property and every part of it unto the
Trustee, his successors or substitutes in the Trust, and his or their assigns,
against the claims and demands of every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or
to claim it or any part of it (such warranty to supersede any provision
contained in this Deed of Trust limiting the liability of the Grantor), subject
to the terms and condition of the Subject Lease and the other title exceptions
expressly set forth in the title insurance policy issued to the Beneficiary in
connection with the Loan and insuring the lien of this Deed of Trust. The
Grantor further represents and warrants (i) the Subject Lease is in full force
and effect and has not been modified in any manner whatsoever, (ii) there are no
defaults under the Subject Lease and no event has occurred, which but for the
passage of time, or notice, or both, would constitute a default under the
Subject Lease, (iii) all rents, additional rents and other sums due and payable
under the Subject Lease have been paid in full, and (iv) no action has commenced
and no notice has been given or received for the purpose of terminating the
Subject Lease.

     3.   INSURANCE.

          At all times prior to the termination of this Deed of Trust, the
Grantor (i) will keep the Improvements and the Equipment insured against loss or
damage by fire, standard extended coverage perils and such other hazards as the
Beneficiary shall from time to time require in amounts approved by the
Beneficiary on a so-called "special form" policy, which amounts shall in no
event be less than 100% of the full insurable replacement value of the
Improvements and the Equipment and shall be sufficient to meet all applicable
co-insurance requirements and will maintain such other forms of insurance
coverage with respect to the Trust Property as the Beneficiary shall require,
and (ii) will maintain rental and business interruption insurance and such other
insurance as the Beneficiary may from time to time require, in amounts approved
by the Beneficiary, including, without limitation, comprehensive general public
liability insurance covering injury and damage to persons and property naming
the Beneficiary as an additional insured. All policies of insurance (the
"POLICIES") shall be issued by insurers having a minimum policy holders rating
of "A-" per the latest rating publication of Property and Casualty Insurers by
A.M. Best Company and shall have a financial size category of not less than IX,
and who are lawfully doing business in the state of Nevada and are otherwise
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all respects to the Beneficiary. All Policies shall include a provision that
such Policy (a) will not be cancelled, altered or in any way limited in coverage
or reduced in amount unless the Beneficiary is notified in writing at least
thirty (30) days prior to such cancellation or change and (b) shall contain a
mortgagee non-contribution clause endorsement or an equivalent endorsement
satisfactory to the Beneficiary naming the Beneficiary as the person to which
all payments made by the insurer thereunder shall be paid and shall otherwise be
in form and substance satisfactory in all respects to the Beneficiary. Blanket
insurance policies shall not be acceptable for the purposes of this Paragraph 3
unless otherwise approved to the contrary by the Beneficiary. The Grantor shall
pay the premiums for the Policies as the same become due and payable. At the
request of the Beneficiary, the Grantor will deliver the Policies to the
Beneficiary. Not later than ten (10) days prior to the expiration date of each
of the Policies, the Grantor will deliver to the Beneficiary a renewal policy or
policies marked "premium paid" or accompanied by other evidence satisfactory to
the Beneficiary that the Policies are in effect and the premiums have been paid.
If at any time the Beneficiary is not in receipt of written evidence that all
insurance required hereunder is in full force and effect, the Beneficiary shall
have the right without notice to the Grantor to take such action as the
Beneficiary deems necessary to protect its interest in the Trust Property,
including, without limitation, the obtaining of such insurance coverage as the
Beneficiary in its sole discretion deems appropriate, and all expenses incurred
by the Beneficiary in connection with such action or in obtaining such insurance
and keeping it in effect shall be paid by the Grantor to the Beneficiary upon
demand. The Grantor shall at all times comply with and shall cause the
Improvements and Equipment and the use, occupancy, operation, maintenance,
alteration, repair and restoration thereof to comply with the terms, conditions,
stipulations and requirements of the Policies. If the Premises, or any portion
of the Improvements or the Equipment, is located in a Federally designated
"special flood hazard area," in addition to the other Policies required under
this Paragraph 3, a flood insurance policy shall be delivered by the Grantor to
the Beneficiary. If no portion of the Premises is located in a Federally
designated "special flood hazard area" such fact shall be substantiated by a
certificate in form satisfactory to the Beneficiary from a licensed surveyor,
appraiser or professional engineer or other qualified person. If the Trust
Property shall be damaged or destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other
property hazard or casualty, the Grantor shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Beneficiary. Sums paid to the Beneficiary by any insurer may be retained and
applied by the Beneficiary toward payment of the Obligations, or held as cash
collateral therefor, whether or not then due and payable in such order, priority
and proportions as the Beneficiary in its discretion shall deem proper or, at
the discretion of the Beneficiary, the same may be paid, either in whole or in
part, to the Grantor for such purposes as the Beneficiary shall designate. If
the Beneficiary shall receive and retain such insurance proceeds, the lien of
this Deed of Trust shall be reduced only by the amount thereof received and
retained by the Beneficiary and actually applied by the Beneficiary in reduction
of the Obligations. This Paragraph 3 is subject to the terms of the Subject
Lease.

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     4.   PAYMENT OF TAXES, ETC.

          (a)     To the extent that the Grantor is obligated to pay the same
under the Subject Lease or under applicable law, the Grantor shall pay all
taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents and other charges, including vault
charges and license fees for the use of vaults, chutes and similar areas
adjoining the Premises, now or hereafter levied or assessed against the Trust
Property and the Premises (the "TAXES") prior to the date upon which any fine,
penalty, interest or cost may be added thereto or imposed by law for the
nonpayment thereof, and the Grantor shall deliver to the Beneficiary, upon
request, receipted bills, canceled checks and other evidence satisfactory to the
Beneficiary evidencing the payment of the Taxes prior to the date upon which any
fine, penalty, interest or cost may be added thereto or imposed by law for the
nonpayment thereof.

          (b)     After prior notice to the Beneficiary, in the case of any
material item, the Grantor, at its own expense, may contest by appropriate legal
proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due
diligence, the amount or validity or application in whole or in part of any of
the Taxes, provided that (i) no default shall have occurred and shall be
continuing under the Note or this Deed of Trust, (ii) the Grantor is permitted
to do so under the provisions of the Subject Lease, (ii) such proceeding shall
suspend the collection of the contested Taxes from the Grantor and from the
Trust Property, (iv) such proceeding shall be permitted under and be conducted
in accordance with the provisions of any other instrument to which the Grantor
or the Trust Property is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder,
(v) neither the Trust Property nor any part thereof nor any interest therein
will in the opinion of the Beneficiary be in danger of being sold, forfeited,
terminated, canceled or lost, and (vi) the Grantor shall have set aside in an
interest-bearing account with the Beneficiary, and otherwise in a manner
satisfactory to the Beneficiary, adequate cash reserves for the payment of the
contested Taxes, together will all interest and penalties thereon, or in the
alternative the Grantor shall have furnished such security as may be required in
the proceeding, or as may otherwise be requested or required by the Beneficiary
to insure the payment of the contested Taxes, together with all interest and
penalties thereon, and, provided further, that if at any time the Beneficiary
determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that payment of any tax,
assessment or other charge shall become necessary to prevent the delivery of a
tax deed conveying the Trust Property or any portion thereof because of
non-payment of any such sums, then the Grantor shall pay or cause to be paid the
sums in sufficient time to prevent the delivery of such tax deed.

          (c)     If a default shall occur under the Note or this Deed of Trust
either prior to, or after, initiating said proceeding, the Beneficiary shall
have the right to either initiate or continue said proceeding, as the case may
be, either in its own name or as agent of the Grantor. The Grantor shall
cooperate with the Beneficiary and make available to the Beneficiary upon demand
any and all information, and execute any documents or pleadings, which the
Beneficiary may reasonably require. The Beneficiary shall then conduct said
proceeding in a manner it

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deems appropriate, and at its own expense, subject to any right of reimbursement
from the Grantor in accordance with the provisions of this Deed of Trust.

     5.   ESCROW FUND.

          To the extent that the Grantor is obligated to pay the Taxes under the
Subject Lease or under applicable law, the Grantor will, at the option of the
Beneficiary, pay to the Beneficiary on the first day of each calendar month
one-twelfth of an amount (the "ESCROW FUND") which would be sufficient to pay
the Taxes payable, or estimated by the Beneficiary to be payable, during the
ensuing twelve (12) months. The Beneficiary will apply the Escrow Fund to the
payment of Taxes which are required to be paid by the Grantor pursuant to the
provisions of this Deed of Trust. If the amount of the Escrow Fund shall exceed
the amount of the Taxes payable by the Grantor pursuant to the provisions of
this Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary shall, in its discretion, (a) return any
excess to the Grantor, (b) credit such excess against future payments to be made
to the Escrow Fund or (c) credit such excess against the Debt in such priority
and proportions as the Grantor in its sole discretion shall deem proper. In
returning such excess, the Beneficiary may deal with the person shown on the
records of the Beneficiary to be the owner of the Trust Property. If the Escrow
Fund is not sufficient to pay the Taxes, as the same become payable, the Grantor
shall pay to the Beneficiary, upon request, an amount which the Beneficiary
shall estimate as sufficient to make up the deficiency. Any amounts in the
Escrow Fund may not be commingled with the general funds of the Beneficiary and
shall constitute additional security for the Obligations and shall bear
interest.

     6.   CONDEMNATION.

          Notwithstanding any taking of all or any portion of the Trust Property
by any public or quasi-public authority through eminent domain or otherwise, the
Grantor shall continue to pay the Obligations at the times and in the manner
provided therefor in the Note, this Deed of Trust and the other Loan Documents,
and the Obligations shall not be reduced until any award or payment therefor
shall have been actually received and applied by the Beneficiary to the
reduction of the Obligations. The Beneficiary may hold such award or payment as
cash collateral for the Obligations and/or apply all or any of the same to the
reduction of the Obligations whether or not then due and payable in such order,
priority and proportions as the Beneficiary in its discretion shall deem proper.
If the Trust Property is sold, through foreclosure or otherwise, prior to the
receipt by the Beneficiary of such award or payment, the Beneficiary shall have
the right, whether or not a deficiency judgment shall have been sought,
recovered or denied with respect to the Obligations, to receive such award or
payment, or a portion thereof sufficient to pay the Obligations, whichever is
less. The Grantor shall file and prosecute its claim or claims for any such
award or payment in good faith and with due diligence and cause the same to be
collected and paid over to the Beneficiary. The Grantor hereby irrevocably
authorizes and empowers the Beneficiary, in the name of the Grantor or
otherwise, to collect and receipt for any such award or payment and to file and
prosecute such claim or claims. Although

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it is hereby expressly agreed that the same shall not be necessary in any event,
the Grantor shall, upon demand of the Beneficiary, make, execute and deliver any
and all assignments and other instruments sufficient for the purpose of
assigning any such award or payment to the Beneficiary, free and clear of any
encumbrances of any kind or nature whatsoever.

     7.   LEASES AND RENTS.

     (a)  Grantor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells,
transfers and conveys all of the right, title and interest in and to all Leases
and all renewals, replacements and guarantees thereof along with all of the
Rents to Beneficiary. This assignment is absolute in nature and not an
assignment for additional security only. Subject to the terms of this Paragraph
7, the Beneficiary waives the right to enter the Premises for the purposes of
collecting the Rents, and grants the Grantor the right to collect the Rents. The
Grantor shall hold the Rents, or an amount sufficient to discharge all current
sums due in respect of the Obligations in trust for use in payment of the
Obligations. The right of the Grantor to collect the Rents may be revoked by the
Beneficiary without notice upon any default under the terms of the Note or this
Deed of Trust. Following such revocation, the Beneficiary may retain and apply
the Rents toward payment of the Obligations, in such order, priority and
proportions as the Beneficiary, in its discretion, shall deem proper, or to the
operation, maintenance and repair of the Trust Property, and irrespective of
whether the Beneficiary shall have commenced any sale or foreclosure of this
Deed of Trust or shall have applied or arranged for the appointment of a
receiver. The Grantor shall not, without the consent of the Beneficiary, make,
or suffer to be made, any Leases or modify or cancel any Leases, or accept
prepayments of installments of the Rents for a period of more than one (1) month
in advance or further assign the whole or any part of the Rents. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Beneficiary will not unreasonably withhold its consent to the
Grantor making a new Lease or renewing an existing Lease provided that (i) no
Event of Default has occurred hereunder and (ii) such new or renewed Lease is
(a) for actual occupancy, (b) at market rents, (c) for a reputable use as
reasonably determined by the Beneficiary and (d) made pursuant to documentation
in form and substance satisfactory in all respect to the Beneficiary. The
Grantor shall (a) fulfill or perform each and every provision of the Leases on
the part of the Grantor to be fulfilled or performed, (b) promptly send copies
of all notices of default which the Grantor shall send or receive under the
Leases to the Beneficiary, and (c) enforce the performance or observance of the
provisions thereof by the tenants thereunder. The Grantor shall from time to
time, but not less frequently than once every 180 days, provide to the
Beneficiary a complete and detailed leasing status report with respect to the
Improvements, which leasing status report shall be in form and substance
satisfactory in all respects to the Beneficiary. In addition to the rights which
the Beneficiary may have herein, in the event of any default under this Deed of
Trust, the Beneficiary, at its option, may require the Grantor to pay monthly in
advance to the Beneficiary, or any receiver appointed to collect the Rents, the
fair and reasonable rental value for the use and occupation of such part of the
Premises as may be in possession of the Grantor. Upon default in any such
payment, the Grantor will vacate and surrender possession of the Premises to the
Beneficiary, or to such receiver, and, in default

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thereof, the Grantor may be evicted by summary proceedings or otherwise. Nothing
contained in this Paragraph shall be construed as imposing on the Beneficiary
any of the obligations of the lessor under the Leases or of a "mortgagee in
possession" (or equivalent).

     (b)  The Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, upon recordation of this
Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary's interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be
fully perfected, "choate" and enforced as to the Grantor and all third parties,
including without limitation any subsequently appointed trustee in any case
under the Bankruptcy Code (as hereinafter defined), without the necessity of (i)
commencing an action for the sale or foreclosure of the Trust Property, (ii)
furnishing notice to the Grantor or tenants under the Leases, (iii) making
formal demand for the Rents, (iv) taking possession of the Premises, (v)
obtaining the appointment of a receiver of the rents and profits of the
Premises, (vi) sequestering or impounding the Rents, or (vii) taking any other
affirmative action.

     (c)  For purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Grantor and
the Beneficiary agree that this Deed of Trust shall constitute a "security
agreement," that the security interest created by such security agreement
extends to property of the Grantor acquired before the commencement of a case in
bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents and that such security interest
shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of a
case in bankruptcy.

     (d)  The Grantor acknowledges and agrees that all Rents shall be deemed to
be "Cash Collateral" under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code in the event that
the Grantor files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or is made subject to any
involuntary bankruptcy proceeding. After the filing of such petition, the
Grantor may not use Cash Collateral without the consent of the Beneficiary
and/or an order of any bankruptcy court pursuant to Section 363(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code.

     (e)  It is agreed and understood that the Beneficiary hereby reserves the
right and shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent or joinder of any other party, to subordinate this Deed of Trust and the
liens, assignments and security interests created by this Deed of Trust to all
or any of the Leases regardless of the respective priority of any of such Leases
and this Deed of Trust. Upon doing so, a foreclosure of the Beneficiary's liens,
assignments and security interests under this Deed of Trust shall be subject to
and shall not operate to extinguish any of said Leases as to which such
subordination is operative.

     8.   MAINTENANCE OF THE TRUST PROPERTY.

          The Grantor shall cause the Trust Property to be maintained in good
condition and repair and will not commit or suffer to be committed any waste of
the Trust Property. The Improvements and the Equipment shall not be removed,
demolished or materially altered (except for normal replacement of the
Equipment), without the prior written consent of the Beneficiary.

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The Grantor shall promptly comply with all existing and future governmental
laws, orders, ordinances, rules and regulations affecting the Trust Property, or
any portion thereof or the use thereof. The Grantor shall promptly repair,
replace or rebuild any part of the Trust Property which may be damaged or
destroyed by fire or other property hazard or casualty (including any fire or
other property hazard or casualty for which insurance was not obtained or
obtainable) or which may be affected by any taking by any public or quasi-public
authority through eminent domain or otherwise, and shall complete and pay for,
within a reasonable time, any structure at any time in the process of
construction or repair on the Premises. If such fire or other property hazard or
casualty shall be covered by the Policies, the Grantor's obligation to repair,
replace or rebuild such portion of the Trust Property shall be contingent upon
the Beneficiary paying the Grantor the proceeds of the Policies, or such portion
thereof as shall be sufficient to complete such repair, replacement or
rebuilding, whichever is less. The Grantor will not, without obtaining the prior
consent of the Beneficiary, initiate, join in or consent to any private
restrictive covenant, zoning ordinance, or other public or private restrictions,
limiting or affecting the uses which may be made of the Trust Property or any
part thereof.

     9.   ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS.

          (a)     For the purposes of this Paragraph 9, the following terms
shall have the following meanings: (i) the term "HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" shall mean
any material or substance that, whether by its nature or use, is now or
hereafter defined or regulated as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance,
pollutant or contaminant under any Environmental Requirement, or which is toxic,
explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic,
mutagenic or otherwise hazardous or which is or contains petroleum, gasoline,
diesel fuel, another petroleum hydrocarbon product, asbestos,
asbestos-containing materials or polychlorinated biphenyls, (ii) the
"ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS" shall collectively mean all present and future
laws, statutes, common law, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, codes,
licenses, permits, decrees, judgments, directives or the equivalent of or by any
Governmental Authority and relating to or addressing the protection of the
environment or human health, and (iii) the term "GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" shall
mean the Federal government, or any state or other political subdivision
thereof, or any agency, court or body of the Federal government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions. For purposes of this Paragraph
9 only, the term "Trust Property" shall include the land comprising the
Premises.

          (b)     The Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Beneficiary
to the best of its knowledge that (i) except as specifically set forth in the
Phase I Environmental Assessment dated October 19, 1994, prepared by Terracon
Consultants Western, Inc., no Hazardous Material is currently located at, on,
in, under or about the Trust Property in violation of any Environmental
Requirements, (ii) no releasing, emitting, discharging, leaching, dumping,
disposing or transporting of any Hazardous Material from the Trust Property onto
any other property or from any other property onto or into the Trust Property
has occurred or is occurring

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in violation of any Environmental Requirement, (iii) no notice of violation,
non-compliance, liability or potential liability, lien, complaint, suit, order
or other notice with respect to the Trust Property is presently outstanding
under any Environmental Requirement, nor does the Grantor have knowledge or
reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened,
and (iv) the Trust Property and the operation thereof are in full compliance
with all Environmental Requirements.

          (c)     The Grantor shall comply, and shall cause all tenants or other
occupants of the Trust Property deriving their interests through the Grantor to
comply, in all respects with all Environmental Requirements, and will not
generate, store, handle, process, dispose of or otherwise use, and will not
permit any tenant or other occupant of the Trust Property to generate, store,
handle, process, dispose of or otherwise use, Hazardous Materials at, in, on, or
about the Trust Property in a manner that could lead or potentially lead to the
imposition on the Grantor, the Beneficiary or the Trust Property of any
liability or lien of any nature whatsoever under any Environmental Requirement.
The Grantor shall notify the Beneficiary promptly in the event of any spill or
other release of any Hazardous Material at, in, on, under or about the Trust
Property which is required to be reported to a Governmental Authority under any
Environmental Requirement, will promptly forward to the Beneficiary copies of
any notices received by the Grantor relating to alleged violations of any
Environmental Requirement or any potential liability under any Environmental
Requirement and will promptly pay when due any fine or assessment against the
Beneficiary, the Grantor or the Trust Property relating to any Environmental
Requirement. If at any time it is determined that the operation or use of the
Trust Property is in violation of any applicable Environmental Requirement or
that there are Hazardous Materials located at, in, on, under or about the Trust
Property which violate any applicable Environmental Requirement or that there
are Hazardous Materials located at, in, on, under or about the Trust Property
which, under any Environmental Requirement, require special handling in
collection, storage, treatment or disposal, or any form of cleanup or corrective
action, the Grantor shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice
thereof from any Governmental Authority or from the Beneficiary, take, at the
Grantor's sole cost and expense, such actions as may be necessary to fully
comply in all respects with all Environmental Requirements, provided, however,
that if such compliance cannot reasonably be completed within such thirty (30)
day period, the Grantor shall commence such necessary action within such thirty
(30) day period and shall thereafter diligently and expeditiously proceed to
fully comply in all respects and in a timely fashion with all Environmental
Requirements.

          (d)     If the Grantor fails to timely take, or to diligently and
expeditiously proceed to complete in a timely fashion (as determined by the
Beneficiary in its sole and absolute discretion), any such action described in
clause (c) above, the Beneficiary may, in its sole and absolute discretion, make
advances or payments toward the performance or satisfaction of the same, but
shall in no event be under any obligation to do so. All sums so advanced or paid
by the Beneficiary (including, without limitation, counsel and consultant fees
and expenses, investigation and laboratory fees and expenses, and fines or other
penalty payments) and all

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sums advanced or paid in connection with any judicial or administrative
investigation or proceeding relating thereto, will immediately, upon demand,
become due and payable from the Grantor and shall bear interest at the Default
Rate from the date any such sums are so advanced or paid by the Beneficiary
until the date any such sums are repaid by the Grantor to the Beneficiary. The
Grantor will execute and deliver, promptly upon request, such instruments as the
Beneficiary may deem useful or necessary to permit the Beneficiary to take any
such action, and such additional notes and instruments, as the Beneficiary may
require to secure all sums so advanced or paid by the Beneficiary. If a lien is
filed against the Trust Property by any Governmental Authority resulting from
the need to expend or the actual expending of monies arising from an action or
omission, whether intentional or unintentional, of the Grantor or for which the
Grantor is responsible, resulting in the releasing, spilling, leaking, leaching,
pumping, emitting, pouring, emptying or dumping of any Hazardous Material into
the waters or onto land located within or without the state of Nevada where the
Trust Property is located, then the Grantor will, within thirty (30) days from
the date that the Grantor is first given notice that such lien has been placed
against the Trust Property (or within such shorter period of time as may be
specified by the Beneficiary if such Governmental Authority has commenced steps
to cause the Trust Property to be sold pursuant to such lien), either (i) pay
the claim and remove the lien, or (ii) furnish a cash deposit, bond, or such
other security with respect thereto as is satisfactory in all respects to the
Beneficiary and is sufficient to effect a complete discharge of such lien on the
Trust Property.

          (e)     The Beneficiary may, at its option, at any time or times, but
not more than one time per year, cause an environmental audit of the Trust
Property or portions thereof to be conducted to confirm the Grantor's compliance
with the provisions of this Paragraph 9; provided, however, the Grantor shall
not unreasonably withhold its consent to the Beneficiary's request to cause an
environmental audit more than one time per year. In addition, the Beneficiary
may, at its option if the Beneficiary reasonably believes that a Hazardous
Material or other environmental condition violates or threatens to violate any
Environmental Requirement, cause an environmental audit of the Trust Property or
portions thereof to be conducted to confirm the Grantor's compliance with the
provisions of this Paragraph 9. The Grantor shall cooperate in all reasonable
ways with the Beneficiary in connection with any such audit. If any audit
discloses that a violation of or a liability under an Environmental Requirement
exists, or if such audit was required by the Beneficiary under the second
sentence of this subparagraph (e), or was prescribed by law, regulation or
governmental or quasi-governmental authority, the Grantor shall pay all costs
and expenses incurred in connection with such audit; otherwise, the costs and
expenses of such audit shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
in this Paragraph 9, be paid by the Beneficiary.

          (f)     If this Deed of Trust is foreclosed, or if the Trust Property
is sold pursuant to the provisions of this Deed of Trust, or if the Grantor
tenders a deed or assignment in lieu of foreclosure or sale, the Grantor shall
deliver the Trust Property to the purchaser at foreclosure or

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sale or to the Beneficiary, its nominee, or wholly-owned subsidiary, as the case
may be, in a condition that complies in all respects with all Environmental
Requirements.

          (g)     The Grantor will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the
Beneficiary, its employees, agents, officers, and directors, from and against
any and all claims, demands, penalties, causes of action, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs, or expenses of whatever kind or nature, known or
unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, contingent or otherwise (including, without
limitation, counsel and consultant fees and expenses, investigation and
laboratory fees and expenses, court costs, and litigation expenses) arising out
of, or in any way related to, (i) any breach by the Grantor of any of the
provisions of this Paragraph 9, (ii) the presence, disposal, spillage,
discharge, emission, leakage, release, or threatened release of any Hazardous
Material which is at, in, on, under, about, from or affecting the Trust
Property, including, without limitation, any damage or injury resulting from any
such Hazardous Material to or affecting the Trust Property or the soil, water,
air, vegetation, buildings, personal property, persons or animals located on the
Trust Property or on any other property or otherwise, (iii) any personal injury
(including wrongful death) or property damage (real or personal) arising out of
or related to any such Hazardous Material, (iv) any lawsuit brought or
threatened, settlement reached, or order or directive of or by any Governmental
Authority relating to such Hazardous Material, or (v) any violation of any
Environmental Requirement or any policy or requirement of the Beneficiary
hereunder. The aforesaid indemnification shall, notwithstanding any exculpatory
or other provision of any other document or instrument now or hereafter executed
and delivered in connection with the loans evidenced by the Notes and secured by
this Deed of Trust, constitute the personal recourse undertakings, obligations
and liabilities of the Grantor.

          (h)     The obligations and liabilities of the Grantor under this
Paragraph 9 shall survive and continue in full force and effect and shall not be
terminated, discharged or released, in whole or in part, irrespective of whether
the Obligations have been paid in full and irrespective of any foreclosure of
this Deed of Trust, sale of the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of
this Deed of Trust or acceptance by the Beneficiary, its nominee or affiliate of
a deed or assignment in lieu of foreclosure or sale and irrespective of any
other fact or circumstance of any nature whatsoever.

     10.  ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES.

          The Grantor, within fifteen (15) days after request by the Beneficiary
and at its expense, will furnish the Beneficiary with a statement, duly
acknowledged and certified, setting forth the amount of the Obligations and the
offsets or defenses thereto, if any.

     11.  TRANSFER OR ENCUMBRANCE OF THE TRUST PROPERTY.

          (a)     No part of the Trust Property nor any interest of any nature
whatsoever therein nor any interest of any nature whatsoever in the Grantor
(whether stock, equity,

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beneficial, profit, loss or otherwise) shall in any manner, directly or
indirectly, be further encumbered, sold, transferred or conveyed, or permitted
to be further encumbered, sold, transferred, assigned or conveyed without the
prior consent of the Beneficiary, which consent in any and all circumstances may
be withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of the Beneficiary. The
provisions of the foregoing sentence of this Paragraph 11 shall apply to each
and every such further encumbrance, sale, transfer, assignment or conveyance,
regardless of whether or not the Beneficiary has consented to, or waived by its
action or inaction its rights hereunder with respect to, any such previous
further encumbrance, sale, transfer, assignment or conveyance, and irrespective
of whether such further encumbrance, sale, transfer, assignment or conveyance is
voluntary, by reason of operation of law or is otherwise made.

          (b)     Anything contained in this Paragraph 11 to the contrary
notwithstanding, indirect transfers of interests in the Grantor arising from
transfers of interests in The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc. shall not
be a default hereunder provided that such transfers do not constitute a Change
in Control (as defined in the Loan Agreement) in The Smith & Wollensky
Restaurant Group, Inc.

     12.  NOTICE.

          Any notice, request, demand, statement, authorization, approval or
consent made hereunder shall be in writing and shall be addressed, delivered and
deemed delivered as provided in the Loan Agreement.

     13.  SALE OF TRUST PROPERTY.

          If this Deed of Trust is foreclosed, the Trust Property, or any
interest therein, may, at the discretion of the Beneficiary, be sold in one or
more parcels or in several interests or portions and in any order or manner.

     14.  CHANGES IN LAWS REGARDING TAXATION.

          In the event of the passage after the date of this Deed of Trust of
any law of the state of Nevada deducting from the value of real property for the
purpose of taxation any lien or encumbrance thereon or changing in any way the
laws for the taxation of deeds of trust or mortgages or the obligations secured
by deeds of trust or mortgages for state or local purposes or the manner of the
collection of any such taxes, and imposing a tax, either directly or indirectly,
on the Loan Agreement, this Deed of Trust, the Note or the Obligations, the
Grantor shall, if permitted by law, pay any tax imposed as a result of any such
law within the statutory period or within twenty (20) days after demand by the
Beneficiary, whichever is less, provided, however, that if, in the opinion of
the attorneys for the Beneficiary, the Grantor is not permitted by law to pay
such taxes, the Beneficiary shall have the right, at its option, to declare the
Obligations due and payable on a date specified in a prior notice to the Grantor
of not less than thirty (30) days.

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     15.  NO CREDITS ON ACCOUNT OF THE OBLIGATIONS.

          The Grantor will not claim or demand or be entitled to any credit or
credits on account of the Obligations for any part of the Taxes assessed against
the Trust Property or any part thereof and no deduction shall otherwise be made
or claimed from the taxable value of the Trust Property, or any part thereof, by
reason of this Deed of Trust or the Obligations. If at any time this Deed of
Trust shall secure less than all of the principal amount of the Obligations, it
is expressly agreed that any repayment of any portion of the Obligations shall
not reduce the amount of the lien of this Deed of Trust until the lien amount
shall equal the principal amount of the Obligations outstanding.

     16.  OFFSETS, COUNTERCLAIMS AND DEFENSES.

          Any assignee of this Deed of Trust, the Note and/or the Obligations
shall take the same free and clear of all offsets, counterclaims or defenses of
any nature whatsoever which the Grantor may have against any assignor of this
Deed of Trust, the Note and the Loan Agreement, and no such offset, counterclaim
or defense shall be interposed or asserted by the Grantor in any action or
proceeding brought by any such assignee upon this Deed of Trust, the Note or the
Loan Agreement, and any such right to interpose or assert any such offset,
counterclaim or defense in any such action or proceeding is hereby expressly
waived by the Grantor.

     17.  OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS.

          The Grantor shall observe and perform all of the terms, covenants and
provisions contained in the Loan Agreement, the Note and the other Loan
Documents to which the Grantor is a party.

     18.  DOCUMENTARY STAMPS.

          If at any time the United States of America, any state thereof, or any
governmental subdivision of any such state, shall require revenue or other
stamps to be affixed to the Note or this Deed of Trust, then except to the
extent prohibited under the laws of the state of Nevada, the Grantor will pay
for the same, with interest and penalties thereon, if any.

     19.  RIGHT OF ENTRY.

          Upon prior notice, the Beneficiary and its agents shall have the right
to enter and inspect the Trust Property at all reasonable times.

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     20.  BOOKS AND RECORDS.

          In addition to the covenant regarding the keeping of books and records
set forth in the Loan Agreement, the Grantor will keep and maintain or will
cause to be kept and maintained on a fiscal year basis in accordance with
generally accepted accounting practices consistently applied, proper and
accurate books, records and accounts reflecting all of the financial affairs of
the Grantor and all items of income and expense in connection with the operation
of the Trust Property or in connection with any services, equipment or
furnishings provided in connection with the operation of the Trust Property,
whether such income or expense be realized by the Grantor or by any other person
whatsoever excepting lessees unrelated to and unaffiliated with the Grantor who
have leased from the Grantor portions of the Trust Property for the purpose of
occupying the same. The Beneficiary shall have the right from time to time at
all times during normal business hours to examine such books, records and
accounts at the office of the Grantor or other person maintaining such books,
records and accounts and to make copies or extracts thereof as the Beneficiary
shall desire.

     21.  PERFORMANCE OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.

          The Grantor shall observe and perform each and every term to be
observed or performed by the Grantor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or
recorded instrument affecting or pertaining to the Trust Property.

     22.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

          The occurrence of any of the following events ("EVENTS OF DEFAULT")
shall (except in the case of clause (a) below where no such exercise of an
option shall be necessary to the extent the effect of an "Event of Default"
thereunder is automatic under the terms of the Loan Agreement itself), at the
option of the Beneficiary, make all amounts then remaining unpaid on the
Obligations immediately due and payable, all without further demand,
presentment, notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Grantor, and the lien, encumbrance and security interest
evidenced or created hereby shall be subject to sale or foreclosure in any
manner provided for herein or provided for by law:

          (a)     if an "Event of Default" as defined therein shall occur under
the Loan Agreement;

          (b)     if any Federal tax lien is filed against the Grantor which
encumbers the Trust Property and the same is not discharged of record within
thirty (30) days after the same is filed;

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          (c)     if without the consent of the Beneficiary any Improvement or
the Equipment (except for the normal replacement of the Equipment) is removed,
demolished or materially altered, or if the Trust Property is not kept in good
condition and repair;

          (d)     if the Grantor shall fail to comply with any requirement or
order or notice of violation of law or ordinance issued by any governmental
department claiming jurisdiction over the Trust Property within three (3) months
from the issuance thereof, or the time period set forth therein, whichever is
less;

          (e)     if the Policies are not kept in full force and effect, or if
the Policies are not delivered to the Beneficiary upon request;

          (f)     if the Grantor shall fail to pay the Beneficiary on demand for
all Premiums and/or Taxes paid by the Beneficiary pursuant to this Deed of
Trust, together with any late payment charge and interest thereon calculated at
the Default Rate;

          (g)     except as expressly permitted under Paragraph 7 hereof, if
without the consent of the Beneficiary any Leases are made, canceled or modified
or if any portion of the Rents is paid for a period of more than one (1) month
in advance or if any of the Rents are further assigned;

          (h)     if the Grantor ceases to occupy at least 75% of the rentable
square feet at the Premises for the conducting of the business operated thereon
on the date of this Deed of Trust;

          (i)     if the Trust Property shall become subject (i) to any tax lien
by virtue of any act or omission of the Grantor, other than a lien for local
real estate taxes and assessments not due and payable, or (ii) to any lis
pendens, notice of pendency, stop order, notice of intention to file mechanic's
or materialman's lien, mechanic's or materialman's lien or other lien of any
nature whatsoever and the same shall not either be discharged of record or in
the alternative insured over to the satisfaction of the Beneficiary by any title
company insuring the lien of this Deed of Trust within a period of the shorter
of (i) the time provided therefor under the Subject Lease and (ii) 45 days after
the same is filed or recorded, and irrespective of whether the same is superior
or subordinate in lien or other priority to the lien of this Deed of Trust and
irrespective of whether the same constitutes a perfected or inchoate lien or
encumbrance on the Trust Property or is only a matter of record or notice;

          (j)     if (i) the Grantor shall default in the observance or
performance of any term, covenant or condition of the Subject Lease on the part
of the Grantor, as lessee thereunder, to be observed or performed, unless any
such observance or performance shall have been waived or not required in writing
by the lessor under the Subject Lease, which default continues beyond notice and
cure periods, applicable thereto, if any, or (ii) any one or more events shall
occur

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which would or may cause the Subject Lease to terminate without notice or action
by the lessor thereunder or which would entitle the lessor under the Subject
Lease to terminate the Subject Lease and the term thereof by giving notice to
the Grantor, as lessee thereunder, or (iii) the leasehold estate created by the
Subject Lease shall be surrendered, in whole or in part, or (iv) the Subject
Lease shall be terminated or canceled for any reason or under any circumstance
whatsoever, or (v) any of the terms, covenants or conditions of the Subject
Lease shall be modified, changed, supplemented, altered or amended in any
material manner without the consent of the Beneficiary, or (vi) the Grantor
shall, without the Beneficiary's prior written approval, elect to treat the
Subject Lease as terminated under section 365(h)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code (it
being understood that any such election made by the Grantor, as holder of the
leasehold estate in the Trust Property, without the Beneficiary's prior written
consent, in addition to constituting an Event of Default, shall be void); or

          (k)     if the Grantor shall continue to be in default under any of
the terms, covenants or conditions of this Deed of Trust (other than as
described in any of Subparagraphs (a) through (j) of this Paragraph 22) for ten
(10) days after notice from the Beneficiary in the case of any default which can
be cured by the payment of a sum of money or for thirty (30) days after notice
from the Beneficiary in the case of any other default, provided that if such
default cannot reasonably be cured within such thirty (30) day period and the
Grantor shall have commenced to cure such default within such thirty (30) day
period and thereafter diligently and expeditiously proceeds to cure the same,
such thirty (30) day period shall be extended for so long as it shall require
the Grantor in the exercise of due diligence to cure such default, it being
agreed that no such extension shall be for a period in excess of ninety (90)
days.

     23.  REMEDIES.

          (a)     GENERAL. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
one or more Events of Default, the Beneficiary may, in addition to any rights or
remedies available to it hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, but
subject to any applicable provisions of the Loan Agreement and to the extent
permitted by applicable law, take such action personally or by its agents or
attorneys, with or without entry, and without notice of intent to accelerate,
notice of acceleration or other notice, demand, presentment or protest (each and
all of which are hereby expressly WAIVED), as it deems necessary or advisable to
protect and enforce the Beneficiary's rights and remedies against the Grantor
and in and to the Trust Property, including, without limitation, the actions
described in this Paragraph 23, each of which may be pursued concurrently or
otherwise, at such time and in such order as the Beneficiary may determine, in
its sole discretion, without impairing or otherwise affecting its other
capitalized rights or remedies.

          (b)     ACCELERATION; NOTICE. Time is of the essence with respect to
the Grantor's obligations hereunder. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default, at the Beneficiary's option and in addition to any other remedy the
Beneficiary may have under the Loan Agreement, the Note, and the other Loan
Documents, the Beneficiary may, at its option, declare all sums secured by this
Deed of Trust immediately due and payable (except in the case of an Event of
Default under clause 23(a) above where

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no such exercise of an option shall be necessary to the extent the effect of an
"Event of Default" thereunder is automatic under the terms of the Loan Agreement
itself) and elect to have the Trust Property sold in the manner provided herein.
In the event the Beneficiary elects to sell the Trust Property, the Beneficiary
may execute or cause the Trustee to execute a written notice of default and of
election to cause the Trust Property to be sold to satisfy the obligations
hereof, and the Trustee shall file such notice for record in the office of the
County Recorder of the county wherein the Trust Property is located. Beneficiary
shall also deposit with the Trustee the Note and all documents evidencing
expenditures secured by this Deed of Trust.

          (c)     EXERCISE OF POWER OF SALE. Upon receipt of such notice from
the Beneficiary, the Trustee shall cause to be recorded, published and delivered
to the Grantor such Notice of Default and Election to Sell as then required by
Chapter 107 of the Nevada Revised Statutes ("NRS"), or any successor statutes.
The Trustee shall, without demand on the Grantor, after lapse of such time as
may be required by law and after recordation of such Notice of Default and
Election to Sell first give notice of the time and place of such sale, in the
manner provided by the laws of the State of Nevada for the sale of real property
under execution, and may from time to time postpone such sale by such
advertisement as it may deem reasonable, or without further advertisement, by
proclamation made to the persons assembled at the time and place previously
appointed and advertised for such sale, and on the day of sale so advertised, or
to which such sale may have been postponed, the Trustee may sell the Trust
Property so advertised, at public auction, at the time and place specified in
the notice, either in the county in which the Trust Property, or any part
thereof, to be sold, is situated, or at the principal office of the Trustee
located in Clark County, State of Nevada, in its discretion, to the highest cash
bidder (subject to the Beneficiary's right to credit upon the amount of the bid
made therefor the amount payable to it). The Trustee shall execute and deliver
to the purchaser a trustee's deed conveying the Trust Property so sold, but
without any covenant of warranty, express or implied. The recitals in the
trustee's deed of any matters or facts shall be conclusive proof of the
truthfulness thereof. Any person, including the Beneficiary, may bid at the
sale, and Beneficiary shall have the right to credit upon the amount of the bid
made therefor the amount payable to it out of the net proceeds of such sale. All
other sales shall be, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on a cash
basis. The Trustee shall apply the proceeds of the sale to payment of (a) the
costs and expenses of exercising the power of sale and of the sale, including
the payment of the Trustee's, and both the Trustee's and the Beneficiary's
attorneys', fees and costs; (b) the cost of any evidence of title procured in
connection with such sale; (c) all sums expended under the terms hereof in
conjunction with any default provision hereunder, not then repaid, with accrued
interest at the rate then provided for in the Note; (d) all sums then secured by
this Deed of Trust, including interest and principal on the Note; and (e) the
remainder, if any, to the person or persons legally entitled thereto, or the
Trustee, in the Trustee's discretion, may deposit the balance of such proceeds
with the County Clerk of the county wherein the Trust Property is located.

          (d)     SURRENDER OF POSSESSION. The Grantor shall surrender
possession of the Trust Property to the purchaser immediately after the sale of
the Trust Property as provided in Subsection 23(c) above, in the event such
possession has not previously been surrendered by Grantor.

          (e)     UCC REMEDIES.

                  (i)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Subsections
23(c) and (d) above, the Beneficiary, with regard to all the UCC Collateral,
shall have the right to exercise, from time to time, any and all rights and
remedies available to the Beneficiary, as a secured party under the Uniform

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Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Nevada (the "Nevada UCC"), and any
and all rights and remedies available to the Beneficiary under any other
applicable law. Upon written demand from the Beneficiary, the Grantor shall, at
the Grantor's expense, assemble the UCC Collateral and make such available to
the Beneficiary at a reasonably convenient place designated by the Beneficiary.
The Beneficiary shall have the right to enter upon any premises where the UCC
Collateral or records pertaining to the UCC Collateral may be and take
possession of the UCC Collateral and records relating to the UCC Collateral. The
Beneficiary may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of the UCC
Collateral and, after deducting the reasonable costs and out of pocket expenses
incurred by the Beneficiary, including, without limitation, (a) reasonable
attorneys' fees and legal expenses, (b) transportation and storage costs, (c)
advertising of sale of the UCC Collateral, (d) sale commissions, (e) sales tax,
(f) costs for improving or repairing the UCC Collateral, and (g) costs for
preservation and protection of the UCC Collateral, apply the remainder to pay,
or to hold as a reserve against, the Obligations.

                  (ii)   The rights and remedies of the Beneficiary upon the
occurrence of one or more Events of Default (whether such rights and remedies
are conferred by statute, by rule of law, by this Deed of Trust, the Loan
Documents or otherwise) may be exercised by the Beneficiary, either
alternatively, concurrently, or consecutively in any order. The exercise by the
Beneficiary or the Trustee at the express direction of the Beneficiary of any
one or more of such rights and remedies shall not be construed to be an election
of remedies nor waiver of any other rights and remedies the Beneficiary might
have unless, and limited to the extent that, the Beneficiary shall elect or so
waive by an instrument in writing delivered to the Trustee. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to the extent that this Deed of Trust covers both
real property and personal property, the Beneficiary may, in the sole discretion
of the Beneficiary, either alternatively, concurrently or consecutively in any
order:

                         (1)   Proceed as to the Trust Property in accordance
with the Beneficiary's rights and remedies in respect to real property.

                         (2)   Proceed as to the RP Collateral in accordance
with the Beneficiary's rights and remedies in respect to real property and
proceed as to the UCC Collateral in accordance with Beneficiary's rights and
remedies in respect to the personal property.

                  (iii)  The Beneficiary may, in the sole discretion of the
Beneficiary, appoint the Trustee as the agent of the Beneficiary for the purpose
of disposition of the UCC Collateral in accordance with the Nevada UCC.

                  (iv)   If the Beneficiary should elect to proceed as to the
Trust Property in accordance with Beneficiary's rights and remedies in respect
to real property:

                         (1)   All the UCC Collateral may be sold, in the manner
and at the time and place provided in this Deed of Trust, in one lot, or in
separate lots consisting of any combination or combinations of the RP Collateral
and the UCC Collateral, as the Beneficiary may elect, in the sole discretion of
the Beneficiary.

                         (2)   The Grantor acknowledges and agrees that a
disposition of the UCC Collateral in accordance with the Beneficiary's rights
and remedies in respect to real property, as hereinabove provided, is a
commercially reasonable disposition of the UCC Collateral.

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                  (v)    If the Beneficiary should elect to proceed as to the
UCC Collateral in accordance with the Beneficiary's rights and remedies in
respect to personal property, the Beneficiary shall have all the rights and
remedies conferred on a secured party by NRS 104.9601 to NRS 104.9628, both
inclusive.

          (f)     FORECLOSURE AS A MORTGAGE. If an Event of Default occurs
hereunder, the Beneficiary shall have the option to foreclose this Deed of Trust
in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of mortgages on real property
and the Beneficiary shall be entitled to recover in such proceedings all costs
and expenses incident thereto, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in
such amounts as shall be fixed by the court. Any such foreclosure may be a
complete or partial foreclosure.

          (g)     RECEIVER. If an Event of Default occurs, the Beneficiary, as a
matter of right and without regard to, or the necessity to prove or disprove,
the value of the Trust Property or the adequacy of the security for the sums
secured by this Deed of Trust or the solvency or insolvency of the Grantor or
any other person liable for the payment of such sums, apply to any court having
jurisdiction to appoint a receiver or receivers of the Trust Property and the
Grantor hereby irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver or
receivers shall have all the usual powers and duties of a receiver and shall
continue as such and exercise all such powers until completion of the sale of
the Trust Property or the foreclosure proceeding, unless the receivership is
sooner terminated.

          (h)     SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. The Beneficiary or the Trustee may
institute an action, suit or proceeding in equity for the specific performance
of any of the provisions contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents.

          (i)     GRANTOR'S RIGHT TO POSSESSION. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Beneficiary may enter upon the Premises, and exclude the
Grantor and its agents and servants wholly therefrom, without liability for
trespass, damages or otherwise, and take possession of all books, records and
accounts relating thereto and all other Trust Property, and the Grantor agrees
to surrender possession of the Trust Property and of such books, records and
accounts to the Beneficiary on demand after the happening of any Event of
Default and for so long as an Event of Default shall continue; and having and
holding the same may use, operate, manage, preserve, control and otherwise deal
therewith and conduct the business thereof, either personally or by its
superintendents, managers, agents, servants, attorneys or receivers, without
interference from the Grantor; and upon each such entry and from time to time
thereafter may, at the expense of the Grantor and the Trust Property, without
interference by the Grantor and as the Beneficiary may deem advisable, (i)
insure or reinsure the Premises, (ii) make all necessary or proper repairs,
renewals, replacements, alterations, additions, betterments and improvements
thereto and thereon and (iii) in every such case in connection with the
foregoing have the right to exercise all rights and powers of the Grantor with
respect to the Trust Property, either in the Grantor's name or otherwise. For
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Paragraph 23(i), the Grantor
hereby constitutes and appoints the Beneficiary the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact of the Grantor, which appointment is irrevocable and shall be
deemed to be coupled with an interest, in the Grantor's name and stead, to do
and perform, from time to time, any and all actions necessary and incidental to
such purpose and does by these presents ratify and confirm any and all actions
of said attorney-in-fact in and with respect to the Trust Property.

          (j)     NO REMEDY EXCLUSIVE. No remedy conferred upon or reserved to
the Beneficiary under this Deed of Trust shall be exclusive of any other
available remedy or remedies, but each and every

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such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy
given under this Deed of Trust or any other Loan Document, or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or failure to exercise any
right or power accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or
power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such right or power
may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient.

          (k)     RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT. In making the Loan, the Beneficiary has
relied upon the rights available to the Beneficiary under this Deed of Trust
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, including, without limitation, the
rights to accelerate the payment of any and all amounts secured by this Deed of
Trust, to sell the Trust Property encumbered by this Deed of Trust pursuant to
the power of sale granted hereunder, the right to foreclose this Deed of Trust
as a mortgage, and the right to have a receiver appointed. In addition to any
other damages that might be recoverable by the Beneficiary under the terms of
this Deed of Trust, the Grantor shall be liable for any damages incurred by the
Beneficiary because the Beneficiary is, for any reason, denied the opportunity
to exercise the Beneficiary's rights upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
including, without limitation, such damages as are occasioned by depreciation of
the Trust Property, loss of use of the Trust Property by the Beneficiary, and
all opportunity costs incurred through the loss of use of any funds as would
have been received by the Beneficiary through exercise of the power of sale or
foreclosure, or the appointment of a receiver.

          (l)     INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN NEVADA COVENANTS. The following
covenants, Nos. 1, 3, 4 (Default Rate), 6, 7 (reasonable), 8 and 9 of NRS
107.030, where not in conflict with the express provisions of any Loan Document,
are hereby adopted and made a part of this Deed of Trust. Upon any Event of
Default by the Grantor hereunder, the Beneficiary may (a) declare all sums
secured immediately due and payable without demand or notice or (b) have a
receiver appointed as a matter of right without regard to the sufficiency of
said property or any other security or guaranty and without any showing as
required by NRS 107.100. All remedies provided in this Deed of Trust are
distinct and cumulative to any other right or remedy under this Deed of Trust or
afforded by law or equity and may be exercised concurrently, independently or
successively. The sale of said property conducted pursuant to Covenants Nos. 6,
7 and 8 of NRS 107.030 may be conducted either as to the whole of said property
or in separate parcels and in such order as the Trustee may determine.

     24.  RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULTS.

          If default in the performance of any of the covenants of the Grantor
herein occurs, the Beneficiary may, at its discretion, remedy the same and for
such purpose shall have the right to enter upon the Trust Property or any
portion thereof without thereby becoming liable to the Grantor or any person in
possession thereof holding under the Grantor. If the Beneficiary shall remedy
such a default or appear in, defend, or bring any action or proceeding to
protect its interest in the Trust Property or to foreclose this Deed of Trust or
collect the Obligations, the costs and expenses thereof (including reasonable
attorneys' fees to the extent permitted by law), with interest as provided in
this Paragraph 24, shall be paid by the Grantor to the Beneficiary upon demand.
All such costs and expenses incurred by the Beneficiary in remedying such
default or in appearing in, defending, or bringing any such action or proceeding
shall be paid by the Grantor to the Beneficiary upon demand, with interest
(calculated for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 365-366 day
year) at a rate equal to two percentage points above

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the then applicable rate under the Note (the "DEFAULT RATE"); provided, however,
that the Default Rate shall in no event exceed the maximum interest rate which
the Grantor may by law pay, for the period after notice from the Beneficiary
that such costs or expenses were incurred to the date of payment to the
Beneficiary. In each such event, such costs, expenses and amounts, together with
interest thereon at the Default Rate, shall be added to the indebtedness secured
by this Deed of Trust and shall be secured by this Deed of Trust.

     25.  NON-WAIVER.

          The failure of the Beneficiary to insist upon strict performance of
any term of this Deed of Trust shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any term of
this Deed of Trust. The Grantor shall not be relieved of the Grantor's
obligation to pay the Obligations at the time and in the manner provided
therefor in the Note, this Deed of Trust or any other Loan Documents by reason
of (a) failure of the Beneficiary to comply with any request of the Grantor to
take any action to foreclose this Deed of Trust or otherwise enforce any of the
provisions hereof or of any other deed of trust, instrument or document
evidencing, securing or guaranteeing payment of the Obligations or any portion
thereof, (b) the release, regardless of consideration, of the whole or any part
of the Trust Property or any other security for the Obligations, or (c) any
agreement or stipulation between the Beneficiary and any subsequent owner or
owners of the Trust Property or other person extending the time of payment or
otherwise modifying or supplementing the terms of the Note or this Deed of Trust
or any other deed of trust, instrument or document evidencing, securing or
guaranteeing payment of the Obligations or any portion thereof, without first
having obtained the consent of the Grantor, and in the latter event, the Grantor
shall continue to be obligated to pay the Obligations at the times and in the
manner provided in the Note and this Deed of Trust, as so extended, modified and
supplemented, unless expressly released and discharged from such obligation by
the Beneficiary in writing. Regardless of consideration, and without the
necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate lien,
encumbrance, right, title or interest in or to the Trust Property, the
Beneficiary may release any person at any time liable for the payment of the
Obligations or any portion thereof or any part of the security held for the
Obligations and may extend the time of payment or otherwise modify the terms of
the Note, this Deed of Trust, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document
including, without limitation, a modification of the interest rate, without
impairing or affecting this Deed of Trust or the lien or the priority of this
Deed of Trust, as so extended and modified, as security for the Obligations over
any such subordinate lien, encumbrance, right, title or interest. The
Beneficiary may resort for the payment of the Obligations to any other security
held by the Beneficiary in such order and manner as the Beneficiary, in its
discretion, may elect. The Beneficiary may take action to recover the
Obligations, or any portion thereof, or to enforce any covenant hereof without
prejudice to the right of the Beneficiary thereafter to realize on the
collateral covered by this Deed of Trust. The Beneficiary shall not be limited
exclusively to the rights and remedies herein stated but shall be entitled to
every additional right and remedy now or hereafter afforded by law. The rights
of the Beneficiary under this Deed of Trust shall be separate, distinct and
cumulative and none shall be given effect to the exclusion of the others.

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No act of the Beneficiary shall be construed as an election to proceed under any
one provision herein to the exclusion of any other provision.

     26.  LIABILITY.

          If the Grantor consists of more than one person, the obligations and
liabilities of each such person hereunder shall be joint and several.

     27.  CONSTRUCTION/SEVERABILITY.

          The proceeds of the Loan secured hereby were disbursed from the state
of New York, which state the parties agree has a substantial relationship to the
underlying transaction embodied hereby, and in all respects, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, matters of construction, validity and
performance. This Deed of Trust and the obligations arising hereunder shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York
applicable to contracts made and performed in New York State and any applicable
laws of the United States of America, without regard to conflict of law rules
and principles. Notwithstanding such provisions, however, (i) matters respecting
title to the RP Collateral and the creation, perfection, priority and
foreclosure (including the nature of any interest in property that results
therefrom) of the liens on the RP Collateral shall be governed by, and construed
and enforced in accordance with, the internal law of the state of Nevada without
giving effect to the conflicts-of law rules and principals of such state; (ii)
the Grantor agrees that whether or not deficiency judgments are available under
the laws of the state of Nevada, after a foreclosure (judicial or nonjudicial)
of the Trust Property, or any portion thereof, or any other realization thereon
by the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary shall have the right to seek such a
deficiency judgement against the Grantor in other states or foreign
jurisdictions; and (iii) the Grantor agrees that, to the extent the Beneficiary
obtains a deficiency judgment in any other state or foreign jurisdiction, then
such party shall have the right to enforce such judgment in the state of Nevada,
as well as in other states or foreign jurisdictions.

     28.  SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING.

          (a) This Deed of Trust constitutes both a real property mortgage or
deed of trust and a "security agreement," within the meaning of the Nevada UCC,
and the Trust Property includes both real and personal property and all other
rights and interest, whether tangible or intangible in nature, of the Grantor in
the Trust Property. The Grantor by executing and delivering this Deed of Trust
has granted to the Beneficiary, as security for the Obligations, a security
interest in the UCC Collateral. If an Event of Default shall occur hereunder,
the Beneficiary, in addition to any other rights and remedies which it may have,
shall have and may exercise immediately and without demand, any and all rights
and remedies granted to a secured party upon default under the Nevada UCC,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right to take
possession of the UCC Collateral or any part thereof, and to take such

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other measures as the Beneficiary may deem necessary for the care, protection
and preservation of the UCC Collateral. Upon request or demand of the
Beneficiary, the Grantor shall at its expense assemble the UCC Collateral and
make it available to the Beneficiary at a convenient place acceptable to the
Beneficiary. The Grantor shall pay to the Beneficiary on demand any and all
expenses, including legal expenses and attorneys' fees, incurred or paid by the
Beneficiary in protecting its interest in the UCC Collateral and in enforcing
its rights hereunder with respect to the UCC Collateral. Any notice of sale,
disposition or other intended action by the Beneficiary with respect to the UCC
Collateral sent to the Grantor in accordance with the provisions of this Deed of
Trust at least seven (7) days prior to the date of any such sale, disposition or
other action, shall constitute reasonable notice to the Grantor, and the method
of sale or disposition or other intended action set forth or specified in such
notice shall conclusively be deemed to be commercially reasonable within the
meaning of the Nevada UCC unless objected to in writing by the Grantor within
five (5) days after receipt by the Grantor of such notice. The proceeds of any
sale or disposition of the UCC Collateral, or any part thereof, may be applied
by the Beneficiary to the payment of the Obligations in such order, priority and
proportions as the Beneficiary in its discretion shall deem proper. If any
change shall occur in the Grantor's name, the Grantor shall promptly cause to be
filed at its own expense, new financing statements as required under the Nevada
UCC to replace those on file in favor of the Beneficiary. Conflicts between this
Paragraph 28 and any provision of the Security Agreement of even date herewith
between the Grantor and the Beneficiary shall be resolved in favor of the
Security Agreement.

          (b) Certain of the Trust Property is or will become "fixtures" (as
that term is defined in the Nevada UCC ) on the Premises, described or referred
to in this Deed of Trust, and this Deed of Trust, upon being filed for record
with the Nevada Secretary of State and in the real estate records of Clark
County, Nevada, shall be effective and operate also as a financing statement
filed as a fixture filing in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Nevada UCC upon such of the Trust Property that is or may become fixtures. In
connection with this fixture filing, the names and addresses of the Grantor, as
the debtor, and the Beneficiary, as the secured party, are as set forth in the
introductory paragraph of the first page of this Deed of Trust. The foregoing
address of the Beneficiary, as the secured party, is also the address from which
any interested party may obtain information concerning the security interest.
The property subject to this fixture filing is the Trust Property as described
in paragraphs (a) through (l) of the granting clauses set forth above. Portions
of the property subject to this fixture filing as identified in the first
sentence of this Paragraph 28(b) are or are to become fixtures related to the
Premises described in Exhibit A to this Deed of Trust.

     29.  FURTHER ACTS, ETC.

          The Grantor will, at the cost of the Grantor, and without expense to
the Beneficiary, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further
acts, deeds, conveyances, deeds of trust, mortgages, assignments, notices of
assignments, transfers and assurances as the Beneficiary shall, from time to
time, demand for the better assuring, conveying,

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assigning, transferring and confirming unto the Beneficiary the property and
rights conveyed, assigned and transferred hereunder or intended now or hereafter
so to be, or which the Grantor may be or may hereafter become bound to convey,
assign or transfer to the Beneficiary, or for carrying out the intention or
facilitating the performance of the terms of this Deed of Trust or for filing,
registering or recording this Deed of Trust and, on demand, will execute,
deliver and/or file, and hereby authorizes the Beneficiary to execute and/or
file in the name of the Grantor to the extent the Beneficiary may lawfully do
so, one or more financing statements, chattel mortgages or comparable security
instruments, to evidence more effectively the interests in the Trust Property
granted to the Beneficiary hereunder.

     30.  HEADINGS, ETC.

          The headings and captions of various paragraphs of this Deed of Trust
are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defined or
limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof.

     31.  FILING OF INSTRUMENT, ETC.

          The Grantor forthwith upon the execution and delivery of this Deed of
Trust and thereafter, from time to time, will cause this Deed of Trust, and any
security instrument creating a lien or evidencing the lien hereof upon the Trust
Property and each instrument of further assurance to be filed, registered or
recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or
future law in order to publish notice of and fully to protect, preserve and
perfect the lien hereof upon, and the interest of the Beneficiary in, the Trust
Property. The Grantor will pay all filing, registration and recording fees, and
all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment of this
Deed of Trust, any deed of trust supplemental hereto, any security instrument
with respect to the Trust Property, and any instrument of further assurance, and
all Federal, state, county and municipal taxes, duties, imposts, assessments and
charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Deed of Trust, any deed of trust supplemental hereto, any security instrument
with respect to the Trust Property or any instrument of further assurance. The
Grantor shall hold harmless and indemnify the Beneficiary, its successors and
assigns, against any liability incurred by reason of the imposition of any tax
on the making and recording of this Deed of Trust.

     32.  USURY LAWS.

          The Grantor and the Beneficiary stipulate and agree that it is their
common and overriding intent to contract in strict compliance with applicable
usury laws. In furtherance thereof, none of the terms of this Deed of Trust
shall ever be construed to create a contract to pay, as consideration for the
use, forbearance or detention of money, interest at a rate in excess of the
maximum rate permitted by applicable laws. The Grantor shall never be liable for
interest in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable laws. If, for any
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interest paid or received during the full term of the applicable indebtedness
produces a rate which exceeds the maximum rate permitted by applicable laws, the
Beneficiary shall credit against the principal of such indebtedness (or, if such
indebtedness shall have been paid in full, shall refund to the payor of such
interest) such portion of said interest as shall be necessary to cause the
interest paid to produce a rate equal to the maximum rate permitted by
applicable laws. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to the Beneficiary for the
use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full
term of the applicable indebtedness. The provisions of this Paragraph 32 shall
control all agreements, whether now or hereafter existing and whether written or
oral, between the Grantor and the Beneficiary.

     33.  SOLE DISCRETION OF THE BENEFICIARY.

          Except as may otherwise be expressly provided to the contrary,
wherever pursuant to this Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary exercises any right
given to it to consent or not consent, or to approve or disapprove, or any
arrangement or term is to be satisfactory to the Beneficiary, the decision of
the Beneficiary to consent or not consent, or to approve or disapprove, or to
decide that arrangements or terms are satisfactory or not satisfactory, shall be
in the sole and absolute discretion of the Beneficiary and shall be final and
conclusive.

     34   REASONABLENESS.

          If at any time the Grantor believes that the Beneficiary has not acted
reasonably in granting or withholding any approval or consent under this Deed of
Trust as to which approval or consent either (a) the Beneficiary has expressly
agreed to act reasonably, or (b) absent such agreement, applicable law would
nonetheless require the Beneficiary to act reasonably, then the Grantor's sole
remedy shall be to seek injunctive relief or specific performance, and no action
for monetary damages or punitive damages shall in any event or under any
circumstance be maintained by the Grantor against the Beneficiary.

     35.  RECOVERY OF SUMS REQUIRED TO BE PAID.

          The Beneficiary shall have the right from time to time to take action
to recover any sum or sums which constitute a part of the Obligations as the
same become due, without regard to whether or not the balance of the Obligations
shall be due, and without prejudice to the right of the Beneficiary thereafter
to bring an action of foreclosure, or any other action, for a default or
defaults by the Grantor existing at the time such earlier action was commenced.

     36.  ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS.

          The Beneficiary shall have the right to appear in and defend any
action or proceeding brought with respect to the Trust Property and to bring any
action or proceeding, in

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the name and on behalf of the Grantor, which the Beneficiary, in its discretion,
determines should be brought to protect the Beneficiary's interest in the Trust
Property.

     37.  INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.

          If any term, covenant or condition of this Deed of Trust shall be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Deed of Trust shall
be construed without such provision.

     38.  DUPLICATE ORIGINALS.

          This Deed of Trust may be executed in any number of duplicate
originals and each such duplicate original shall be deemed to constitute but one
and the same Instrument.

     39.  CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

          Unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent or unless
otherwise specifically provided in this Deed of Trust, words used in this Deed
of Trust shall be used interchangeably in singular or plural form; the word
"GRANTOR" shall mean each Grantor and any subsequent owner or owners of the
Trust Property or any part thereof or interest therein; the word "LOAN
DOCUMENTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement; the word
"PERSON" shall include an individual, corporation, partnership, trust,
unincorporated association, government, governmental authority, or other entity;
the words "TRUST PROPERTY" shall include any portion of the Trust Property or
interest therein; and the word "OBLIGATIONS" shall mean all sums secured by this
Deed of Trust; the word "DEFAULT" shall mean the occurrence of any default by
the Grantor or other person in the observance or performance of any of the
terms, covenants or provisions of this Deed of Trust on the part of the Grantor
or such other person to be observed or performed without regard to whether such
default constitutes or would constitute upon notice or lapse of time, or both,
an Event of Default under this Deed of Trust; and words such as "HEREIN" or
"HEREUNDER" shall be deemed to refer to this Deed of Trust as a whole and not
merely to the sentence or paragraph in which they appear. References to "THE
LIEN OF THIS DEED OF TRUST" or words to that effect are also references to this
Deed of Trust. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular
form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa.

     40.  WAIVER OF NOTICE.

          The Grantor shall not be entitled to any notices of any nature
whatsoever from the Beneficiary except with respect to matters for which this
Deed of Trust specifically and expressly provides for the giving of notice by
the Beneficiary to the Grantor, and the Grantor hereby expressly waives the
right to receive any notice from the Beneficiary with respect to any

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matter for which this Deed of Trust does not specifically and expressly provide
for the giving of notice by the Beneficiary to the Grantor.

     41.  NO ORAL CHANGE.

          This Deed of Trust may only be modified, amended or changed by an
agreement in writing signed by the Grantor, the Beneficiary and, to the extent
required by applicable law, the Trustee, and may only be released, discharged or
satisfied of record by an agreement in writing signed by the Beneficiary and, to
the extent required by applicable law, the Trustee. No waiver of any term,
covenant or provision of this Deed of Trust shall be effective unless given in
writing by the Beneficiary and if so given by the Beneficiary shall only be
effective in the specific instance in which given. No course of dealing between
the parties, no usage of trade and no extrinsic or parol evidence may be used to
supplement or modify the terms of this Deed of Trust. The Grantor acknowledges
that the Note, this Deed of Trust, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the Grantor and
the Beneficiary with respect to the Obligations secured hereby and that no oral
or other agreements, understanding, representation or warranties exist with
respect to the Obligations secured hereby other than those set forth in the
Note, this Deed of Trust, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     42.  ABSOLUTE AND UNCONDITIONAL OBLIGATION.

          The Grantor acknowledges that the Grantor's obligation to pay the
Obligations in accordance with the Note, this Deed of Trust and the other Loan
Documents is and shall at all times continue to be absolute and unconditional in
all respects, and shall at all times be valid and enforceable irrespective of
any other agreements or circumstances of any nature whatsoever which might
otherwise constitute a defense to the payment of the Obligations in accordance
with the Note, this Deed of Trust or the other Loan Documents, and the Grantor
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably waives any and all right to assert
any defense, setoff, counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature whatsoever with
respect to the payment of the Obligations in accordance with the provisions of
the Note, this Deed of Trust and the other Loan Documents or otherwise with
respect to the Obligations secured hereby in any action or proceeding brought to
collect the Obligations, or any portion thereof, or to enforce, the trust or
foreclose and realize upon the Beneficiary's interest in the Trust Property
created by this Deed of Trust.

     43.  WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.

          THE GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, AND THE
BENEFICIARY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTE IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR COUNTERCLAIM
ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH, OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THIS DEED OF TRUST,
THE NOTE OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

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     44.  WAIVER OF STATUTORY RIGHTS.

          The Grantor shall not and will not apply for or avail itself of any
appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or exemption laws, or any so-called
"MORATORIUM LAWS," now existing or hereafter enacted, in order to prevent or
hinder the enforcement or foreclosure of this Deed of Trust, but hereby waives
the benefit of such laws to the full extent that the Grantor may do so under
applicable law. The Grantor for itself and all who may claim through or under it
waives any and all right to have the property and estates comprising the Trust
Property marshalled upon any foreclosure of the lien of this Deed of Trust and
agrees that the Trust Property may be sold as an entirety or in separate parcels
and in such order as may be determined by the Beneficiary, or by any court in
which any action or suit hereunder may be pending. The Grantor hereby waives for
itself and all who may claim through or under it, and to the full extent the
Grantor may do so under applicable law, any and all rights of redemption from
sale under any order or decree of foreclosure of this Deed of Trust or granted
under any statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

     45.  BROKERAGE.

          The Grantor covenants and agrees that no brokerage commission or other
fee, commission or compensation is to be paid by the Beneficiary on account of
the Loan or any other obligations secured by this Deed of Trust and the Grantor
agrees to indemnify the Beneficiary against any claims for any of the same.

     46.  INDEMNITY.

          Anything in this Deed of Trust, the Note, the Loan Agreement or the
other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Grantor shall
indemnify and hold the Beneficiary harmless and defend the Beneficiary at the
Grantor's sole cost and expense against any loss or liability, cost or expense
(including, without limitation, title insurance premiums and charges and
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements of the Beneficiary's counsel,
whether in-house staff, retained firms or otherwise), and all claims, actions,
procedures and suits arising out of or in connection with (a) any ongoing
matters arising out of the deed of trust transaction contemplated hereby, this
Deed of Trust, and/or the Trust Property, including, but not limited to, all
costs of reappraisal of the Trust Property or any part thereof, whether required
by law, regulation, the internal policies of the Beneficiary or any governmental
or quasi-governmental authority, (b) any amendment to, or restructuring of this
Deed of Trust and (c) any and all lawful action that may be taken by the
Beneficiary in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this Deed of
Trust, whether or not suit is filed in connection with the same, or in
connection with the Grantor, any guarantor of the Loan and/or any partner,
member, joint venturer or shareholder thereof becoming a party to a voluntary or
involuntary federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. The
foregoing indemnity shall not apply to matters caused by

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the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Beneficiary. All
sums expended by the Beneficiary shall be payable within five (5) days after
written demand and, until reimbursed by the Grantor pursuant hereto, shall be
deemed additional principal of the Obligations and secured hereby and shall bear
interest at the Default Rate.

     47.  RELATIONSHIP.

          The relationship of the Beneficiary to the Grantor hereunder is
strictly and solely that of lender and obligor and grantor and beneficiary, and
nothing contained in the Note, this Deed of Trust or any other Loan Document is
intended to create, or shall in any event or under any circumstance be construed
as creating, a partnership, joint venture, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy or
other relationship of any nature whatsoever between the Beneficiary and the
Grantor other than as set forth in this Paragraph 47.

     48.  LOAN AGREEMENT.

          The Grantor shall fully and faithfully observe and perform all of the
terms, covenants, conditions, provisions and agreements contained in the Loan
Agreement.

     49.  INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

     50.  INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

     51.  THE SUBJECT LEASE.

          (a)     The Grantor shall: (i) pay all rents, additional rents and
other sums required to be paid by the Grantor as lessee under and pursuant to
the provisions of the Subject Lease, (ii) diligently perform and observe all of
the terms, covenants and conditions of the Subject Lease on the part of the
Grantor, as lessee thereunder, to be performed and observed, unless such
performance or observance shall be waived or not required in writing by the
lessor under the Subject Lease, to the end that all things shall be done which
are necessary to keep unimpaired the rights of the Grantor, as lessee, under the
Subject Lease, (iii) promptly notify the Beneficiary in writing of any default
by the Grantor or lessor under the Subject Lease in the performance or
observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions on the part of,
respectively, the Grantor or such lessor to be performed or observed under the
Subject Lease, (iv) promptly notify the Beneficiary of the giving of any notice
by the lessor under the Subject Lease to the Grantor (other than notices
customarily sent on a regular basis) and of any notice noting or claiming any
default by the Grantor in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
covenants or conditions of the Subject Lease on the part of the Grantor, as
lessee thereunder, to be performed or observed, and deliver to the Beneficiary a
true copy of each such notice, (v) promptly notify the Beneficiary in writing of
any request made by either party to the Subject Lease for arbitration
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any arbitration proceedings, as well as of all proceedings thereunder, and
promptly deliver to the Beneficiary a copy of the determination of the
arbitrators in each such arbitration proceeding, it being acknowledged and
agreed that the Beneficiary shall have the right to participate in such
arbitration proceedings in association with the Grantor or on its own behalf as
an interested party, (vi) furnish to the Beneficiary, within fifteen (15) days
after demand, proof of payment of all items which are required to be paid by the
Grantor pursuant to the Subject Lease, and (vii) not consent to the
subordination of the Subject Lease to any deed of trust with respect to the fee
interest of the lessor under the Subject Lease in the Trust Property except such
as may be agreed to by the Beneficiary.

          (b)     The Grantor, shall not, without the prior written consent of
the Beneficiary, surrender the leasehold estate created by the Subject Lease or
terminate or cancel the Subject Lease or modify, change, supplement, alter or
amend the Subject Lease, in any material respect, either orally or in writing,
and the Grantor hereby assigns to the Beneficiary, as further security for the
payment of the Obligations and for the performance and observance of the terms,
covenants and conditions of this Deed of Trust, all of the rights, privileges
and prerogatives of the Grantor, as lessee under the Subject Lease, to surrender
the leasehold estate created by the Subject Lease or to terminate, cancel,
modify, change, supplement, alter or amend the Subject Lease in any material
respect, and any such surrender of the leasehold estate created by the Subject
Lease or termination, cancellation, modification, change, supplement, alteration
or amendment of the Subject Lease without the prior written consent of the
Beneficiary shall be voidable at the Beneficiary's option, and of no force and
effect.

          (c)     Supplementing the provisions of Paragraph 51(b), it is
understood and agreed that the Grantor shall not, without the Beneficiary's
prior written consent, elect to treat the Subject Lease as terminated under
Section 365(h)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. Any such election made without the
Beneficiary's prior written consent shall be void. The Grantor hereby
unconditionally assigns, transfers and set over to the Beneficiary all of the
Grantor's claims and rights to the payment of damages arising under the
Bankruptcy Code from any rejection by the lessor under the Subject Lease. The
Beneficiary shall have the right to proceed in its own name or in the name of
the Grantor in respect of any claim, suit, action or proceeding relating to the
rejection of the Subject Lease, including, without limitation, the right to file
and prosecute, to the exclusion of the Grantor, any proofs of claim, complaints,
motions, applications, notices and other documents, in any case in respect of
such lessor under the Bankruptcy Code. This assignment constitutes a present,
irrevocable and unconditional assignment of the foregoing claims, rights and
remedies, and shall continue in effect until all of the Obligations secured by
this Deed of Trust shall have been satisfied and discharged in full. Any amounts
received by the Beneficiary as damages arising out of the rejection of the
Subject Lease as aforesaid shall be applied first to all costs and expenses of
the Beneficiary (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection with the exercise of any of its rights or remedies under this
Paragraph 51 and then shall be applied against the Obligations in such order,
priority and proportion as the Beneficiary shall determine. If any action,
motion or notice shall be

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commenced or filed in respect of the Grantor, as lessee under the Subject Lease,
or all or any portion of the Trust Property in connection with any case under
the Bankruptcy Code, the Grantor shall give the Beneficiary prompt written
notice thereof and the Beneficiary shall have the option, to the exclusion of
the Grantor, exercisable upon notice from the Beneficiary to the Grantor, to
conduct and control any such litigation with counsel of the Beneficiary's
choice. The Beneficiary may proceed in its own name or in the name of the
Grantor in connection with any such litigation, and the Grantor agrees to
execute any and all powers, authorizations, consents and other documents
required by the Beneficiary in connection therewith. The Grantor shall, upon
demand, pay to the Beneficiary all costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees) paid or incurred by the Beneficiary in connection
with the prosecution or conduct of any such proceedings. Any such costs or
expenses not paid by the Grantor as aforesaid shall be secured by this Deed of
Trust and shall be added to the Obligations. The Grantor shall not commence any
action, suit, proceeding or case, or file any application or make any motion, in
respect of the Subject Lease in any such case under the Bankruptcy Code without
the prior written consent of the Beneficiary. The Grantor shall, immediately
after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify the Beneficiary and its counsel, by
telecopy to the numbers set forth in the Loan Agreement, of any filing by or
against the lessor under the Subject Lease of a petition under the Bankruptcy
Code. The Grantor shall thereafter forthwith give written notice of such filing
to the Beneficiary, setting forth the date of such filing, the court in which
the petition was filed and the relief sought therein. The Grantor shall promptly
deliver to the Beneficiary, following receipt, any and all notices, summonses,
pleadings, applications and other documents received by the Grantor in
connection with any such petition and any proceedings relating thereto.

          (d)     If the Grantor shall default in the performance or observance
of any term, covenant or condition of the Subject Lease on the part of the
Grantor, as lessee thereunder, to be performed or observed, then, without
limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Deed of Trust and
without waiving or releasing the Grantor from any of its obligations hereunder,
the Beneficiary shall have the right, subject to the last sentence of this
Paragraph 51(d), but shall be under no obligation, to pay any sums and to
perform any act or take any action as may be appropriate to cause all of the
terms, covenants and conditions of the Subject Lease on the part of the Grantor,
as lessee thereunder, to be performed or observed to be promptly performed or
observed on behalf of the Grantor, to the end that the rights of the Grantor in,
to and under the Subject Lease shall be kept unimpaired and free from default.
If the Beneficiary shall make any payment or perform any act or take action in
accordance with the preceding sentence, the Beneficiary will notify the Grantor
of the making of any such payment, the performance of any such act, or the
taking of any such action. All sums so paid by the Beneficiary and all costs and
expenses incurred by the Beneficiary in connection with the performance of any
such act shall be paid by the Grantor to the Beneficiary upon demand with
interest at the Default Rate from the date of the payment or incurrence thereof,
and the same shall be deemed to be secured by this Deed of Trust and shall be a
lien on the Trust Property prior to any right, title to, interest in or claim
upon the Trust Property attaching subsequent to the lien of this Deed of Trust.
In any such

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event, subject to the rights, if any, of sublessees and other occupants under
the Leases, the Beneficiary and any person designated by the Beneficiary shall
have, and are hereby granted, the right to enter upon the Trust Property at any
time and from time to time for the purpose of taking any such action. If the
lessor under the Subject Lease shall deliver to the Beneficiary a copy of any
notice of default sent by said lessor to the Grantor, as lessee under the
Subject Lease, or otherwise notify the Beneficiary of such a default, any such
notice shall provide full protection to the Beneficiary for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by the Beneficiary, in good faith, in reliance thereon and,
in any case, irrespective of whether or not an Event of Default shall have
occurred hereunder.

          (e)     The Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Beneficiary its
true and lawful attorney-in-fact in its name or otherwise to do any and all acts
and to execute any and all documents which in the reasonable opinion of the
Beneficiary may be necessary or desirable to preserve any rights of the Grantor
in, to or under the Subject Lease, or any occupancy lease, license, franchise or
concession, including, without limitation, the right (but not the obligation) to
cure any defaults of the Grantor as lessee under the Subject Lease, preserve any
rights of the Grantor whatsoever in respect of any part of the Trust Property or
to execute an extension or renewal of the Subject Lease as hereinafter set
forth. Subject to the Grantor's rights to require the same under the Subject
Lease, the Grantor shall, within five (5) days of request by the Beneficiary,
request from the lessor under the Subject Lease such certificates of estoppel
with respect to compliance by the Grantor with the terms of the Subject Lease as
may be requested by the Beneficiary and shall thereafter use reasonable efforts
to obtain such certificates of estoppel from such lessor.

          (f)     The generality of the provisions of this Paragraph 51 relating
to the Subject Lease shall not be limited by other provisions of this Deed of
Trust or any other agreement between the Beneficiary and the Grantor, setting
forth particular obligations of the Grantor which are also required of the
Grantor as tenant under the Subject Lease.

          (g)     If the Grantor shall become the fee owner of the Premises
and/or the Improvements, the Trust Property shall be deemed to include all
right, title and interest of the Grantor (as fee owner) in and to the Premises,
the Improvements and the remaining Trust Property, and this Deed of Trust shall
be spread accordingly.

          (h)     If a deed of trust shall be placed against the fee interest in
the Premises and for the Improvements of the lessor under the Subject Lease, the
Grantor shall not subordinate the Subject Lease to the lien of any such fee Deed
of Trust.

     52.  NEW SUBJECT LEASE WITH THE BENEFICIARY.

          If the Subject Lease shall be terminated prior to the natural
expiration of its term due to a default or event of default thereunder, and if,
pursuant to any provision of the Subject

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Lease or otherwise pursuant to an agreement between the Beneficiary and such
lessor, the Beneficiary or its designee shall acquire from the lessor under the
Subject Lease a new lease of the Premises and the Improvements, the Grantor
shall have no right, title or interest in or to such new lease or the leasehold
estate created thereby, or renewal privileges therein contained.

     53.  NO MERGER OF FEE AND LEASEHOLD ESTATES.

          So long as any portion of the Obligations shall remain unpaid, and
unless the Beneficiary shall otherwise consent, the fee title to the Premises
and the Improvements and the leasehold estate therein created pursuant to the
provisions of the Subject Lease shall not merge, but shall always be kept
separate and distinct, notwithstanding the union of such estates in the Grantor
or in any other person, by purchase, operation of law or otherwise. If the
Beneficiary shall acquire the fee title to the Premises and the Improvements and
the leasehold estate therein created pursuant to the provisions of the Subject
Lease, by foreclosure of this Deed of Trust or otherwise, such estates shall not
merge as a result of such acquisition and shall remain separate and distinct for
all purposes after such acquisition unless and until the Beneficiary shall elect
to merge such estates.

     54.  THE TRUSTEE.

          (a)     SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. The Trustee may resign by the giving of
notice of such resignation in writing addressed to the Beneficiary, or may be
removed at any time, with or without cause, by an instrument in writing duly
executed by the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary shall concurrently give notice of
any such resignation or removal to the Grantor. In case of the death,
resignation or removal of the Trustee, a successor Trustee may be appointed by
the Beneficiary without other formality than an appointment and designation in
writing unless otherwise required by applicable law. Such appointment and
designation will be full evidence of the right and authority to make the same
and of all facts therein recited, and upon the making of any such appointment
and designation, this Deed of Trust will vest in the named successor the Trustee
all the right, title and interest of the Trustee in the Trust Property, and said
successor will thereupon succeed to all the rights, powers, privileges,
immunities and duties hereby conferred upon the Trustee. All references herein
to the Trustee will be deemed to refer to the Trustee or trustees from time to
time acting hereunder.

          (b)     TRUSTEE'S POWERS. At any time, or from time to time without
liability therefor and without notice, upon written request of the Beneficiary
and presentation of this Deed of Trust for endorsement, and without affecting
the personal liability of any person for payment of the indebtedness secured
hereby or the effect of this Deed of Trust upon the remainder of the Trust
Property, the Trustee may (i) reconvey any part of the Trust Property, (ii)
consent in writing to the making of any map or plat thereof, (iii) join in
granting any easement thereon, or (iv) join in any extension agreement or any
agreement subordinating the lien or charge hereof.

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          (c)     REQUEST FOR NOTICE. The Grantor hereby requests that a copy of
any notice of default and a copy of any notice of sale hereunder be mailed to
the Grantor at the address set forth in the heading of this Deed of Trust.

          (d)     FULL RECONVEYANCE BY THE TRUSTEE. To the extent that the
Trustee's signature is necessary on any full reconveyance of this Deed of Trust
then, upon written request of the Beneficiary stating that all sums secured
hereby have been paid, and upon surrender of this Deed of Trust to the Trustee
for cancellation and retention (or disposal in accordance with applicable law),
and upon payment by the Grantor of the Trustee's fees, the Trustee shall
reconvey to the Grantor, or to the person or persons legally entitled thereto,
without warranty, any portion of the Trust Property then held hereunder. The
recitals in such reconveyance of any matters or facts shall be conclusive proof
of the truthfulness thereof. The grantee in any reconveyance may be described as
the person or persons legally entitled thereto.

          (e)     INDEMNITY. The Grantor shall indemnify the Trustee against all
claims, actions, liabilities, judgments, costs, attorneys' fees or other charges
of whatsoever kind or nature made against or incurred by the Trustee, and
arising out of the performance by the Trustee of the duties of the Trustee
hereunder (except those arising from the Trustee's grossly negligent acts). The
foregoing indemnity shall not terminate upon release, foreclosure or other
termination of this Deed of Trust.

          (f)     THE BENEFICIARY ACTION IN LIEU OF THE TRUSTEE. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Paragraph 54 or this Deed of Trust to the contrary,
the Beneficiary may take any actions (other than the exercise of the power of
sale) which the Trustee is authorized to take in all cases where trustees are
not required by custom, practice or law to take such actions on behalf of a
beneficiary under a deed of trust.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has duly executed this Deed of Trust the
day and year first above written.

                                        S&W OF LAS VEGAS, L.L.C.

                                        By: /s/ Alan M. Mandel
                                            ------------------------------
                                             Name: Alan M. Mandel
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer

STATE OF NEW YORK   )
                    ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK  )

          On the 19th day of August in the year 2002 before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Alan M. Mandel,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his
signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which
the individual acted, executed the instrument.

                                           /s/ Linda Marshall
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

                                                       [SEAL]

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                Legal Description

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1

                         (DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT LEASE)

          Lease With An Option to Purchase, dated February 9, 1998, as modified
by a First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated May 8, 1998; a memorandum of
which was recorded pursuant to an instrument entitled Memorandum of Lease with
an Option to Purchase recorded on February 12, 1998 in Book 980212 as Instrument
No. 00979 in the official records of Clark County, Nevada and also recorded on
February 17, 1998 in Book 980217 as Instrument No. 00838.

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Assessor's Parcel No. 162-21-301-014

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                            S&W OF LAS VEGAS, L.L.C.

                                       AND

                           MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER
                       COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

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                             LEASEHOLD DEED OF TRUST
                                   ( NEVADA )

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                            Dated;      August 23, 2002

                            Location:   3767 Las Vegas Boulevard South
                                        Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada

                            RECORD AND RETURN TO:

                            Esanu Katsky Korins & Siger, LLP
                            605 Third Avenue
                            New York, New York 10158
                            Attention:  Stephen D. Brodie, Esq.

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