FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
HILARIO EMANUEL N
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. [STKS]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
411 WEST 14TH STREET, 2ND FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/30/2017
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10014
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share 10/30/2017   A   371,000 (1) A $ 0 412,306 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options $ 1.42 10/30/2017   A   300,000     (2) 10/30/2027 Common Stock, par value $0.0001 300,000 $ 0 300,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
HILARIO EMANUEL N
411 WEST 14TH STREET, 2ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10014
  X     President & CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Emanuel N. Hilario   11/01/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes (i) a grant of 71,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock issued under the Issuer's 2013 Employee, Director and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to an Employment Agreement, by and between the Issuer and the Reporting Person, dated October 30, 2017 (the "Employment Agreement") and (ii) a grant of 300,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") issued under the Plan pursuant to the Employment Agreement. The RSUs shall vest in equal increments upon the first three anniversaries of the grant date, with 100,000 units vesting on each such date, provided that the Reporting Person is employed by the Issuer on each such date; provided, however that the RSUs may vest earlier upon the price of the Issuer's common stock reaching an average of $2.130, $2.485 and $2.840 (the "Hurdles") for ten consecutive trading days for each respective Hurdle, with 100,000 RSUs vesting upon the achievement of each respective Hurdle.
(2) Options issued under the Plan pursuant to the Employment Agreement. The options shall vest in equal increments upon the first three anniversaries of the grant date, with 100,000 units vesting on each such date, provided that the Reporting Person is employed by the Issuer on each such date.

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