Plaintiff failed to establish a connection between what her expert testified was a defective condition of the step at the entrance to the Hard Rock Café and her decedent’s trip and fall exiting the restaurant (CPLR 4401; see generally Kane v Estia Greek Rest., 4 AD3d 189, 190 [2004]).

Plaintiffs remaining contentions are without merit. Concur-Tom, J.P., Buckley, Sweeny and Moskowitz, JJ.