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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James G. Flanigan, certify that:

      1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on Form  10-Q of  Flanigan's
Enterprises, Inc. for the period ended January 1, 2005;

      2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  quarterly  report  does not  contain any
untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary
to make the  statements  made,  in light of the  circumstances  under which such
statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report;

      3. Based on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other
financial  information included in this quarterly report,  fairly present in all
material  respects of the financial  condition,  results of operations  and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in this quarterly
report;

      4. The registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(e)) for the registrant and internal  control
over financial  reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13(a)-15(c)  and 15
(d)-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

      a)  designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  or caused  such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,  particularly
during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

      b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal  control over financial  reporting to be designed under my supervision,
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial  statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;

      c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures  and presented in this  quarterly  report our  conclusions  about the
effectiveness  of the disclosure  controls and procedures,  as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

      d)  disclosed  in this  report  any  change in the  registrant's  internal
control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the  registrant's  most
recent fiscal quarter that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's  internal control over financial  reporting;
and

      5. The registrant's other certifying  officer and I have disclosed,  based
on our most recent  evaluation of internal control over financial  reporting ,to
the  registrant's  auditors  and the audit  committee or  registrant's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function);

      a) all  significant  deficiencies  in the design or  operation of internal
control over financial  reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the  registrant's  ability to record,  process,  summarize and report  financial
information; and

      b) any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's  internal control over
financial reporting.


                                              /s/ James G. Flanigan
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                                              Name: James G. Flanigan
                                              Acting Chief Executive Officer and
                                              President
                                              Date: February 22, 2005


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