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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 April 2, 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 periods 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  officers and I have disclosed,
            based  on our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over
            financial,  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
                                       Chief Executive Officer and President
                                       Date: May 17, 2005


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