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<CONFORMED-NAME>FAMOUS DAVES OF AMERICA INC
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<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>MN
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<STREET1>12701 WHITEWATER DRIVE
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF<BR>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;3, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Famous Dave&#146;s of America, Inc.</FONT></B>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Minnesota</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>0-21625</B><BR>
(Commission File Number)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-1782300</B><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>12701 Whitewater Drive, Suite&nbsp;200, Minnetonka, MN</B>
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<B>(952)&nbsp;294-1300</B><BR>

(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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    <TD><B>Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant held its annual meeting of shareholders on May&nbsp;3, 2011. At the meeting, the
registrant&#146;s shareholders took the following actions:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;The shareholders elected six directors to serve as members of the registrant&#146;s Board of
Directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders. The shareholders present in person or by
proxy cast the following numbers of votes in connection with the election of directors, resulting
in the election of all director nominees:
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Christopher O&#146;Donnell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">4,105,040</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">659,325</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">K. Jeffrey Dahlberg</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,114,290</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">650,075</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Wallace B. Doolin</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,115,540</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">648,825</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Lisa A. Kro</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,122,094</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">642,271</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Richard L. Monfort</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,123,840</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">640,525</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Dean A. Riesen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,116,840</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">647,525</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;The shareholders approved an amendment to the registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated 2005
Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance
thereunder from 950,000 shares to 1,400,000 shares. There were 3,582,799 votes cast for the
proposal; 966,319 votes were cast against the proposal; 215,247 votes abstained; and there were
2,662,873 broker non-votes.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;The shareholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the registrant&#146;s
independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011. There were 6,997,086 votes cast for
the proposal; 89,159 votes were cast against the proposal; 340,993 votes abstained; and there were
no broker non-votes.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURE
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Famous Dave&#146;s of America, Inc.</FONT><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Date: May 4, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Diana G. Purcel
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Diana G. Purcel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Financial Officer and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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