EXHIBIT 31.1

                     CERTIFICATIONS 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 June 30, 2007;

      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 15d-15(e)) 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.    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

            c.    Disclosed  in  this   quarterly   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,  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  and material  weaknesses 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.

Date: August 14, 2007            /s/ James G. Flanigan
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                                 James G. Flanigan, Chief Executive Officer and
                                 President