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 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Flanigan's Enterprises,
      Inc. for the period ended September 27, 2008;

2.    Based on my knowledge,  this 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
      report;

3.    Based on my knowledge,  the consolidated  financial statements,  and other
      financial  information  included  in this  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
      report;

4.    The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer  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))  and  internal
      control  over  financial  reporting  (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act Rules
      13a-15(f) and 15d-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 annual  report is
      being prepared;

      b)    Designed such internal control over financial  reporting,  or caused
      such internal  control over  financial  reporting to be designed under our
      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 annual 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 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.

                                     /s/ James G. Flanigan
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                                     Name: James G. Flanigan
                                     Chief Executive Officer and President
                                     Date: December 22, 2008

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