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**CERTIFICATION      PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE**

**SARBANES-OXLEY      ACT OF 2002**

| 1. | I                have reviewed this quarterly                report on Form 10-KSB of Rick’s                Cabaret International,                Inc.; |
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| 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 period covered by this                report; |
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| 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the                financial statements, and other financial information included in                this report,                fairly                present in all material respects the financial condition, results                of                operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and                for, the                periods presented in this                report; |
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| 4. | The                small business                issuer’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)) for the small business issuer and                have: |
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|   | (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 small business issuer, including its                consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those                entities, particularly                during the period in which this                report is being prepared; |
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|   | (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; |
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|   | (c) | Evaluated                the effectiveness of                the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures                and presented in                this 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 |
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|   | (d) | Disclosed                in this report any                change in the small                business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that                occurred                during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal year that has                materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,                the                small business issuer's internal control                over financial reporting;                and |
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| 5. | The                small business                issuer’s                other certifying officer and                I have disclosed,                based on our                most recent evaluation of                internal control over financial reporting, to the small business                issuer's                independent registered public accounting                firm and the audit                committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons                performing the equivalent                functions): |
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|   | (a) | All                significant deficiencies and                material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control                over                financial reporting                which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business                issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial                information; and |
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|   | (b) | Any                fraud, whether or not                material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant                role in the                small business issuer's internal control over financial                reporting. |
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| Date:                December 19, 2007 | By:    | /s/                Eric S. Langan                                                 |   |
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|                                   |   | Eric                S. Langan                                                     |
|                                   |   | Chief                Executive Officer/Principal Executive                Officer |

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