**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Saed Mohseni, certify that:

 

1.               Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of McCormick and Schmick’sSeafood Restaurants, Inc.;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

 

a)                                      Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)                                     [Reserved.]

 

c)                                      Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this reportbased on such evaluation; and

 

d)                                     Disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting;  and

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

 

a)                                      All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting  whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)                                     Any fraud, whetheror not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  August 26, 2004 | By:    | /s/ SAED MOHSENI        |   |
|----------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|--------|
|                             |   | Saed Mohseni            |
|                             |   | Chief Executive Officer |

 

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