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 October 1, 2005;

2.       Based on my  knowledge,  this annual 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 annual report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other
         financial information included in this annual 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 annual 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(d)  and  13a-15(e))  for  the
         registrant and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
         Exchange Act Rules  13(a)-15(f)  and 15(d)-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 our 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) 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

         c)  disclosed  in this report any change in the  registrant's  internal
         control over financial  reporting that occurred during the registrant's
         most recent fiscal year 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 officers 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.

                                         /s/    James G. Flanigan
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                                         Name:  James G. Flanigan
                                         Chief Executive Officer and President
                                         Date:  January 17, 2006