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EXHIBIT31.01

Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of TheSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, George R. Chapdelaine, Presidentand Chief Executive Officer of Boston Restaurant Associates, Inc.,certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this annual report onForm 10-K of Boston Restaurant Associates, Inc.;

2.    Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period coveredby this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, 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 registrant as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

4.    Theregistrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))[omitted] for the registrant andhave:

a.    Designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

b.    [Omitted;]

c.    Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the endof the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and

d.    Disclosed in this report anychange in the registrant's internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant's most recentfiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in thecase of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

5.    Theregistrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committeeof the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

a.    Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information;and

b.    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves managementor other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant's internal control over financialreporting.

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| Date:June  29,  2006 |  |  | /s/ George R.Chapdelaine                                                              |
|                 |  |  | George R.ChapdelainePresident and Chief Executive Officer(PrincipalExecutive Officer) |
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