EXHIBIT 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

                 PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I,  Curtis  B.  McWilliams,  the  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  CNL  Restaurant
Properties, Inc., certify that:

    1.  I have reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of CNL  Restaurant
        Properties, Inc.;

    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 period
        covered by this annual report;

    3.  Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other  financial
        information  included  in this  annual  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 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(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for  the
        registrant and we 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 report is being prepared;

             b.   Evaluated the  effectiveness  of the  registrant'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

             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 quarter (the registrant's
                  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual  report) 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
        reporting,  to the registrant's  auditors and the audit committee of the
        registrant's  board of directors (or persons  performing  the equivalent
        functions):

             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
                  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.

Date:  August 9, 2004



/s/ Curtis B. McWilliams
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Curtis B. McWilliams
Chief Executive Officer