Exhibit 5



January 30, 2001



1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.
1600 Stewart Avenue
Westbury, New York  11590
Re:     1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. ("Company") Registration Statement
        for Offering of  5,077,787 Shares of Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to your registration on Form S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement") under
the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  of 1,300,000  shares of Common Stock
under the 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 3,777,787 shares of Common Stock
under the 1999 Stock  Incentive  Plan. We advise you that, in our opinion,  when
such shares have been issued and sold pursuant to the  applicable  provisions of
the plan, and in accordance with the Registration Statement, such shares will be
validly  issued,  fully paid and  nonassessable  shares of the Company's  Common
Stock.  We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP