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Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference to the Company's
previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated June
28, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Boston
Restaurant Associates, Inc. appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the year ended April 30, 2000.
/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
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BDO Seidman, LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 28, 2000
