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Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree, as of March 23, 2009, that only one statement containing the information required by Schedule 13D, and each amendment thereto, need be filed with respect to the ownership by each of the undersigned of shares of common stock of J. Alexander’s Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, and such statement to which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1 is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned.

MILL ROAD CAPITAL, L.P.
By:	Mill Road Capital GP LLC,
	its General Partner
By:	/s/ Thomas E. Lynch
	Thomas E. Lynch
	Management Committee Director and Chairman
MILL ROAD CAPITAL GP LLC
By:	/s/ Thomas E. Lynch
	Thomas E. Lynch
	Management Committee Director and Chairman

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THOMAS E. LYNCH

/s/ Thomas E. Lynch

Thomas E. Lynch

CHARLES M. B. GOLDMAN

/s/ Charles M. B. Goldman

Charles M. B. Goldman

SCOTT P. SCHARFMAN

/s/ Scott P. Scharfman

Scott P. Scharfman