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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * COULTER JAMIE B   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE & SALOON INC [STAR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 224 EAST DOUGLAS, SUITE 700 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/01/2004 (Street) WICHITA, KS 672023413 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/01/2004   M   15,000 A $ 8.4687 (1) 2,410,393 (2) D   Common Stock 11/01/2004   S   15,000 (3) D $ 24.2986 2,395,393 (2) D   Common Stock 11/02/2004   M   15,000 A $ 8.4687 (1) 2,410,393 (2) D   Common Stock 11/02/2004   S   15,000 (3) D $ 24.7652 2,395,393 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 8.4687 (1)

11/01/2004

M

15,000

(4)

01/04/2005

Common Stock

15,000

$ 0

97,389

D

Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 8.4687 (1)

11/02/2004

M

15,000

(4)

01/04/2005

Common Stock

15,000

$ 0

82,389

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
COULTER JAMIE B 224 EAST DOUGLAS, SUITE 700 WICHITA, KS 672023413		X	Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

/s/ Coulter, Jamie B.		11/03/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Form 4 filing software only allows for numbers to be expressed up to four decimal places. The actual exercise price of the stock options is $8.46875.
(2)	Does not include 177,145 shares held by Intrust Bank as Trustee of a Rabbi Trust for the Company. Under the terms of a Deferred Compensation Agreement, Mr. Coulter defers receipt of the value of his deferred compensation account until 30 days after the termination of his employment with the Company.
(3)	This transaction was executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan entered into on October 15, 2003.
(4)	One third of the options became exercisable on January 4, 1996. One third of the options became exercisable on January 4, 1997. The remainder of the options became exercisable on January 4, 1998.

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