Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Restaurant |
Genre | Fine dining |
Founded | 2000 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Founder | Guy Villavaso Larry Foles |
Headquarters | 1000 Darden Center Drive Orlando, Florida, U.S. 32837 |
Number of locations | 30 (January 2024) |
Area served | Texas, California, Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
Key people | Eugene Lee, former CEO, retired 2022 (Interim CEO/Chairman [1] of Darden and President of Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group) Guy Villavaso (Co-Founder) Larry Foles (Co-Founder) John Carver (Corporate Chef) |
Products | Seafood Steak |
Parent | Darden Restaurants (2011–present) |
Website | eddiev.com |
Footnotes /references [2] |
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The first Eddie V's was opened in Austin, Texas in 2000 by Guy Villavaso and Larry Foles. [2] In 2011, the brand was sold for $59 million cash to Darden Restaurants, Inc. and became a part of Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group. [3]
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