Eddie V's Prime Seafood

Eddie V's Prime Seafood

Company type	Division
Industry	Restaurant
Genre	Fine dining
Founded	2000;25 years ago (2000), in 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]

Eddie V's Prime Seafood is an American seafood and steak restaurant chain owned by Darden Restaurants.

History

Chilean Sea Bass cooked "Hong Kong" style from Eddie V's in Fort Lauderdale, FL

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, and became a part of Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group. ^[3]

Filet Mignon from Eddie V's in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Locations

There are 30 ^[4] Eddie V's restaurants across the United States.

See also

• List of seafood restaurants

References

1. Anjali Fluker (October 14, 2014). "6 things to know about Gene Lee, Darden's new interim CEO". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
2. "The Creation of Eddie V's Restaurants". Darden Concepts, Inc. 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
3. Snel, Alan (October 12, 2011). "Darden buys two seafood brands". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
4. "Find A Restaurant - Eddie V's Prime Seafood Restaurant". www.eddiev.com. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Darden Restaurants, Inc. website