EXHIBIT 21

                    SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.


As of May 26,  2002,  we had three  "significant  subsidiaries",  as  defined in
Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w), identified as follows:

          GMRI,  Inc.,  a Florida  corporation,  doing  business as Red Lobster,
          Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze and Smokey Bones.

          GMRI  Florida,  Inc.,  a  Florida  corporation,  owning a 99%  limited
          partnership interest in GMRI Texas, L.P.

          GMRI Texas, L.P., a Texas limited  partnership,  doing business as Red
          Lobster, Olive Garden and Bahama Breeze.

We also had other direct and indirect  subsidiaries  as of May 26, 2002. None of
these  subsidiaries  would  constitute a "significant  subsidiary" as defined in
Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w).