EXHIBIT 21


                    SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.


As of May 30,  2004,  we had four  "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.

          GMR  Restaurants of  Pennsylvania,  Inc., a Pennsylvania  corporation,
          doing business as Red Lobster,  Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze and Smokey
          Bones.

We also had other direct and indirect  subsidiaries  as of May 30, 2004 but none
of these subsidiaries would constitute a "significant  subsidiary" as defined in
Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w).