EXHIBIT 21
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                    SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.


As of May 25,  2003,  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 and Smokey Bones.

We also had other direct and indirect  subsidiaries  as of May 25, 2003 but none
of these subsidiaries would constitute a "significant  subsidiary" as defined in
Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w).