EXHIBIT 21


                SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.


As of May 26, 1996, the Registrant had one "significant subsidiary", as defined
in Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w), identified as follows:

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

In order to comply with certain state laws, the  Registrant,  either directly or
indirectly  through GMRI, Inc., had 58 other subsidiaries as of May 26, 1996. If
considered  in the aggregate as a single  subsidiary as of May 26, 1996,  the 58
other subsidiaries would not constitute a "significant subsidiary" as defined in
Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w).