EXHIBIT 21

                         SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

Back Yard Burgers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has three wholly-owned
subsidiaries:

(1)   Little Rock Back Yard Burgers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which owns
      and operates Back Yard Burger restaurants in the Central Arkansas area;

(2)   Atlanta Burgers BYB Corporation, a Delaware corporation, which is
      inactive; and

(3)   BYB Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which operates in Delaware
      and has the rights to the company's trademarks.