Eddie V 's Prime seafood - wikipedia Eddie V 's Prime seafood Eddie V 's Prime Seafood Type Subsidiary Industry Restaurant Genre Fine dining Founded 2000 ( 2000 ) Austin, Texas, U.S. Founder Guy Villavaso Larry Foles Headquarters 1000 Darden Center Drive Orlando, Florida, U.S. 32837 Number of locations 21 ( May 2018 ) Area served Texas, California, Arizona, Florida Key people Eugene Lee ( Interim CEO / Chairman of Darden and President of Darden 's Specialty Restaurant Group ) Guy Villavaso ( Co-Founder ) Larry Foles ( Co-Founder ) John Carver ( Corporate Chef ) Products Seafood Steak Parent Darden Restaurants ( 2011 -- present ) Website eddiev.com Footnotes / references Eddie V 's Prime Seafood is an American seafood and steak restaurant chain. Contents 1 History 2 Locations 3 References 4 External links History The first Eddie V 's was opened in Austin, Texas in 2000 by Guy Villavaso and Larry Foles. In 2011, the brand was sold for $59 million cash to Darden Restaurants, Inc. and became a part of Darden 's Specialty Restaurant Group. Locations As of October 2017, there are a total of 21 Eddie V 's restaurants : Arizona Scottsdale California La Jolla Newport Beach San Diego Florida Orlando Tampa Illinois Chicago Massachusetts Boston Michigan Troy Missouri Kansas City North Carolina Charlotte Pennsylvania King of Prussia Pittsburgh Texas Austin - Arboretum Austin - 5th Street Dallas Fort Worth Houston - CityCentre Houston - West Ave San Antonio Virginia McLean - Tysons Corner References Jump up ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2014/10/6-things-to-know-about-gene-lee-darden-s-new.html?page=all ^ Jump up to : `` The Creation of Eddie V 's Restaurants ''. Darden Concepts, Inc. 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012. Jump up ^ Snel, Alan ( October 12, 2011 ). `` Darden buys two seafood brands ''. Nation 's Restaurant News. Retrieved May 16, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Find A Restaurant - Eddie V 's Prime Seafood Restaurant ''. www.eddiev.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018. External links Official website Darden Restaurants, Inc. website Darden Restaurants Holdings The Capital Grille Cheddar 's Scratch Kitchen Bahama Breeze Eddie V 's Prime Seafood LongHorn Steakhouse Olive Garden Seasons 52 Yard House Divested Smokey Bones York Steak House Red Lobster Defunct China Coast Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eddie_V%27s_Prime_Seafood&oldid=855346504 '' Categories : Companies based in Orlando, Florida Restaurants established in 2000 Darden Restaurants brands Restaurant chains in the United States Seafood restaurants in the United States 2000 establishments in Texas American companies established in 2000 Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 August 2018, at 16 : 48 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who owns eddie v's in la jolla
Answer: Darden Restaurants, Inc.