Captain D's, LLC | Introduction
Introduction
1717 Elm Hill Pike, Suite A-1
Nashville, Tennessee 37210
U.S.A.
Telephone: (615) 231-2537
Toll Free: (800) 550-4877
Fax: (615) 231-2955
Web site: http://www.captainds.com
Limited Liability Company
Founded: 1969 as Mr. D's
Employees: 6,600
Sales: $300 million (2002 est.)
NAIC: 722211 Limited-Service Restaurants
Operating out of Nashville, Tennessee, Captain D's, LLC operates the Captain D's seafood restaurant chain, devoted to the "fast-casual" dining concept. The company owns and operates some 300 of the chain's more than 560 units, with the balance owned by franchisees. Captain D's restaurants are found in 22 states, mostly located in the South. In recent years the chain has established units at military bases, allowing Captain D's to go international with the 2003 opening of a restaurant on the Okinawa Air Force Base in Japan. Captain D's operates for lunch and dinner, its regular menu featuring a variety of fried, baked, and broiled fish and shrimp dishes, as well as seafood-stuffed crab shells and seasonal items. The chain also offers its Coastal Classic menu, which includes seafood recipes from across the country and such dishes as fried coastal flounder, fried gulf coast oysters, Southern style catfish, and shrimp scampi. Captain D's is a private company controlled by the investment group Lone Star Funds, following more than three decades under the ownership of Shoney's, Inc.