Bubba Gump Shrimp Company

Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySeafood restaurant
FoundedMonterey, California (1996; 28 years ago (1996))
HeadquartersHouston, Texas
Number of locations
35 restaurants[1]
Area served
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Mexico
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
Qatar
ParentLandry's, Inc.
(2010–present)
Websitewww.bubbagump.com
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant in Long Beach, California.
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant on the Santa Monica Pier.
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant in Times Square, New York City.
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. at Navy Pier Chicago, Illinois
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. at Navy Pier Chicago, Illinois (closed in 2020)

The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is an American seafood restaurant chain inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump, based in Houston, Texas, and a division of Landry's Restaurants since 2010.[2] As of October 2022, 35 restaurants operate worldwide: twenty-two in the United States, four in Mexico, three in Japan and one each in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Canada and Qatar.

The first Bubba Gump restaurant opened in 1996 in Monterey, California by Rusty Pelican Restaurants in partnership with Paramount, the distributor of Forrest Gump. It was named for the film's characters Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue and Forrest Gump. Before his death in the Vietnam War, Bubba convinces Gump to go into the shrimping business.

  1. ^ "View All Locations | Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. In the USA & International".
  2. ^ "LANDRY'S ACQUIRES BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. RESTAURANT CHAIN". Landrys Inc. Retrieved Nov 9, 2020.