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Captain D's is a U.S.-based chain of fast-food restaurants, specializing in seafood and fish and chips. The restaurant also features a low-carb menu. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... Donelson, Tennessee is an unincorporated suburb of Nashville, Tennessee located east of downtown Nashville along U.S. Highway 70. ... “Nashville” redirects here. ... For specific discussion of Western fast food chains, see fast food restaurant. ... For the band, see Big Brother and the Holding Company. ... A fast-food restaurant is a restaurant characterized both by food which is supplied quickly after ordering, and by minimal service. ... Spaghetti with seafood (Spaghetti allo scoglio). ... Fish and chips in modern packaging Fish and chips or fish n chips, a popular take-away food with British origins, consists of deep-fried fish in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes. ... Low-carbohydrate diets or low carb diets, are food diet programs for weight loss and dietary health that advocate restricted carbohydrate consumption, based on research that ties carbohydrate consumption with increased blood insulin levels, and increased insulin with obesity. ...

The first Captain D's restaurant opened in Donelson, Tennessee in 1969 under the name "Mr. D's". The "D" stands for the last name of the co-founder Ray Danner. Many Captain D's locations were originally selected to be near extant Shoney's restaurants. Captain D's has grown to become a restaurant chain with more than 600 locations in about twenty three states (primarily in the South) as well as overseas. Its main competitors are Long John Silver's and Arthur Treacher's. Donelson, Tennessee is an unincorporated suburb of Nashville, Tennessee located east of downtown Nashville along U.S. Highway 70. ... This article is about the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... Shoneys is a restaurant chain in the United States that had a franchise with the Big Boy chain. ... A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants, typically with the same name in many different locations either under shared corporate ownership (e. ... Long John Silvers is a United States-based fast-food restaurant that specializes in seafood and fish and chips. ... Arthur Treachers Fish and Chips is a fast food seafood restaurant chain with, as of 2003, 177 stores which serve fish and chips. ...

Captain D’s Seafood has won the 2007 Nation’s Restaurant News “MenuMasters Award” in the category of “Best Menu Revamp.” -- Captain D's Website

After a 2000 bankruptcy, Dallas-based Lone Star Funds bought Shoney's in 2002. Timonium, Md.,-based Grotech Capital Group Inc. and Charlesbank Capital Partners, a Boston private equity firm, formed Sagittarius Brands and bought Captain D's in December 2004 for $150 million. Captain D's current owner also operates Del Taco. [1] Del Taco is a chain of North American fast-food restaurants specializing in Mexican-style offerings as well as American foods such as burgers, fries and shakes. ...

External links

• Captain D's website