The first Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant and market opened in 1996 in Monterey, California. The restaurant was known as the first and only casual restaurant chain based on a motion picture property.

There’s a new seafood favorite coming to South Padre Island. Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, the chain seafood eatery created in homage to the fictional shrimp company seen in the 1994 feature film ...