Hello.
My name's Forrest, Forrest Gump. People call me
Forrest Gump. My momma always said, "Life is
like a box of chocolates. You never know what
you're gonna get."' Unintentionally we
discovered the “Bubba Gump” restaurants, during
our first visit of San Francisco. “A bench,
shoes, a suitcase and a box of chocolates. Hey,
this looks like it’s from Forrest Gump. Hey,
it’s a restaurant. Come, let’s have a bite”.
That’s how we got to know Bubba Gump. Since
this first visit, we’ve visit about 10 different
locations. We love the design of the
restaurants, it’s so very much based on the
movie. All the restaurants have the same design
and are all so different. The food, especially
the seafood, is so good. Very good. Mmmmm, we
can’t wait the get another “Bucket full of sea
trash”.
Some amusing facts:
When you need a waiter: put
out the license plate STOP FORREST
Before you
get any food or drinks, you need to do a trivia
about the movie which is pretty tough
1 = Shrimp’s ranking among the most
eaten seafood in America
1 Billion Pounds of shrimp consumed by
Americans each year
5 Billion = Average amount of shrimp
produced around the world each year
1 Million Pounds of shrimp Bubba Gump
Shrimp Co. sells each year
19 Number of different ways shrimp is
served at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurants.
50 Percentage in size of a shrimp’s head
compared to its body
10 = The number of legs on an average
shrimp.
.27 Number in grams of heart-healthy
omega-3 fatty acids found in shrimp (per 3
oz. serving)
16 Inches of the world’s largest shrimp,
discovered in 2006 by a biologist in
Cartagena, Colombia. The average length of a
shrimp is 6 inches
After
the success of the movie “Forrest Gump”,
Paramount Pictures approached Rusty Pelican
Restaurants Inc. with their desire to open a
casual family restaurant with a theme based on
Forrest Gump’s life, philosophy and love of
shrimp. Scott Barnett, then-president and CEO of
Rusty Pelican Restaurants Inc., along with his
executive team, created a concept that soon led
to a signed agreement with Paramount Pictures
for the first and only casual restaurant chain
based on a motion picture property.
In 1996, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. opened its
first restaurant on Cannery Row in Monterey,
Calif., setting the fun and casual tone for
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. The restaurant was an
instant success and things took off from there.
