Founded in 1969, Long John Silver s is a quick-service seafood chain with more than 1,200 restaurants worldwide. Its restaurants specialize in batter-dipped fish, chicken, coleslaw and hush puppies. The chain s restaurants offer a variety of sandwiches, desserts and side dishes. Its restaurants serve grilled Pacific salmon, tilapia, scampi, Alaskan flounder and crab cakes. The chain s restaurants also provide special menus for children. It additionally offers gift checks of several denominations and franchising options. Long John Silver s is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, which is one of the largest restaurant operating companies throughout the world. Yum! Brands also operates restaurants under the A&W All American Food, KFC and Taco Bell brands. Yum! Brands manages more than 34,000 restaurant locations in over 100 countries.