Darden Restaurants to Present at the Oppenheimer 2006 Restaurant Conference

November 13, 2006

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 13, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at Oppenheimer's Fourth Annual Restaurant Conference to be held in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 16, 2006, at 1:35 pm Pacific Time. There will be an on-line simulcast of Darden's presentation available on the Company's website, www.darden.com. An audio-only webcast of the Company's presentation will be available over the Internet at http://www.internetvideochannel.com/oppenheimer/restaurant.htm. The archived webcast will be available on the home page of the Company's website (www.darden.com) through November 24, 2006.

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As the largest casual dining restaurant company in the world, Darden Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates over 1,430 Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones BBQ, and Seasons 52 restaurants with annual sales of $5.7 billion. Darden is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

SOURCE Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Analysts, Matthew Stroud, +1-407-245-6458, or Media, Jim DeSimone, +1-407-245-4567, 
both of Darden Restaurants 
http://www.darden.com/ 

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