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                                                                     EXHIBIT 21

                         SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

Back Yard Burgers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has three wholly-owned
subsidiaries:

(1)      Little Rock Back Yard Burgers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which
         owns and operates Back Yard Burger restaurants in the Central Arkansas
         area;

(2)      Atlanta Burgers BYB Corporation, a Delaware corporation, which is
         inactive; and

(3)      BYB Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which operates in
         Delaware and has the rights to the company's trademarks.
