Lee Roy Selmon's is an American sports bar restaurant chain located in Florida founded by former NFL player Lee Roy Selmon

Lee Roy Selmon

Lee Roy Selmon was a Hall of Fame NFL football defensive lineman.-Early life:Selmon was the youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon, raised on a farm near Eufaula, Oklahoma...

. Selmon was the first member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

 to be voted into the NFL hall of fame, and his popularity in the Tampa Bay metro area allowed this restaurant concept to flourish. It was owned by Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse is an American casual dining restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida with over 1200 locations in 22 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It was founded in February 1988 in Tampa by Bob Basham, Chris T...

 parent company OSI Restaurant Partners until December 2008 when it was sold to Outback founders Bob Basham and Chris Sullivan. Selmon has continued to work with the company through all of its transfers of ownership. There are six locations, all of which are in west-central Florida.

Atmosphere

Selmon's is noted for Southern style food and hospitality. It specializes in comfort food

Comfort food

Comfort food is food prepared traditionally that may have a nostalgic or sentimental appeal. Comfort foods may be foods that have a nostalgic element either to an individual or a specific culture...

 such as fried green tomatoes

Fried green tomatoes (food)

Fried green tomatoes are a side dish usually found in the Southern United States, made from unripe tomatoes coated with cornmeal and fried.-Traditional preparation:...

 and pecan pie

Pecan pie

Pecan pie is a sweet pie made primarily of corn syrup and pecan nuts. It is popularly served at holiday meals and is also considered a specialty of Southern U.S. cuisine. Most pecan pie recipes include salt and vanilla as flavorings. Chocolate and bourbon whiskey are other popular additions to the...

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