The brand's name is derived from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, in which the pirate Long John Silver is one of the main characters. Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Formerly a division of Yum!

1969. The first Long John Silver's restaurant opened in Lexington, KY. World changed forever.

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Long John Silver is a character from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was never a real pirate and was probably not based on any real pirates. Nonetheless, he has become so iconic in the popular imagination that he is many people's first instinct when they imagine a pirate.

Long John Silver is the antagonist of the story, but he is a fun and compelling character who manages to be likeable for much of the story despite his devious intentions. Often thought of in the popular imagination as a pirate captain, Long John Silver is actually a cook who used to be a quartermaster.

Long John Silver is a very complex and self-contradictory character. He is cunning and mendacious, hiding his true intentions from Squire Trelawney while posing as the ship's genial cook. He is very disloyal, shifting sides so frequently that we cannot be sure of his true affiliations.

Description of the Character Stevenson describes Silver as tall and strong in spite of the fact that he's missing a leg all the way up to the hip. He also has a pale, plain face, and the iconic pirate parrot on his shoulder. Yet, he's also not true to type in some ways.

Long John Silver, pirate, villain, and mastermind, was created by writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) in his classic novel Treasure Island. The novel is about a young boy named Jim Hawkins who accidentally gets embroiled in a pirate scheme to recover buried treasure from an island.

Long John Silver is a cunning and opportunistic pirate who was quartermaster under the notorious Captain Flint. Stevenson's portrayal of Silver has greatly influenced the modern iconography of the pirate.

Long John Silver is the antagonist of the story, but he is a fun and compelling character who manages to be likeable for much of the story despite his devious intentions. Often thought of in the popular imagination as a pirate captain, Long John Silver is actually a cook who used to be a quartermaster.

Silver is such a well written villain. In KK3 he was a pure evil and very motivated man who would stop at nothing for revenge. In Cobra Kai, we are shown many scenes of him trying to conquer his old ways, before eventually returning to his former ways.

Long John Silver is the antagonist of the story, but he is a fun and compelling character who manages to be likeable for much of the story despite his devious intentions. Often thought of in the popular imagination as a pirate captain, Long John Silver is actually a cook who used to be a quartermaster.