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<FILENAME>ex24widmer.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

                Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Jill Marchant and Celia Catlett, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of Texas Roadhouse, Inc.  (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
                The undersigned hereby grants to
each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                This Power of Attorney shall remain
in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as
of this day of 26th day of June, 2013.







/s/ Kathy Widmer




Kathy Widmer



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