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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-092964
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131231

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001289460
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6040 DUTCHMANS LANE
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40205
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5024269984

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6040 DUTCHMANS LANE
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40205
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;31, 2013</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Lyn Shenk</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Branch Chief</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Texas Roadhouse,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K: For the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;25, 2012</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Filed on February&nbsp;22, 2013</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File No.&nbsp;000-50972</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Shenk:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following is in response to the comment contained in your correspondence dated December&nbsp;23, 2013 for the corporation and filing listed above.&#160; For your convenience, we have repeated the staff&#146;s comment below, in italics, together with the subheadings used in your letter.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;25, 2012 &#151; Exhibit&nbsp;Index</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SEC Comment #1:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">We note on page&nbsp;48 that on August&nbsp;12, 2011, you entered into a $200.0 million five-year revolving credit facility with a syndicate of commercial lenders led by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo, N.A.&#160; It appears you have not filed this as an exhibit to your Form&nbsp;10-K.&#160; Please file this as an agreement to your next Exchange Act report.&#160; Also, please include this exhibit in your exhibit index in future Form&nbsp;10-K&#146;s, if it is applicable.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Management&#146;s Response to Comment #1:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We will file the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;12, 2011, by and among Texas Roadhouse,&nbsp;Inc., the lenders named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent as an exhibit to our Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2013, through incorporation by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated August&nbsp;17, 2011.&#160; In addition, we will include this exhibit in our exhibit index in future Form&nbsp;10-K&#146;s, if it is applicable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Requested Acknowledgment</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Texas Roadhouse,&nbsp;Inc. acknowledges that<i>:</i></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</font></p>
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