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Description of Business | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 27, 2016
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Description of Business | (1) Description of Business The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Texas Roadhouse, Inc. ("TRI"), our wholly‑owned subsidiaries and subsidiaries in which we have a controlling interest (collectively, the "Company," "we," "our" and/or "us") as of December 27, 2016 and December 29, 2015 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 27, 2016. As of December 27, 2016, we owned and operated 431 restaurants and franchised an additional 86 restaurants in 49 states and six foreign countries. Of the 431 company-owned restaurants that were operating at December 27, 2016, 415 were wholly‑owned and 16 were majority‑owned. As of December 29, 2015, we owned and operated 401 restaurants and franchised an additional 82 restaurants in 49 states and four foreign countries. Of the 401 company-owned restaurants that were operating at December 29, 2015, 385 were wholly‑owned and 16 were majority-owned.

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