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Description of Business	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 26, 2017
Description of Business
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 26, 2017 and December 27, 2016 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 26, 2017. As of December 26, 2017, we owned and operated 462 restaurants and franchised an additional 87 restaurants in 49 states and seven foreign countries. Of the 462 company restaurants that were operating at December 26, 2017, 444 were wholly‑owned and 18 were majority‑owned. 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 restaurants that were operating at December 27, 2016, 415 were wholly‑owned and 16 were majority-owned.

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The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, major products or services, principal markets including location, and the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination, including but not limited to, assets, revenues, or earnings. For an entity that has not commenced principal operations, disclosures about the risks and uncertainties related to the activities in which the entity is currently engaged and an understanding of what those activities are being directed toward.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134479

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