Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Basis of Presentation
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 31, 2019 and December 25, 2018 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2019, we owned and operated 514 restaurants and franchised an additional 97 restaurants in 49 states and ten foreign countries. Of the 514 company restaurants that were operating at December 31, 2019, 494 were wholly-owned and 20 were majority-owned. Of the 97 franchise restaurants, 69 were domestic and 28 were international restaurants. As of December 25, 2018, we owned and operated 491 restaurants and franchised an additional 91 restaurants in 49 states and nine foreign countries. Of the 491 company restaurants that were operating at December 25, 2018, 471 were wholly-owned and 20 were majority-owned. Of the 91 franchise restaurants, 69 were domestic and 22 were international restaurants.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
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