Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 26, 2023
Description of Business
Description of Business	(1) Description of Business Texas Roadhouse, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company," "we," "our" and/or "us"), is a growing restaurant company operating predominantly in the casual dining segment. Our late founder, W. Kent Taylor, started the business in 1993 with the opening of the first Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Clarksville, Indiana. The Company maintains three restaurant concepts operating as Texas Roadhouse, Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers. As of December 26, 2023, we owned and operated 635 restaurants and franchised an additional 106 restaurants in 49 states and ten foreign countries. Of the 106 franchise restaurants, there were 58 domestic and 48 international restaurants. As of December 27, 2022, we owned and operated 597 restaurants and franchised an additional 100 restaurants in 49 states and ten foreign countries. Of the 100 franchise restaurants, 62 were domestic and 38 were international restaurants.

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