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# Texas Roadhouse Beats Olive Garden to Become America's #1 U.S. | TX Biz News

Texas Roadhouse Beats Olive Garden to Become America's #1 U.S. Casual-Dining Restaurant

TXBIZNEWS May 6, 2025

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As Texans celebrated the 189th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas Roadhouse became the largest U.S. casual-dining chain in 2024, surpassing Olive Garden with a 14.7% sales surge to $5.5 billion, per Technomic Top 500 data released April 2025.

## **The Details:**

-   Texas Roadhouse added 26 new locations, a 4.1% increase, outpacing Olive Garden's 1.7% increase from 15 new restaurants. Olive Garden's sales grew only 0.8% to $5.2 billion
-   Another Texas brand, Dallas-based Chili’s, ranks third on the Technomic list, reinforcing Texas’s dining influence.
-   Texas Roadhouse’s stock has outperformed the Magnificent 7 tech stocks, with a 250.6% gain over five years

> Big Tech this, Big Tech that.  
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> Big ribeye steaks and baked potatoes (Texas Roadhouse) have outperformed Google, Apple, Meta and Microsoft over the past 5 years. [pic.twitter.com/PrLempKv1q](https://t.co/PrLempKv1q)
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> — Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) [April 16, 2025](https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1912532949477761505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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## **Why It Matters:**‍

Texas Roadhouse’s rise aligns with Texas’s unique brand of food-focused diplomacy, as seen in Whataburger's national expansion and the growing global popularity of Texas BBQ. Texas Roadhouse’s ascent marks a new era of Texas-led dominance in U.S. casual dining.

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