A retired American couple has set off on their subsequent journey in life: touring to and consuming at each Texas Roadhouse location in the US.
Judy and Mike McNamara of Franklin, Virginia, have been married for 52 years. The pair fell in love with the favored American delicacies restaurant chain again in 2003 and have been followers since.
Fox Information Digital spoke with Mike McNamara a number of days in the past whereas he and his bride have been in Northwest Indiana on one in all their two highway journeys of the yr.
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“Last night was [No.] 433, but there’s two more after the day here, and then we’ll go to Southern Ohio and that will be [No. 437],” he stated.
The 71-year-old stated that he and his spouse take two highway journeys every year with a fifth-wheel camper. Their sole goal is to go to as many new Texas Roadhouse areas as doable.
Judy and Mike McNamara have visited over 400 Texas Roadhouse areas within the final six years. They’re aiming to go to each single one. (Mike McNamara)
“We go to some national parks, too, and museums, but the majority of it now is just going to visit Texas Roadhouse,” he stated.
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Mike McNamara stated the couple had visited a number of areas, however when Judy McNamara retired in 2017, he realized simply what number of they’d been to over time.
“I looked up all [of] our credit card statements from the time she retired [back] to the first one — we’d been to 37,” he added.
Mike McNamara instructed Fox Information Digital that the explanation he and his spouse hold coming again is as a result of household atmosphere at every restaurant. (Mike McNamara)
From there, Mike McNamara determined to make a spreadsheet and see simply how lots of the roughly 650 areas they may go to.
“Since 2018, we’ve been going around the country visiting Texas Roadhouses,” he stated.
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Whereas Judy McNamara tends to alter her order between the hen and shrimp, Mike McNamara stated his favourite order is the six-ounce sirloin with a salad and a baked potato.
He added, “But when you’re going to them sometimes 10, 15, 20 in a row, you don’t want that every day, so I will switch back and forth from the sirloin, pork chop and chicken fritters.”
A widely known meals possibility at Texas Roadhouse: the freshly baked rolls with cinnamon butter. (iStock)
When requested why Texas Roadhouse was the couple’s chain restaurant of selection, Mike McNamara stated it has rather a lot to do with the meals — and the folks.
“One, the food is good. That’s a pre-requisite for wanting to go to a restaurant,” he stated.
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He continued, “The people are wonderful. Texas Roadhouse is a big, huge family [and] it’s unbelievable how many people we have met more than one time in our visits across this country.”
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Mike McNamara stated that he and his spouse merely “fell in love with the cooking” and stated it looks like “home cooking to us.”
The restaurant chain has roughly 650 areas throughout the US. (iStock)
The closest location to the McNamaras’ house is 45 minutes away — so that they solely go a number of occasions a month after they’re not touring within the camper.
This yr, the McNamaras are set to go to 80 new areas, which is able to convey their whole to simply over 500 out of the roughly 650 in whole.
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Texas Roadhouse, which was based in 1993, is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
It’s well-known for its breadbasket, which features a cinnamon honey butter unfold.
A pair is trying to eat at each single Texas Roadhouse location within the nation. (Mike McNamara/iStock)
Mike McNamara stated he’ll order a candy potato typically and put the traditional cinnamon honey butter on high — then use the leftover to make a dessert roll.
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“I keep saying we’re slowing down,” Mike McNamara joked.
Fox Information Digital reached out to Texas Roadhouse for remark.
