A retired American couple has set off on their subsequent journey in life: touring to and consuming at each Texas Roadhouse location in the USA.
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 every of their two highway journeys of the yr.
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“Final night time was [No.] 433, however there’s two extra after the day right here, after which we’ll go to Southern Ohio and that will probably be [No. 437],” he stated.
The 71-year-old stated that he and his spouse take two highway journeys annually with a fifth-wheel camper. Their sole goal is to go to as many new Texas Roadhouse places as potential.
Judy and Mike McNamara have visited over 400 Texas Roadhouse places within the final six years. They’re aiming to go to each single one. (Mike McNamara)
“We go to some nationwide parks, too, and museums, however the majority of it now’s simply going to go to Texas Roadhouse,” he stated.
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Mike McNamara stated the couple had visited a number of places, however when Judy McNamara retired in 2017, he realized simply what number of they’d been to over time.
“I regarded up all [of] our bank card statements from the time she retired [back] to the primary one — we’d been to 37,” he added.
Mike McNamara instructed Fox Information Digital that the explanation he and his spouse preserve coming again is because of the household atmosphere at every restaurant. (Mike McNamara)
From there, Mike McNamara determined to make a spreadsheet and see simply how most of the roughly 650 places they might go to.
“Since 2018, we’ve been going across the nation visiting Texas Roadhouses,” he stated.
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Whereas Judy McNamara tends to vary her order between the rooster and shrimp, Mike McNamara stated his favourite order is the six-ounce sirloin with a salad and a baked potato.
He added, “However whenever you’re going to them typically 10, 15, 20 in a row, you don’t need that day-after-day, so I’ll swap forwards and backwards from the sirloin, pork chop and rooster fritters.”
A widely known meals choice at Texas Roadhouse: the freshly baked rolls with cinnamon butter. (iStock)
When requested why Texas Roadhouse was the couple’s chain restaurant of alternative, Mike McNamara stated it has lots to do with the meals — and the folks.
“One, the meals is nice. That’s a pre-requisite for eager to go to a restaurant,” he stated.
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He continued, “The persons are fantastic. Texas Roadhouse is a giant, enormous household [and] it’s unbelievable how many individuals we’ve got met multiple time in our visits throughout this nation.”
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Mike McNamara stated that he and his spouse merely “fell in love with the cooking” and stated it seems like “residence cooking to us.”
The restaurant chain has roughly 650 places throughout the USA. (iStock)
The closest location to the McNamaras’ house is 45 minutes away — in order that they solely go a number of instances a month after they’re not touring within the camper.
This yr, the McNamaras are set to go to 80 new places, which can deliver 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 is well-known for its breadbasket, which features a cinnamon honey butter unfold.
A pair is making an attempt 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 basic cinnamon honey butter on prime — then use the leftover to make a dessert roll.
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“I preserve saying we’re slowing down,” Mike McNamara joked.
Fox Information Digital reached out to Texas Roadhouse for remark.