POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know  all  by  these  presents, that in the addition to the appointment of
Celia  Catlett  as  the undersigned's power of attorney pursuant to that certain
Power  of  Attorney  dated  January  28,  2016  and filed with the United States
Securities  and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2016, the undersigned hereby
constitutes  and  appoints  Sean  Renfroe  as  the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)  execute  for  and  on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

      (2)  do  and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which  may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute and such Forms 3, 4
or  5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such  form  with  the  United  States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

      (3)  take  any  other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing  which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in  the  best  interest  of,  or  legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant  to  the Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain  such  terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The  undersigned  hereby  grants  to  such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary  or  proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done  by  virtue  of  this  power  of  attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The  undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving  in  such  capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      The  Power  of  Attorney  shall  remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned  is  no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless   earlier  revoked  in  a  signed  writing  delivered  to  the  foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 1st day of August, 2019.


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                                              Signature

                                              S. Chris Jacobsen
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