Texas Roadhouse plans pasta rollout, divides…
Texas Roadhouse is increasing its Chicken Alfredo Pasta rollout and testing new nonalcoholic drinks across its three restaurant manufacturers, according to a report.
The steakhouse chain added Chicken Alfredo Pasta to more than 600 places in latest months and plans to convey it to the roughly 100 remaining places by spring 2027, executives said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call, Nation’s Restaurant News reported.
Operators had requested for a new menu merchandise, and early checks of the pasta proved in style with prospects and workers, CEO Jerry Morgan said.
“It’s a great choice for somebody who wants something a little bit different,” Michael Bailen, vice president of investor relations for Texas Roadhouse, said.
The new dish options grilled chicken, bacon and creamy Parmesan cheese sauce over penne, served with a alternative of one facet, the company told Fox News Digital.
Some followers praised the dish, with one girl on Facebook saying it was “so good” and that she hoped it will stay on the menu completely.
Texas Roadhouse added their new Chicken Alfredo Pasta to over 600 places — but prospects are conflicted. The Washington Post via Getty Images
Others, however, puzzled what a pasta dish was doing on a steakhouse menu.
“Who goes to a steakhouse and orders chicken Alfredo?” one Reddit consumer said in a thread devoted to Texas Roadhouse.
Bailen said the dish is “probably not going to be one of our top 10 mix entrée items that we offer, but it rounds out the menu.”
Texas Roadhouse’s Chicken Alfredo Pasta consists of grilled chicken, bacon and Parmesan cheese sauce with penne, served with a alternative of one facet. Texas Roadhouse
Texas Roadhouse is also seeing continued demand for mocktails and soiled sodas, according to the report. The company is now testing “energizer” drinks at all three of its manufacturers: Texas Roadhouse, Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers.
The menu strikes come as the company works to preserve momentum after gross sales growth slowed late in the third quarter, according to Nation’s Restaurant News.
Executives attributed half of the slowdown to a viral social media hoax that falsely accused Texas Roadhouse and Logan’s Roadhouse workers of planning to tamper with Black prospects’ food. The company investigated and concluded the claims had been false.
Texas Roadhouse executives said they noticed their gross sales and visitors strengthen in early November. Getty Images
Sales and visitors improved each week in October and continued to strengthen in early November, executives said.
Texas Roadhouse expects to open roughly 35 company-owned eating places across its three manufacturers in 2026, with another 35 deliberate for 2027.
“Maybe the recovery has taken a little bit longer than some would have expected, but our operators are out there busting their butts and they’ve doubled down on everything they’re doing,” Bailen said.
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