Texas Roadhouse’s original location in Clarksville, Indiana is set to close after 33 years and relocate down the road to a new 10,000-square-foot restaurant on Veterans Parkway, a move the company says will preserve the spot’s heritage for longtime guests.
For 33 years, the Texas Roadhouse in Clarksville, Indiana has been a familiar sight—so familiar that “home” is more than a metaphor for many diners. Now the company says that original location is set to close, and the restaurant will be relocated just down the road.
Texas Roadhouse announced the end of its Green Tree Mall presence, saying the closure follows 33 years at the site. In a statement, the company called the move “bittersweet,” adding that the Green Tree Mall location “is the one that started it all 33 years ago.”
The new address keeps the restaurant in Clarksville. The company said the relocated site will be on Veterans Parkway, and it will remain in the same community where the original restaurant opened.
Texas Roadhouse said it will honor the heritage of the original location through the architecture and design of the new restaurant. The company described the new space as a 10,000-square-foot store, built to carry forward the look and feel diners remember from the beginning.
“We value the loyal guests and community that helped to shape Texas Roadhouse into what it is today and look forward to continuing to serve our guests in the Clarksville community,” the company said.
The restaurant’s roots are part of why this closure lands with extra weight. Texas Roadhouse, while strongly associated with the Lone Star state in name, was not actually founded in Texas. It also wasn’t founded in Kentucky, where its headquarters are located.
Instead, the company says the steakhouse was founded in 1993 in a mall in Clarksville, Indiana—led by the late W. Kent Taylor—at the very location the company now plans to close.
Behind the local move is a much bigger business footprint. Texas Roadhouse said it operates more than 700 locations across 49 states in the U.S. The company also operates nearly 40 international locations in 10 foreign countries.
As the original Clarksville site prepares to shut its doors. the key question for regulars is whether the new Veterans Parkway restaurant will feel like a continuation rather than a replacement. Texas Roadhouse’s promise is clear: the company expects the move to keep the heritage alive in both design and experience. even as the Green Tree Mall location ends its 33-year run.
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So they closed the OG one at the mall?? That’s sad. I’m gonna miss it.
Wait Texas Roadhouse is closing but moving?? It says 10,000-square-foot like that’s supposed to make it better. I just liked the old place, mall parking was half the vibe.
They should’ve just renovated the Green Tree Mall one. Also it’s weird it says Texas Roadhouse wasn’t founded in Texas… like ok but the name is literally Texas, so why Indiana is acting like it’s the origin story.
Every time I hear “bittersweet” about a restaurant moving it usually means the food’s gonna change lol. Like yeah same architecture or whatever, but the staff will be different and then it’ll be overpriced burgers or something. Also 700 locations?? That’s why it feels less special, not because they moved it down the road.