A couple from Virginia visited Tulsa's two Texas Roadhouse locations over the weekend in their quest to eat at every Texas Roadhouse in America.

In 2017, Judy McNamara retired after working for 45 years at the Union Camp/International Paper Mill in southeastern Virginia. Judy and her husband Mike decided they wanted to travel across the country with their newfound time off.

When Judy and Mike began traveling regularly in 2017, they created a new mission to visit all 600+ Texas Roadhouse locations in America. When planning visits to museums and national parks, they check to see if there is a Texas Roadhouse nearby. To date, they’ve journeyed across 39 states to 293 Texas Roadhouse restaurants.

“The food is like home cooking to us,” Judy said. “We don’t like fancy cuisine or fine dining. Texas Roadhouse fits the bill of good country home cooking and is family oriented.”

On Saturday, the couple visited Tulsa's location at Tulsa Hills. On Sunday, they visited Tulsa's 71st Street location.

The couple visited 71 Texas Roadhouse locations in 2020 and another 65 in 2021 and more than 40 so far in 2022.

“It’s not just the food, it’s also the people,” Mike said. “In 2021, we visited my father’s hometown close to Egg Harbor Township, NJ. When I told the manager, Cody, he brought us out two t-shirts with the city on it, but when he realized they were the wrong size, I joked ‘I’ll just take yours’. A few minutes later Cody handed us the blue Egg Harbor Township polo he’d been wearing – he literally gave us the shirt off his back.”

When Judy and Mike visited Texas Roadhouse in Parkersburg, WV, they took a picture with their server Jessie. Fourteen months later, they returned. “As we walked back to her table, she recognized us right away. After more than a year, you’d think we’d be a faded memory, but Jessie knew exactly who we were. It amazes us. The people we’ve met – every now and then we’ll talk to a server who’s worked there ten or twelve years. People seem happy working there which makes us want to come back. It feels like a family.”

Judy and Mike’s favorite meals are the sirloin, chicken critters, herb chicken, pulled pork, pork chops and ribs – always with a side salad. They plan to visit at least 60 more locations in 2022.