Discontinued Texas Roadhouse dishes resist a single national list because the chain rotates its menu by market and by era. The clearest widespread change is free in-shell peanuts, phased out at most locations. Combos, limited-time plates and regional dishes disappear individually.
What Texas Roadhouse dishes have actually been discontinued?
Three categories account for nearly every “they don’t have it anymore” complaint: free in-shell peanuts, which were phased out at most locations; combination plates and limited-time offerings that were never permanent; and regional dishes that only ever ran in certain markets. Everything else is store-level variation.
That distinction matters more than it sounds. A dish that was pulled chain-wide is genuinely gone and no amount of asking at the host stand brings it back. A dish that was a limited-time run may return on a future rotation. A dish that was regional may still be on a menu three states away. Treating all three as one bucket is how internet “discontinued lists” end up wrong within a season.
| Category | What it means | Can it come back? | Worth asking the store? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chain-wide phase-out (e.g. free in-shell peanuts) | Removed at most or all locations as a standing decision | Unlikely without a company announcement | No, but staff can confirm your store’s status |
| Limited-time offering | Ran for a defined window, then ended as planned | Yes, rotations repeat | Yes, ask if it is scheduled to return |
| Combination plate | A bundled pairing removed to simplify the printed menu | Sometimes, and often replaceable by ordering the parts | Yes, ask if the components can be plated together |
| Regional dish | Only ever offered in specific markets | It may still exist elsewhere right now | Yes, and check the app menu when travelling |
| Temporary out-of-stock | Supply gap at one restaurant on one week | Yes, usually within days | Yes, this is the most common false alarm |
Which Texas Roadhouse discontinued menu items do people ask about most?
Searches for Texas Roadhouse discontinued menu items cluster around the peanuts, around old combination plates that paired a steak with ribs or shrimp, and around seasonal or promotional dishes that were removed on schedule. We do not publish invented names or dates for those items, because most circulating lists cannot be sourced.
Here is the practical read on each cluster. Peanuts are the one item with a clear, widely observed answer, covered in the next section. Combination plates are the most recoverable loss: if the components are still individually on the menu, a server can usually ring them as separate items on one check, and you often end up with more food than the old combo carried, though at a different price. Promotional dishes are the least recoverable in the short term but the most likely to reappear, because rotation is the point of them.
The category people most often misfile is the regional dish. If you moved states and a plate you loved is missing, that is not necessarily a discontinuation at all. Pull up the menu for a location in your old market and check.
What happened to the free peanuts on the table?
Free in-shell peanuts, once a signature of walking into a Texas Roadhouse, have been phased out at most locations. That is the single change readers ask about more than all others combined, and it is the one item on this page we will describe as broadly gone rather than store-dependent.
What survives is the other free item at the table: the rolls, still complimentary and still arriving hot with cinnamon butter at roughly 230 calories each. If part of the peanut appeal was something to work through while you waited, the rolls now carry that job alone, which changes the arithmetic of a meal noticeably. Two rolls before your entree is around 460 calories of bread, so if you used to fill the wait with peanuts, be aware you are swapping one snack habit for a denser one.
Because the phase-out was not uniform on the same day everywhere, a small number of locations may still differ. If it matters to your visit, call the specific restaurant and ask directly rather than assuming from a neighbouring store.
Why does an item vanish from one store but not another?
Texas Roadhouse rotates its menu, and rotation is not synchronised down to the individual restaurant. Print cycles, local supply, kitchen capacity and market testing all mean a dish can be pulled in one city while it is still being served in another for weeks or longer.
This is why the phrase “discontinued” is slippery here. From your table it looks binary: the dish is on the menu or it is not. From the company’s side it is a schedule with regional exceptions. Both things are true at once, and a guide that flattens them into a definitive national list will be misleading to somebody the day it is published.
The practical consequence is that your own store’s current menu is the only authority that matters for tonight’s order. National lists, including this page, are context.
How do I confirm whether a dish is gone at my location?
Open the Texas Roadhouse app or website, set your specific restaurant, then view that store’s menu rather than a generic one. Store-set menus reflect what that kitchen actually serves. If the dish is absent there, call and ask whether it was removed or is simply out of stock this week.
Three checks in order of reliability:
- The app menu with your store selected. Most reliable, because it is generated per location. Changing the selected store and watching an item appear or disappear is the fastest way to prove a dish is regional rather than discontinued.
- A phone call to the restaurant. Best for the question printed menus cannot answer: is this gone for good, gone this week, or coming back. Staff can also tell you whether the components of a retired combo can still be plated together.
- Asking at the table. Fine, but it is the slowest loop and you are already committed to the visit.
Never rely on a screenshot of a menu posted online without a date and a location attached. That is the source of most bad discontinuation claims.
What should I order instead? Value-per-dollar scoring
If the dish you wanted is gone, the useful move is to rebuild it from current items and check the arithmetic. Below we score verified current menu prices on cost per ounce and cost per plate, so replacements are chosen on numbers rather than nostalgia. Prices vary by location; treat these as the common published figures.
| Item | Price | Calories | Cost per ounce | Value verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porterhouse T-Bone 23oz | $28.99 | 1,040 | ≈$1.26 | Best raw cost per ounce on the steak list by a wide margin |
| Ribeye 12oz | $24.99 | 960 | ≈$2.08 | Best fat-to-price ratio if you want richness, not bulk |
| Sirloin 8oz | $18.99 | 340 | ≈$2.37 | The efficiency pick: two extra ounces for $2 over the 6oz |
| Sirloin 6oz | $16.99 | 250 | ≈$2.83 | Worst per-ounce value in the sirloin pair; size up unless portion is the point |
| Dallas Filet 6oz | $26.99 | 270 | ≈$4.50 | You are paying for tenderness, not weight |
| Full Rack Ribs | $24.99 | 1,450 | — | Double the half rack for $6 more; the clearest upgrade on the menu |
| Half Rack Ribs | $18.99 | 900 | — | Only sensible if you genuinely will not finish a full rack |
| Cactus Blossom | $8.99 | 2,250 | — | Shareable by design; the calorie figure is the whole appetiser, not a serving |
| Individual side | $2.99 | varies | — | The cheapest way to rebuild a retired combo’s missing component |
| Rolls with cinnamon butter | Free | ≈230 each | — | Infinite value per dollar, finite value per waistline |
Two numbers do most of the work here. The full rack of ribs at $24.99 against the half at $18.99 means the second half costs $6, which is the single steepest value cliff on the menu. And the 8oz sirloin at $18.99 against the 6oz at $16.99 means two extra ounces cost $2, roughly $1 an ounce, against a menu where steak otherwise runs $2 to $4.50 an ounce.
Ranked tasting notes on the current stand-ins
Ranked on how well each current item replaces the kind of thing people say they miss, judged on texture, seasoning carry and whether it holds up as leftovers. Ordered best to worst as a substitute, not best to worst as food.
- Full rack ribs ($24.99). The strongest replacement for any retired combo built around ribs. Sauce concentrates on the reheat, so the second-day portion is arguably better than the first. At 1,450 calories for the rack, split it if you are also having rolls.
- 12oz ribeye ($24.99). The intramuscular fat is what carries the seasoning crust, which is why it reads as more flavourful than a sirloin at similar weight. At 960 calories it is the richest steak per ounce on this list. Poor leftovers: the fat sets and the reheat is unforgiving.
- 23oz Porterhouse ($28.99). Two textures on one bone, which makes it the closest thing to a combo plate still on the menu. Best value per ounce at roughly $1.26, but the strip and filet sides cook at different rates, so order it to the doneness of whichever half you care about more.
- 8oz sirloin plus two sides ($18.99 + $5.98). The rebuild move. Under $25 all in, and it lets you assemble a plate closer to a retired combo than any single item does.
- 6oz Dallas Filet ($26.99). Tender and lean at 270 calories, but at $4.50 an ounce it is the wrong tool for replacing a volume dish. Order it because you want filet, not because something else is gone.
- Cactus Blossom ($8.99). Fills the table-snack gap the peanuts left, at 2,250 calories for the whole thing. It is a share item and treating it otherwise is how a meal goes sideways before the entree lands.
Where this page is deliberately incomplete
We do not publish a definitive national list of discontinued Texas Roadhouse dishes, because no honest one exists. The chain rotates its menu on schedules that differ by market, and any fixed list would be wrong somewhere on the day it went live. That limitation is the most useful thing on this page.
Specifically: we do not assign removal dates to individual dishes, we do not name limited-time items we cannot verify, and we do not claim a dish is gone chain-wide unless the pattern is broad and well observed, which currently applies to the free in-shell peanuts and to nothing else we would state that firmly. Prices and calorie figures above are the commonly published national numbers and vary by location. This is an independent guide with no affiliation to Texas Roadhouse; the store’s own app menu and the restaurant’s staff are the authority on what is served tonight.
Frequently asked questions
Did Texas Roadhouse get rid of the free peanuts?
Free in-shell peanuts have been phased out at most locations. A small number of restaurants may still differ, so call your specific store if it matters to your visit. The free rolls with cinnamon butter, at roughly 230 calories each, remain.
Is there an official list of discontinued Texas Roadhouse menu items?
Not one we can point you to, and we do not publish a substitute. Menu changes roll out by market and era rather than as single national announcements, so a fixed list would be inaccurate somewhere from the day it was published.
Why is a dish missing at my Texas Roadhouse but available at another?
Because rotation is not synchronised store to store. The item may be regional, may have been pulled locally on a different print cycle, or may simply be out of stock this week. Comparing two stores in the app usually settles it in seconds.
How do I check if an item is still on the menu at my location?
Open the app or website, set your specific restaurant, then view that store’s menu rather than a generic one. If it is missing there, call and ask whether it was removed permanently or is temporarily unavailable.
Can I still order a discontinued combination plate as separate items?
Often yes, if the components remain on the menu individually. Ask your server to ring them separately on one check. Sides are $2.99 each, so rebuilding a retired combo is usually cheaper than people expect, though the total will not match the old combo price.
Do limited-time Texas Roadhouse items ever come back?
They can. Limited-time offerings are built around rotation, so a return is possible in a way that a chain-wide phase-out is not. Staff at your restaurant are the best source on whether something is scheduled to reappear.
What is the best-value item to order instead of something discontinued?
On raw numbers, the 23oz Porterhouse at $28.99 works out near $1.26 per ounce, and the full rack of ribs at $24.99 doubles the $18.99 half rack for $6. Prices vary by location, so confirm before ordering.
Are the free rolls at risk of being discontinued too?
There is no indication of that. The rolls remain complimentary at roughly 230 calories each with cinnamon butter, and they are the item that now carries the pre-meal snack role the peanuts once had.
Related guides
- Texas Roadhouse menu — the full current lineup with prices, updated as items rotate.
- browse every item by category to confirm whether the dish you are missing is genuinely absent.
- everything about the free rolls, the item that survived when the peanuts did not.
- calorie and nutrition figures for the current menu, useful when swapping one dish for another.
- current specials and rotating offers, where limited-time items surface before they disappear again.