Texas Roadhouse Coming To Toms River

Note: An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect location for the new restaurant. Patch regrets the error.

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Texas Roadhouse is coming to Ocean County.

The Toms River Township Council approved a resolution Wednesday night authorizing the transfer of a retail consumption license from Ocean Ventures Liquor LLC to Texas Roadhouse.

Public notices announcing the transfer application gave the restaurant's location as 1201 Hooper Ave., which is the Ocean County Mall. However, the restaurant's website lists its pending address as 1250 Hooper Ave., across the street from the mall.

An email to the company seeking a date for the opening was not answered as of 5:30 p.m. Friday.

The restaurant company, which opened in 1993 and is based in Kentucky, has more than 580 locations in 49 states, including nine in New Jersey. The Toms River location would be the first in Ocean County.

Texas Roadhouse is known for hand-cut steaks — steaks make up 44 percent of its menu — and its ribs, and touts its "made-from-scratch sides and fresh-baked bread."

In addition to the steaks and ribs, they offer 15 varieties of margaritas as well as other alcohol. They are a "dinner-only" restaurant, with lunch available only on the weekends.