LongHorn Steakhouse trades from more than 640 restaurants across roughly 43 states. The menu is anchored in fire-grilled steaks. The chain started in Atlanta, Georgia. George McKerrow Jr. opened the first restaurant on Peachtree Street in 1981, and the same wood-fired grill still anchors the menu today.
LongHorn Steakhouse’s history, the company built around it, and the shape of the estate today fill the section below.
LongHorn Steakhouse History
George McKerrow Jr. opened the first LongHorn Steakhouse on Peachtree Street in Atlanta on August 10, 1981. His father, George McKerrow Sr., partnered with him alongside co-founders Bill Norman and Bill Dukes. The idea grew out of a Texas roadhouse called Hoffbrau Steak & Grill House. McKerrow built the first dining room around that same saloon feel. A sharp curve in the road made the spot tricky to find at first. A rush-hour snowstorm sent drivers inside for shelter not long after opening, and word of mouth did the rest.
Growth followed just as fast. The restaurant became a small chain across Georgia and the Southeast through the 1980s. RARE Hospitality International took shape as the parent company behind LongHorn Steakhouse and went public on Nasdaq in March 1992. That public offering funded faster expansion through the Midwest, the Southwest and Puerto Rico. RARE Hospitality later added The Capital Grille and Bugaboo Creek Steak House as sister chains, and LongHorn Steakhouse kept its fire-grilled steaks as its signature.
Darden Restaurants bought RARE Hospitality International in 2007 for about 1.4 billion dollars. The deal folded LongHorn Steakhouse into a portfolio that already included Olive Garden and Red Lobster. Headquarters moved to Darden’s campus in Orlando, Florida, though the steakhouse kept its own kitchen and menu team. LongHorn Steakhouse now trades from more than 640 restaurants across roughly 43 states, with Florida, Georgia and Texas carrying the largest share.
LongHorn Steakhouse Menus & Details
Three pages carry the detail, and each one puts an item name and its own figures on the same row.
LongHorn Steakhouse Menu Prices
The full board carries a calorie count and a dollar figure beside every item. The LongHorn Steakhouse Menu Prices page covers every section, from Legendary Steaks to Desserts.
LongHorn Steakhouse Secret Menu
Off-menu builds carry their own names, from a Parmesan-crusted burger to a loaded potato bowl. Regulars order them by name on the LongHorn Steakhouse Secret Menu.
LongHorn Steakhouse Allergen Menu
Soy, milk, wheat and shellfish get marked against each item, alongside a note on gluten and shared grill equipment. The LongHorn Steakhouse Allergen Menu carries the full breakdown.