This location has been our choice to stop at on our way home from the Illinois State Track and Field Championship Meet held at Eastern Illinois for the past 4 years. We usually have 6 coaches with 8-15 athletes and have never had a problem being seated in the same dining room until this year! Apparently there is a new owner with new policies and a rude employee that enforces this ridiculous situation. We were willing to wait until a few tables opened up in one area but were told they no longer seat large parties. They advertise to call ahead for seating but refuse to hold tables anymore so our party of 12 would have been split up all over the place. We chose to leave after Stephanie (I believe) made it perfectly clear her boss could choose to make any rules he wants as he owns the place.
To the old owner I would like to say thank you for making our dinners a celebration with a fabulous waitress that sat our State Medalist on a saddle and proceeded to yell to all around our dining area about her accomplishments! We were hoping to repeat that experience on yearly basis when possible but now have a new tradition and will never go back to Texas Roadhouse in Champaign, Illinois.