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“Fast Food With Style”
Rax Roast Beef is a small regional U.S. fast food restaurant chain specializing in roast beef sandwiches, currently based in Ironton, Ohio. Once a big player in the fast food segment, Rax has extensively scaled down their operations since their peak in the 1980s. Its closest rival in terms of menu offerings is Arby's. Rax was originally known as JAX Roast Beef, founded by Jack Roschman in 1967, in Springfield, Ohio. In 1969, Roschman sold the chain to General Foods, who then changed the name of the restaurants to RIX Roast Beef. General Foods ran the chain until 1978, when most of the restaurants closed down. The remaining 10 units were franchised units owned by the Restaurant Administration Corporation (RAC), headed by J. Patrick Ross, a franchisee of multiple restaurant chains including Wendy's, Ponderosa Steak House, and Long John Silver's. RAC purchased the remainder of RIX from General Foods, and returned the JAX name to the restaurants. RAC eventually decided to focus on the roast beef business, and began franchising the chain. The JAX restaurants were renamed Rax to be more suitable for trademarking and franchising, with the first Rax branded franchise restaurant opening in Columbus, Ohio. RAC was renamed Rax Systems Inc., then again to Rax Restaurants Inc. in 1982. By then, Rax had grown to over 221 restaurants in 25 states
"I see you have a couple twisty fries left, would you like the rest of my cheese sauce?" Said no one EVER. That stuff is pure gold and I would get it instead of Mr. Pibb if it wasn't so expensive.... Read more
As I was in Lancaster anyway, I decided to pick up Rax for the family dinner. They never cease to deliver, and this order was two mushroom melts, to roast beef and four of their classic barbecue... Read more
My wife and I were talking about Rax the other day, and I mentioned that there was still a location in Circleville. She was shocked to know they still existed, so I figured we would take a day and... Read more
Rax Restaurants
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- Sun - Thu: 10:30 am - 10:00 pm
- Fri, Sat: 10:30 am - 11:00 pm
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Credit Cards Accepted
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