For Rax owner Richard Donohue, the addition of the restaurant to the New Carlisle area is a return to the company’s roots and a continuation of the roast beef sandwich chain’s revitalization. The ...

three roast beef sandwiches sitting on a cutting board - Lauripatterson/Getty Images If someone wanted to declare Arby's the official king of roast beef sandwiches, they would have a compelling case.

John A. “Jack” Roschman, a co-founder of Ponderosa Steakhouse and the founder of the Rax Roast Beef chain, chose Springfield to begin Rax and had strong connections to southwest Ohio during his ...