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Restaurant Closure Costs and Impairment of Long-Lived Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Restaurant Closure Costs and Impairment of Long-Lived Assets [Abstract] |
Restaurant Closure Costs and Impairment of Long-Lived Assets | 6. Restaurant Closure Costs and Impairment of Long-Lived Assets During the year ended December 31, 2018, we closed or relocated a total of 48 underperforming Chipotle restaurants, five Pizzeria Locale restaurants, and one TastyMade restaurant. As a result, we incurred lease termination, asset impairment and other closure costs, which were recorded in impairment, closure costs, and asset disposals on the consolidated statement of income as follows: ﻿ ﻿ ﻿
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﻿ | Year ended December 31,
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﻿Lease termination and other restaurant closure costs | $ | 40,522 |  | $ | 3,284 |  | $ | 17,394
﻿ Changes in our lease termination costs liability which is included in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet were as follows: ﻿ ﻿ ﻿
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﻿ | Balance December 31, 2017 |  | Charges |  | Payments |  | Balance December 31, 2018
﻿Lease termination costs for closed restaurants | $ | 1,416 |  | $ | 13,843 |  | $ | (4,519) |  | $ | 10,740
In June 2018, we announced planned restaurant closures of approximately 55 to 65 restaurants beginning in the second quarter of 2018 and continuing over the next several quarters. As a part of this plan, and included in the total lease termination and other restaurant closure costs discussed above, we have closed or relocated 45 Chipotle restaurants and five Pizzeria Locale restaurants.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the details of the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value. Disclosure may also include a description of the impaired asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired asset is reported. + References No definition available. + Details
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