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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 24, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies |
Schedule of real estate lease agreements for franchises | ​
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​ |  | Lease Assignment Date |  | Current Lease Term Expiration |
Everett, Massachusetts (1)(2) |  | September 2002 |  | February 2023 | ​
Longmont, Colorado (1) |  | October 2003 |  | May 2029 | ​
Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania (1) |  | October 2004 |  | March 2021 | ​
Fargo, North Dakota (1)(2) |  | February 2006 |  | July 2021 | ​
Logan, Utah (1) |  | January 2009 |  | August 2024 | ​
Irving, Texas (3) | ​ | December 2013 | ​ | December 2019 | ​
Louisville, Kentucky (3)(4) | ​ | December 2013 | ​ | November 2023 | ​
(1) | Real estate lease agreements for restaurant locations which we entered into before granting franchise rights to those restaurants. We have subsequently assigned the leases to the franchisees, but remain contingently liable under the terms of the lease if the franchisee defaults.
(2) | As discussed in note 8, these restaurants are owned, in part, by our founder or the former president of the company.
(3) | Leases associated with non-Texas Roadhouse restaurants which were sold. The leases were assigned to the acquirer, but we remain contingently liable under the terms of the lease if the acquirer defaults.
(4) | We may be released from liability after the initial contractual lease term expiration contingent upon certain conditions being met by the acquirer.

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