Represents the ratio of adjusted debt to EBITDAR, as of the balance sheet date.

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Represents the threshold amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents above which amounts are netted against debt in the calculation of the net adjusted leverage ratio.

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Represents the ratio of adjusted debt to trailing 12-month EBITDAR ("Adjusted Debt Ratio") under financial covenants which the entity is obligated to maintain.

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Represents the ratio of trailing 12-month EBITDAR to interest and rental expense ("EBITDAR Ratio") under financial covenants which the entity is obligated to maintain.

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Represents the fixed percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Represents the number of times rent is added to debt to compute Adjusted Debt.

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Represents the trailing period in months for which earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, noncash stock option expense, rent and permitted acquisition costs ("EBITDAR") is computed.

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Represents the additional borrowing capacity available upon request of the entity and satisfaction of certain conditions.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of unused borrowing capacity under the long-term financing arrangement that is available to the entity as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Long-Term Debt (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details) $ in Millions	Jan. 03, 2017 USD ($) item	Dec. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 10, 2016 USD ($)
Long-term debt
Maximum commitments				$ 200.0
Maximum commitments, letter of credit subfacility				50.0
Additional available credit				$ 100.0
Available borrowings	$ 178.0
Outstanding borrowings	0.0
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 22.0
Multiplier of rent used to compute Adjusted Debt \| item	8
Threshold amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents above which amounts are netted against debt for calculation of net adjusted leverage ratio	$ 25.0
Trailing period for which EBITDAR is computed	12 months
Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio	2.4
EBITDAR Ratio	3.1
Capitalized interest expense	$ 0.6	$ 1.6	$ 0.8
Minimum
Long-term debt
Financial covenant, EBITDAR Ratio	1.9
Commitment fee (as a percent)	0.125%
Maximum
Long-term debt
Financial covenant, Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio	4.0
Commitment fee (as a percent)	0.25%
Adjusted LIBO Rate
Long-term debt
Credit facility, floating interest rate basis	Adjusted LIBO Rate
Adjusted LIBO Rate \| Minimum
Long-term debt
Credit facility, basis spread on variable rate, (as a percent)	1.00%
Adjusted LIBO Rate \| Maximum
Long-term debt
Credit facility, basis spread on variable rate, (as a percent)	1.75%
Federal Funds Effective Rate
Long-term debt
Credit facility, floating interest rate basis	Federal Funds Effective Rate
Credit facility, basis spread on variable rate, (as a percent)	0.50%
One-month Adjusted LIBO Rate
Long-term debt
Credit facility, floating interest rate basis	one-month Adjusted LIBO Rate
Fixed percentage added to variable rate	1.00%
One-month Adjusted LIBO Rate \| Minimum
Long-term debt
Credit facility, basis spread on variable rate, (as a percent)	0.00%
One-month Adjusted LIBO Rate \| Maximum
Long-term debt
Credit facility, basis spread on variable rate, (as a percent)	0.75%