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Quarterly Financial Data - Asset impairment (unaudited) (Details) - The Cheesecake Factory restaurants $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2017 USD ($) item	Sep. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2017 USD ($) item	Dec. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2014 USD ($) item
Asset impairment
Impairment and accelerated depreciation expense	$ 0.1	$ 6.0	$ 0.1	$ 6.0	$ 0.7
Number of restaurants related to planned relocation | item	1		1		1
Impact of impairment and lease termination expenses on net income	$ 0.1	$ 3.6

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