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Accrued Payroll and Other Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Payroll and Other Liabilities | Accrued payroll and other liabilities Accrued payroll and other liabilities consist of the following at year end:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Current: |  |  |  |
Accrued payroll |  | $ | 97,995 |  |  | $ | 95,754 |
Advances related to pending sales of property and equipment and restaurant businesses |  | — |  |  | 34,341 |
Accrued expenses |  | 13,574 |  |  | 9,492 |
Other liabilities |  | 7,519 |  |  | 4,855 |
|  | $ | 119,088 |  |  | $ | 144,442 |
Non-current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred rent |  | 15,198 |  |  | 13,782 |
Other liabilities |  | 14,168 |  |  | 9,978 |
|  | $ | 29,366 |  |  | $ | 23,760 |

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