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Basis of Presentation (Details) | Jun. 30, 2012 Restaurant_concepts | Jun. 14, 2007 Restaurants
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |  |
Number of restaurant properties acquired from and leased back to OSI |  | 343
Number of restaurant concepts in portfolio | 5 |

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