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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2014 Number | Sep. 28, 2013
Number of units operated | 25 bdl_NumberOfUnitsOperated |
Number of units franchised | 5 bdl_NumberOfUnitsFranchised |
Number of units franchised - restaurants | 2 bdl_NumberOfRestaurants1 |
Number of units franchised, operated - restaurants | 1 bdl_NumberOfUnitsFranchisedOperatedRestaurants |
Number of units franchised - combination - restaurants/package liquor stores | 3 bdl_NumberOfUnitsFranchisedCombinationRestaurantspackageLiquorStores |
Federally insured limits | $ 250,000 us-gaap_CashFDICInsuredAmount |
Deposits in excess of federally insured amounts | 6,452,000 us-gaap_CashUninsuredAmount |
Preopening costs expensed | 0 us-gaap_PreOpeningCosts | 208,000 us-gaap_PreOpeningCosts
Advertising costs | 461,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 454,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence | 50,000 bdl_FullRiskExposureAmountPerOccurrence |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, limited partnerships | 10,000 bdl_FullRiskExposureAmountPerOccurrenceLimitedPartnerships |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, insurance carrier coverage | 1,000,000 bdl_FullRiskExposureAmountPerOccurrenceInsuranceCarrierCoverage |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, maximum aggregate from insurance carrier | 2,000,000 bdl_FullRiskExposureAmountPerOccurrenceMaximumAggregateFromInsuranceCarrier |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, excess insurance carrier coverage | 6,000,000 bdl_FullRiskExposureAmountPerOccurrenceExcessInsuranceCarrierCoverage |
Uninsured amount in excess of per occurrence | $ 7,000,000 bdl_UninsuredAmountInExcessOfPerOccurrence |
Tax positions meeting the more than likely threshold, percentage likehood of being realized | 50.00%bdl_PercentageLikehoodOfBeingRealized |
Other Companies and Limited Partnerships | Minimum |  |
Interest in other companies and limited partnerships | 20.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = bdl_OtherCompaniesMember |
Other Companies and Limited Partnerships | Maximum |  |
Interest in other companies and limited partnerships | 50.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = bdl_OtherCompaniesMember |

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- Definition Number of franchise combinations of restaurants and liquor stores. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Expenditures associated with opening new locations which are noncapital in nature and expensed as incurred. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 + Details
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