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ASSET IMPAIRMENT AND ESTIMATED LEASE TERMINATION AND OTHER CLOSING COSTS (Details) - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2016
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net $ 32,491,000 $ 39,352,000  
Asset impairment and estimated lease termination and other closing costs 1,520,000 4,517,000 $ 1,181,000
Lease Termination [Line Items]      
Balance at Beginning of Period 16,000 0  
Additions Charged To Cost And Expense 286,200 116,000 0
Valuation Allowances And Reserves Deductions (69,300) (100,000) 0
Balance at End of Period 232,900 16,000 0
Richmond, Virginia area restaurants [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Asset Impairment Charges [1]   2,285,000  
Costs For Closed Restaurants 143,000 54,000 [2]  
Business Restructuring Reserves [Member]      
Lease Termination [Line Items]      
Balance at Beginning of Period 16,000 0  
Additions Charged To Cost And Expense 286,200 116,000 0
Valuation Allowances And Reserves Deductions (69,300) (100,000) 0
Balance at End of Period 232,900 16,000 0
Salisbury, Maryland [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Asset Impairment Charges [3]     943,000
Costs For Closed Restaurants [4]   187,000  
Lease Reserve [5]   19,000  
Salisbury, Maryland [Member] | Richmond, Virginia area restaurants [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Costs For Closed Restaurants 143,000    
Oakton, Virginia [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Lease Reserve [6]     200,000
Gaithersburg, Maryland [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Other Closing Costs [7]     $ 38,000
Various Restaurants [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Costs For Closed Restaurants (112,000)    
May's Landing, New Jersey [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Asset Impairment Charges [1]   766,000  
Impaired Decor [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Asset Impairment Charges [8]   342,000  
Des Moines, Iowa [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Asset Impairment Charges [1]   226,000  
Decor Warehouse [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Lease Reserve [9]   94,000  
Two Minneapolis, Minnesota Area Restaurants[Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Asset Impairment Charges [1]   $ 544,000  
Smithtown, NY [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Asset Impairment Charges [10] 935,000    
North Riverside, IL [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Costs For Closed Restaurants [11] 122,000    
Lease Reserve [12] 368,000    
Chicago, IL field office [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Lease Reserve [13] 106,000    
Eden Prairie, MN [Member]      
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]      
Costs For Closed Restaurants $ (42,000)    
[1] Based on the Company's assessment of expected cash flows, an asset impairment charge was recorded for these restaurants. The remaining asset balances can be recovered through sale or transferred to other restaurants.
[2] Costs associated with anticipated future closures.
[3] Based on the Company's assessment of expected cash flows, an asset impairment charge was recorded for this restaurant. The remaining balance can be transferred to other restaurants.
[4] Write-off of obsolete restaurant equipment.
[5] Lease termination costs associated with closure of the restaurant, net of deferred rent credits.
[6] Lease costs associated with terminating lease for this restaurant.
[7] The Company incurred various costs for this restaurant which closed at the end of its natural lease term.
[8] Change in strategy regarding décor resulted in the impairment of the décor located in the company's restaurants.
[9] Lease termination costs associated with closure of the décor warehouse.
[10] Asset impairment calculated at June 28, 2015 based upon anticipated sale of Smithtown restaurant, which occurred in the third quarter of fiscal 2015.
[11] Write-off of failed site preparation costs for two locations the Company decided not to open.
[12] Lease termination costs associated with the cancellation of a potential new restaurant location.
[13] Includes $191,000 in write-off for closed Lombard, Illinois field office site lease commitment partially offset by an $86,000 recapture of deferred rent credits.