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ASSET IMPAIRMENT AND ESTIMATED LEASE TERMINATION AND OTHER CLOSING COSTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2017

Asset Impairment And Estimated Lease Terminations And Other Closing Costs [Abstract]

Asset impairment and estimated lease termination and other closing costs [Table Text Block]

				Year Ended
(dollars in thousands)				January 1,2017			January 3,2016			December 28,2014
Asset Impairments
	Restaurant optimization			$	4,376		$	---		$	---
	Software(1)				156			---			---
	May's Landing, NJ				50			---			766
	Smithtown, NY(2)				---			935			---
	Richmond, VA area				---			---			2,285
	Two Minneapolis, MN area restaurants				---			---			544
	Décor				---			---			342
	Des Moines, IA				---			---			226
		Total		$	4,582		$	935		$	4,163
Restaurant closure expenses
	Smithtown, NY(3)				200			---			---
	Other(6)				6			(6)			---
	N. Riverside, IL(4)				---			368			---
	Richmond, VA area				---			143			54
	N. Riverside, IL(5)				---			122			---
	Eden Prairie, MN				---			(42)			---
	Salisbury, MD				---			---			206
	Décor Warehouse				---			---			94
Total restaurant closure expenses				$	206		$	585		$	354
Provision for impairment and
	restaurant closings			$	4,788		$	1,520		$	4,517
Asset impairment calculated at July 3, 2016 related to a software implementation project that was discontinued.
Asset impairment calculated at June 28, 2015 based upon expected sale of Smithtown restaurant.
Lease termination reserve associated with a letter of credit provided to a landlord for a previously closed restaurant.
Lease termination costs associated with the cancellation of a potential new restaurant location.
Write off of development costs associated with the cancellation of a potential new restaurant location.
Includes $191,000 in costs written-off associated with closing the Lombard, Illinois field office partially offset by an $86,000 recapture of deferred rent credits.

Restructuring Reserve [Abstract]

Schedule Of Restructuring Reserve By Type Of Cost [Table Text Block]

(in thousands)		Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses		Deductions Credits to Costs and Expenses and Other Accounts			Balance at End of Period
Year ended January 1, 2017
Reserve for lease termination costs	$	489.9		89.1		(104.4)		$	474.6
Year ended January 3, 2016
Reserve for lease termination costs	$	16.0		543.2		(69.3)		$	489.9
Year ended December 28, 2014
Reserve for lease termination costs	$	---		116.0		(100.0)		$	16.0

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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