v3.6.0.2
ASSET IMPAIRMENT AND ESTIMATED LEASE TERMINATION AND OTHER CLOSING COSTS (Details)
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2017
USD ($)
Number_of_Restaurants
Jan. 01, 2017
USD ($)
Number_of_Restaurants
Jan. 03, 2016
USD ($)
Dec. 28, 2014
USD ($)
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges   $ 4,582,000 $ 935,000 $ 4,163,000
Costs For Closed Restaurants   $ 206,000 585,000 354,000
Recaptured Accrued Expenses     1,300,000  
Number Of Restaurants | Number_of_Restaurants 176 176    
Lease Termination [Line Items]        
Balance at Beginning of Period   $ 489,900 16,000  
Additions Charged To Cost And Expense   89,100 543,200 116,000
Valuation Allowances And Reserves Deductions   (104,400) (69,300) (100,000)
Balance at End of Period $ 474,600 474,600 489,900 16,000
Business Restructuring Reserves [Member]        
Lease Termination [Line Items]        
Balance at End of Period 474,600 474,600    
Restaurant Optimization [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges 4,400,000 4,376,000    
Impaired Software [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges   156,000    
May's Landing, New Jersey [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges   50,000   766,000
Smithtown, NY [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges     935,000  
Costs For Closed Restaurants   200,000    
Richmond, Virginia area restaurants [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Costs For Closed Restaurants     143,000 54,000
Other Closing Costs       187,000
Two Minneapolis, Minnesota Area Restaurants[Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges       544,000
Impaired Decor [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges       342,000
Des Moines, Iowa [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Asset Impairment Charges       226,000
North Riverside, IL [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Costs For Closed Restaurants     368,000  
Lease Reserve     122,000  
Eden Prairie, MN [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Costs For Closed Restaurants     (42,000)  
Salisbury, Maryland [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Costs For Closed Restaurants       206,000
Decor Warehouse [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Costs For Closed Restaurants       $ 94,000
Chicago, IL field office [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Costs For Closed Restaurants   191,000    
Recaptured Accrued Expenses $ 86,000 86,000    
Various Restaurants [Member]        
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]        
Costs For Closed Restaurants   $ 6,000 $ (6,000)