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Subsequent Events (Details) (Hearthstone Associates, LLC [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 18, 2014	Jun. 01, 2013	Mar. 20, 2009	Jan. 29, 2014	May 09, 2013	Jan. 26, 2015	Jan. 29, 2015	Dec. 29, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015
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Common shares issuable in Hearthstone merger agreement (in shares)	1,790,993
Promissory Note [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal payment		$ 500,000
Partner Note [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate (in hundredths)			5.00%
Debt instrument maturity date			Mar. 30, 2016
Interest on past due principal and interest			12.00%
Term Note [Member]
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Principal payment			3,300,000
Private Investor Notes [Member]
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Principal payment		1,500,000
Outstanding principal indebtedness				2,000,000
Debt instrument maturity date		May 31, 2016
Interest on past due principal and interest		18.00%
Minimum gross sale proceeds		20,000,000
Gross sale proceeds percentage (in hundredths)		5.00%
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Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate description		LIBOR plus eight percent (8%) per annum
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New Restaurant Loans [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Outstanding principal indebtedness				800,000
FFCC Notes [Member]
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Principal payment					5,400,000
Maturity term					60 months
Interest rate (in hundredths)					5.93%
Payment of principal and interest					60,000
Balloon payment					3,200,000
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Late fee percentage on past due after maturity date					5.00%
Prepayment fee percentage on outstanding principal balance					4.00%
Prepayment fee percentage after maturity					1.00%
Cash collateral pledged								5,000,000
Finance fee (in hundredths)					1.00%
June 30, 2011, Through March 30, 2012 [Member] \| Partner Note [Member]
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Principal payment			30,000
June 30, 2012 Through December 30, 2015 [Member] \| Partner Note [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal payment			60,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
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Total assets						4,800,000
Property and equipment						3,900,000
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Indebtedness						7,500,000
Outstanding principal indebtedness						10,700,000
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Borrowings									1,000,000
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Outstanding principal indebtedness							$ 4,800,000