Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2015

Income Taxes

Schedule of components of income tax (benefit) and provision

	Fiscal Year Ended
	December 29, 2015		December 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Current:
Federal	$	33,403	$	31,176	$	28,648
State		8,821		7,913		6,439
Foreign		351		381		—
Total current		42,575		39,470		35,087
Deferred:
Federal		274		(379)		(919)
State		137		(101)		(28)
Total deferred		411		(480)		(947)
Income tax provision	$	42,986	$	38,990	$	34,140

Schedule of reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the entity's effective tax rate

	December 29, 2015		December 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Tax at statutory federal rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State and local tax, net of federal benefit	3.5		3.5		3.5
FICA tip tax credit	(7.2)		(6.9)		(6.5)
Work opportunity tax credit	(0.9)		(1.0)		(1.7)
Incentive stock options	(0.2)		(0.2)		(0.7)
Nondeductible officer compensation	0.1		0.2		0.4
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1.0)		(1.0)		(1.1)
Other	0.5		0.4		—
Total	29.8	%	30.0	%	28.9	%

Schedule of components of deferred tax assets (liabilities)

	December 29, 2015		December 30, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Insurance reserves	$	4,463	$	4,577
Other reserves		625		715
Deferred rent		11,727		9,838
Share-based compensation		7,446		5,336
Deferred revenue—gift cards		7,707		5,524
Deferred compensation		6,749		5,564
Other assets		2,933		2,972
Total deferred tax asset		41,650		34,526
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment		(38,541)		(31,682)
Goodwill and intangibles		(5,089)		(4,163)
Other liabilities		(2,345)		(1,912)
Total deferred tax liability		(45,975)		(37,757)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(4,325)	$	(3,231)
Current deferred tax asset	$	2,077	$	2,773
Noncurrent deferred tax liability		(6,402)		(6,004)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(4,325)	$	(3,231)

Schedule of reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability for unrecognized tax benefits

Balance at December 31, 2013	$	172
Additions to tax positions related to prior years		—
Reductions due to statute expiration		(43)
Reductions due to exam settlements		(15)
Balance at December 30, 2014		114
Additions to tax positions related to prior years		315
Additions to tax positions related to current year		85
Reductions due to statute expiration		(11)
Reductions due to exam settlement		(98)
Balance at December 29, 2015	$	405