Income Taxes (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 26, 2019	Mar. 27, 2018
Reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective tax rate:
Tax at statutory federal rate (as a percent)	21.00%	21.00%
State and local tax, net of federal benefit (as a percent)	3.60%	4.00%
FICA tip tax credit (as a percent)	(9.40%)	(9.50%)
Work opportunity tax credit (as a percent)	(1.40%)	(1.10%)
Stock compensation (as a percent)	(0.50%)	(2.10%)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (as a percent)	(0.50%)	(1.10%)
Officer compensation (as a percent)	1.40%	0.90%
Other (as a percent)	0.70%	0.90%
Total (as a percent)	14.90%	13.00%