Organization And Description Of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2011

Organization And Description Of Business [Abstract]

Organization And Description Of Business

(1) Organization and Description of Business

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company) operate 63 Ruth's Chris Steak House, 19 Mitchell's Fish Market, and three Cameron's Steakhouse restaurants and sell franchise rights to Ruth's Chris Steak House franchisees giving them the exclusive right to operate similar restaurants in a particular location designated in the franchise agreement. At December 25, 2011 and December 26, 2010, there were 153 and 154 restaurants operating, respectively. Of the 153 restaurants operating at December 25, 2011, 63 were Company-owned Ruth's Chris Steak House restaurants, 68 were Ruth's Chris Steak House franchise restaurants, 19 were Company-owned Mitchell's Fish Markets and three were Company-owned Cameron's Steakhouse restaurants. Of the 154 restaurants operating at December 26, 2010, 64 were Company-owned Ruth's Chris Steak House restaurants, 67 were Ruth's Chris Steak House franchise restaurants, 20 were Company-owned Mitchell's Fish Markets and three were Company-owned Cameron's Steakhouse restaurants. In February 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the operating assets and intellectual property of Mitchell's Fish Market, operating under the names Mitchell's Fish Market and Columbus Fish Market, and Cameron's Steakhouse from Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, LLC. The acquired operations are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.

The following table summarizes the changes in the number of Ruth's Chris Steak House, Mitchell's Fish Market and Cameron's Steakhouse Company-operated and franchised restaurants during the thirteen and fifty-two weeks ended December 25, 2011.

	13 Weeks Ending December 25, 2011							52 Weeks Ending December 25, 2011
Ruth's Chris Steak House		Company		Franchised		Total			Company		Franchised		Total
Beginning of period		63		68		131			64		67		131
New		—		1		1			—		2		2
Closed		—		1		1			1		1		2
End of period		63		68		131			63		68		131
% of total		48	%	52	%	100	%		48	%	52	%	100	%
Mitchell's Fish Market		Company		Franchised		Total			Company		Franchised		Total
Beginning of period		20		—		20			20		—		20
New		—		—		—			—		—		—
Closed		1		—		1			1		—		1
End of period		19		—		19			19		—		19
% of total		100	%	0	%	100	%		100	%	0	%	100	%
Cameron's Steakhouse		Company		Franchised		Total			Company		Franchised		Total
Beginning of period		3		—		3			3		—		3
New		—		—		—			—		—		—
Closed		—		—		—			—		—		—
End of period		3		—		3			3		—		3
		100	%	0	%	100	%		100	%	0	%	100	%
Consolidated
Total system		85		68		153			85		68		153
% of total		56	%	44	%	100	%		56	%	44	%	100	%