Property and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2015

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

2. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The costs and related accumulated depreciation and amortization of major classes of property are as follows (in thousands):

	July 1, 2015			December 31, 2014
Land	$	12,323		$	12,323
Buildings and improvements		97,238			92,834
Other property and equipment		51,807			49,890
Construction in progress		4,366			2,353
		165,734			157,400
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(79,909	)		(75,310	)
	$	85,825		$	82,090

Depreciation expense was $3.2 million and $2.8 million and $6.3 million and $5.3 million for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended July 1, 2015, and June 25, 2014, respectively. The gross value of assets under capital leases for buildings and improvements was $1,559,200 and $1,800,800 at July 1, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Accumulated depreciation for assets under capital leases was $1,451,000 and $1,673,000 for the periods ended July 1, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. For the thirteen weeks ended July 1, 2015, capital expenditures totaled $6.5 million, including $2.3 million for restaurant remodeling and $2.9 million for new restaurant expenditures.   For the twenty-six weeks ended July 1 2015, capital expenditures totaled $8.9 million, including $3.5 million for restaurant remodeling and $3.1 million for new restaurant expenditures.