Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2016

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

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

	December 28, 2016			December 30, 2015
Land	$	12,323		$	12,323
Buildings and improvements		125,159			111,349
Other property and equipment		65,831			58,525
Construction in progress		11,539			4,717
		214,852			186,914
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(96,382	)		(84,493	)
	$	118,470		$	102,421

Depreciation expense was $16.1 million, $13.1 million and $11.5 million for the years ended December 28, 2016, December 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively. The gross value of assets under capital leases for buildings and improvements was $1.6 million at December 28, 2016 and December 30, 2015. Accumulated depreciation for assets under capital leases was $1.5 million for the years ended December 28, 2016 and December 30, 2015. For the year ended December 28, 2016, capital expenditures totaled $37.4 million, which consisted of $1.6 million for restaurant remodeling, $29.9 million for new restaurant expenditures and $5.9 million of other capital maintenance expenditures. For the year ended December 30, 2015, capital expenditures totaled $30.8 million, including $6.3 million for restaurant remodeling, $17.4 million for new restaurant expenditures and $7.1 million of other capital maintenance expenditures. Capital expenditures for these periods exclude unpaid purchases of property and equipment.

Based on the Company’s review of its long-lived assets for impairment, the Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $8.4 million, $0.2 million, and $0.3 million for the years ended December 28, 2016, December 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively.