Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 25, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

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

	September 25, 2019			December 26, 2018
Land	$	12,323		$	12,323
Buildings and improvements	149,474			156,806
Other property and equipment	75,416			76,061
Construction in progress	6,227			2,989
	243,440			248,179
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(150,076		)	(144,034		)
	$	93,364		$	104,145

Depreciation expense was $4.3 million and $4.5 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 25, 2019 and September 26, 2018, respectively, and $13.6 million and $13.1 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 25, 2019 and September 26, 2018, respectively.

Based on the Company's review of its long-lived assets for impairment, the Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 25, 2019, respectively, and $0.1 million and $1.8 million for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 26, 2018, respectively.