Organization and Business	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2019
Organization And Business [Abstract]
Organization and Business	Note 1 – Organization and Business J. Alexander’s Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on August 15, 2014 in the state of Tennessee and is a holding company which is the sole managing member of and owns all of the outstanding Class A Units of J. Alexander’s Holdings, LLC, the parent company of all of the Company’s operating subsidiaries. The Company became a publicly-traded company, with its stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “JAX”, effective in September of 2015 as a result of the “Spin-off” distribution (the “Spin-off”) by the Company’s former parent, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“FNF”) of all shares of the Company’s common stock owned by FNF to holders of shares of FNF’s Fidelity National Financial Ventures, LLC (“FNFV”) Group common stock, as it was known at the time of the Spin-off. FNFV is now conducting business independently as Cannae Holdings, Inc. The Company, through J. Alexander’s Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries, owns and operates full service, upscale restaurants including J. Alexander’s, Redlands Grill, Lyndhurst Grill, Overland Park Grill and Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill (“Stoney River”). At both September 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018, the Company operated 46 restaurants in 16 states. The Company’s restaurants are concentrated primarily in the East, Southeast, and Midwest regions of the United States. The Company does not have any restaurants operating under franchise agreements.

Organization and Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2019

Organization And Business [Abstract]

Note 1 – Organization and Business

J. Alexander’s Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on August 15, 2014 in the state of Tennessee and is a holding company which is the sole managing member of and owns all of the outstanding Class A Units of J. Alexander’s Holdings, LLC, the parent company of all of the Company’s operating subsidiaries. The Company became a publicly-traded company, with its stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “JAX”, effective in September of 2015 as a result of the “Spin-off” distribution (the “Spin-off”) by the Company’s former parent, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“FNF”) of all shares of the Company’s common stock owned by FNF to holders of shares of FNF’s Fidelity National Financial Ventures, LLC (“FNFV”) Group common stock, as it was known at the time of the Spin-off. FNFV is now conducting business independently as Cannae Holdings, Inc.

The Company, through J. Alexander’s Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries, owns and operates full service, upscale restaurants including J. Alexander’s, Redlands Grill, Lyndhurst Grill, Overland Park Grill and Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill (“Stoney River”). At both September 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018, the Company operated 46 restaurants in 16 states. The Company’s restaurants are concentrated primarily in the East, Southeast, and Midwest regions of the United States. The Company does not have any restaurants operating under franchise agreements.