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Number Of Accounts Affected By Cyber Security Incident

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Number Of Restaurants Not Affected By Cyber Security Incident

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Aggregate carrying amount of the estimated litigation liability for known or estimated probable loss from litigation, which may include attorneys' fees and other litigation costs.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of loss pertaining to the specified contingency that was charged against earnings in the period, including the effects of revisions in previously reported estimates.

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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details)		18 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details)	Jul. 13, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 06, 2017 visa_account	Jan. 13, 2017 case	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2016 restaurant
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for legal proceedings		$ 0			$ 0
Loss on Cyber Security Incident
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount reimbursed to date		$ 600,000
Number of VISA accounts affected by incident \| visa_account			438,248
Otis v. O’Charley’s, LLC \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Time performing non-tipped duties (more than)	20.00%
Circuit Courts of Appeals Cases \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of cases granted certiorari \| case				3
Franchised Locations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of restaurants not affected \| restaurant						3