INCOME TAXES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 01, 2011	Jul. 02, 2011	Apr. 02, 2011	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011
Current:
Federal									$ (8,000)	$ 44,000	$ 16,000
State									87,000	(294,000)	69,000
Total									79,000	(250,000)	85,000
Deferred:
Federal									(843,000)	454,000	(4,105,000)
State									(521,000)	(20,000)	(619,000)
Total									(1,364,000)	434,000	(4,724,000)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	555,000	(1,713,000)	670,000	(797,000)	502,000	(1,203,000)	1,370,000	(485,000)	(1,285,000)	184,000	(4,639,000)
Reconciliation of effective tax rate from the statutory federal tax rate
Federal statutory tax rate (as a percent)									34.00%	34.00%	34.00%
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit (as a percent)									4.60%	8.00%	4.20%
Valuation allowance (as a percent)									(28.30%)	(24.80%)	(20.90%)
Change in unrecognized tax benefits (as a percent)									0.00%	(12.00%)	0.00%
Other net, primarily permanent differences (as a percent)									(0.70%)	2.90%	(0.10%)
Provision for income taxes (as a percent)									9.60%	8.10%	17.20%
Current
Group insurance	227,000				233,000				227,000	233,000
Sales return reserve	189,000				172,000				189,000	172,000
Inventory	639,000				585,000				639,000	585,000
Prepaid expenses	(514,000)				(415,000)				(514,000)	(415,000)
Total current, gross	541,000				575,000				541,000	575,000
Valuation allowance	(189,000)				(221,000)				(189,000)	(221,000)
Total Current	352,000				354,000				352,000	354,000
Non-Current
Federal and State tax net operating loss carry-forwards	13,556,000				6,785,000				13,556,000	6,785,000
Deferred rent	1,380,000				1,383,000				1,380,000	1,383,000
Deferred construction allowances	(7,273,000)				(6,334,000)				(7,273,000)	(6,334,000)
Other (principally depreciation expense)	10,968,000				11,607,000				10,968,000	11,607,000
Total Non-current, gross	18,631,000				13,441,000				18,631,000	13,441,000
Valuation allowance	(8,774,000)				(4,951,000)				(8,774,000)	(4,951,000)
Total Non-current	$ 9,857,000				$ 8,490,000				$ 9,857,000	$ 8,490,000