Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Jun. 05, 2012	May 31, 2011	Jun. 01, 2010	Jun. 05, 2012 State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]	Jun. 02, 2009 Federal [Member]
Current:
Federal	$ 2,199,000	$ 5,378,000	$ (6,387,000)
State	3,103,000	1,720,000	(822,000)
Foreign	155,000	132,000	107,000
Current income tax expense/(benefit)	5,457,000	7,230,000	(7,102,000)
Deferred:
Federal	(18,634,000)	(2,218,000)	16,900,000
State	(1,573,000)	732,000	2,616,000
Deferred income tax expense/(benefit)	(20,207,000)	(1,486,000)	19,516,000
Income tax expense/(benefit)	(14,750,000)	5,744,000	12,414,000
Deferred tax assets:
Employee benefits	27,510,000	26,857,000
General business credits carryforward	21,675,000	10,957,000
Escalating minimum rents	18,438,000	18,151,000
State net operating losses	7,672,000	6,822,000
Goodwill	7,012,000	1,664,000
Insurance reserves	6,500,000	5,886,000
Closed restaurant lease reserve	2,704,000	794,000
Gift certificate income	1,915,000	1,684,000
Deferred gain on sale-leaseback transactions	1,685,000	0
Other	7,180,000	7,361,000
Gross deferred tax assets	102,291,000	80,176,000
Deferred tax asset valuation allowances	(2,392,000)	(1,501,000)
Net deferred tax assets	99,899,000	78,675,000
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	(99,901,000)	(94,005,000)
Smallwares	(2,882,000)	(2,698,000)
Prepaid deductions	(2,472,000)	(2,323,000)
Partnership investments	(380,000)	(3,328,000)
Other	(4,697,000)	(4,815,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(110,332,000)	(107,169,000)
Net deferred tax liability	(10,433,000)	(28,494,000)
Reported in Consolidated Balance Sheets as:
Deferred income taxes - current asset	27,134,000	14,429,000
Deferred income taxes - noncurrent liability	(37,567,000)	(42,923,000)
Net deferred tax liability	(10,433,000)	(28,494,000)
Deferred tax included in income tax expense	900,000	1,500,000
Period of cumulative pre-tax losses in certain states	3 years
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards				157,700
Net operating loss carryforwards generated					55,900
Federal and state income tax refunds			21,500,000
Reconciliation from statutory federal income tax expense to reported income tax expense/(benefit) [Abstract]
Statutory federal income taxes	(5,228,000)	18,418,000	20,215,000
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	(1,956,000)	228,000	955,000
FICA tip credit	(8,285,000)	(8,264,000)	(7,735,000)
Work opportunity tax credit	(2,189,000)	(2,624,000)	(1,352,000)
Other federal tax credits	(384,000)	(197,000)	(179,000)
Goodwill impairment	1,750,000	0	0
Other, net	1,542,000	(1,817,000)	510,000
Income tax expense/(benefit)	(14,750,000)	5,744,000	12,414,000
Reconciliation of beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits [Abstract]
Beginning of year	5,171,000	3,415,000
Additions for tax positions related to the current year	901,000	624,000
Additions for tax positions of prior years	2,079,000	1,668,000
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(764,000)	(60,000)
Reductions for settlements with taxing authorities	(110,000)	0
Reductions due to statute settlements	(853,000)	(476,000)
End of year	6,424,000	5,171,000	3,415,000
Total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that impact the effective tax rate	4,200,000
Portion of liability for unrecognized tax benefits subject to change	1,800,000
Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits	1,000,000
Decrease in accrued interest and penalties	600,000
Decreased accrued interest and penalties which affected the effective tax rate	500,000
Total accrued interest and penalties	$ 7,400,000