Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

Property and Equipment, net

Major classes of property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):



	December 31, 2013			December 25, 2012
Leasehold improvements	$	607,472		$	542,081
Machinery and equipment	305,060			265,350
Furniture and fixtures	149,445			130,044
Computer hardware and software	87,316			63,701
Construction in progress	80,108			53,189
Smallwares	27,031			25,152
Land	2,856			2,201
	1,259,288			1,081,718
Less: accumulated depreciation	(589,879		)	(509,964		)
Property and equipment, net	$	669,409		$	571,754

The Company recorded depreciation expense related to these assets of $97.2 million, $82.7 million, and $74.2 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013, December 25, 2012, and December 27, 2011, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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