Properties damaged in fire, number

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The gain (loss) is the pre-tax difference between the net condemnation award and the entity's adjusted basis of the condemned property.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
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Amount of excess (deficiency) of insurance recovery over the loss incurred from an insured event.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6397426&loc=d3e17499-108355

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Amount of litigation expense, including but not limited to legal, forensic, accounting, and investigative fees.

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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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Represents the number of restaurants.

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Other Income (Expense) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Other Income (Expense) (Details) $ in Thousands	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2016	Sep. 27, 2015	Jun. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2015
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Insured Event, Gain (Loss)	$ 700	$ 500		$ (1,200)
Gain (Loss) on Condemnation			$ (500)
Number of Restaurants	753	723	717	753	734	705	660	657	659
Litigation Settlement, Expense				$ 1,850
Damage from Fire, Explosion or Other Hazard [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Properties damaged in fire	1	1		2
Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of Restaurants	1		1	1