Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

Long-term debt at March 31, 2019 and December 30, 2018 consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2019			December 30, 2018
Collateralized:
Carrols Restaurant Group 8% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes	$	275,000		$	275,000
Prior Senior Credit Facility - Revolving credit borrowings	6,250			—
Finance lease liabilities	3,465			3,941
	284,715			278,941
Less: current portion of finance lease liabilities	(1,969		)	(1,948		)
Less: deferred financing costs	(3,756		)	(3,673		)
Add: bond premium	3,266			3,503
Total Long-term debt	$	282,256		$	276,823