Selected Quarterly Financial and Earnings Data (Unaudited) (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 02, 2022

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Information [Text Block]

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)  

	Year Ended January 2, 2022
	First Quarter			Second Quarter			Third Quarter			Fourth Quarter
Restaurant sales	$	389,993		$	424,541	(1)	$	421,703		$	416,133
Income (loss) from operations	(3,103)		(2)	5,889		(1)(2)	(3,647)		(1)(2)	(9,998)		(2)
Net loss	(7,168)			(9,559)		(3)	(9,902)		(3)	(16,400)		(3)
Basic and diluted net loss per share	(0.14)			(0.19)			(0.20)			(0.33)
Restaurants open at end of period	1,075			1,092			1,092			1,091
	Year Ended January 3, 2021
	First Quarter			Second Quarter			Third Quarter			Fourth Quarter (4)
Restaurant sales	$	351,518	(5)	$	368,418	(5)	$	407,036		$	420,530
Income (loss) from operations	(22,047)		(6)	14,302		(6)	10,228		(6)	1,631		(6)
Net income (loss)	(22,209)			7,842			3,531			(18,627)		(7)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share	(0.44)			0.13			0.06			(0.37)
Restaurants open at end of period	1,093			1,092			1,088			1,074

(1)In fiscal 2021 the Company acquired 19 restaurants in two separate transactions the second quarter. In fiscal 2021 the Company recorded acquisition costs related to the 2021 acquisitions of $0.3 million in the second quarter and $0.1 million in the third quarter (See Note 3).

(2)In fiscal 2021 the Company recorded impairment and other lease charges of $0.4 million in the first quarter, $0.1 million in the second quarter, $0.8 million in the third quarter and $3.2 million in the fourth quarter (See Note 6).

(3)In 2021, the Company recorded a valuation allowance on certain of its tax credits of $2.6 million in the second quarter, $1.6 million in the third quarter and $7.1 million in the fourth quarter.

(4)The fourth quarter of 2020 includes an extra week (See Note 2). Sales in this extra week were $28.4 million.

(5)In the first and second quarters of 2020, the Company's sales were impacted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurant sales during the last two weeks of March and first two weeks of April showed approximately 30% declines in comparable sales. The declines began easing mid-April and throughout May, with a return to positive changes in comparable restaurant sales for the month of June.

(6)In fiscal 2020, the Company recorded impairment and other lease charges of $2.9 million in the first quarter, $2.9 million in the second quarter, $2.0 million in the third quarter and $5.0 million in the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter of 2020 included a $2.0 million charge related to the ROFR termination (See Note 6).