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Deferred compensation plan assets Restaurant related inventory Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of food purchases that will be consumed in the store operations. Restaurant Reductions in the fair value of the interest rate swap liability related to non-performance risk The adjustment to the fair value of the entity's interest rate swap liability related to its non-performance risk. Reduction in the fair value of the interest rate swap liability related to non-performance risk Labor And Related Expenses The aggregate amount of all store-related salaries, wages, incentive compensation, employee benefits, workers' compensation insurance and payroll taxes. Labor and related expenses Impairment And Store Dispositions Net The aggregate amount of asset impairment losses, gains or losses on store dispositions and expenses related to store closings incurred during the accounting period. Impairment and store dispositions, net Store Operating Income Total revenue less cost of goods sold and store operating expenses. Store operating income Remaining life of leasae with guaranteed lease payments Total remaining life of obligations in years. Remaining life of lease with guaranteed payments (in years) Change In Fair Value Of Interest Rate Swaps The amount of gain (loss) related to the increase (decrease) in the fair value of the company's interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instruments during the period. Change in fair value of interest rate swap Cash Paid [Abstract] Cash paid during the period for: Change In Deferred Tax Asset For Interest Rate Swaps The change in the deferred tax asset related to the unrealized gain (loss) related to the increase (decrease) in the fair value of the company's interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instruments during the period. Change in deferred tax asset for interest rate swap Other Significant Non Cash Transaction [Abstract] Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activity: Supply Inventory Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of supplies that will be consumed in the reporting entity's store operations. Supplies Reconciliation of components of diluted earnings per share computations [Table Text Block] Tabular disclosure of the numerators and the denominators of diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations, income (loss) from discontinued operations and net income. Reconciliation of components of diluted earnings per share computations Weighted Average Credit Spread The Company's weighted average credit spread at period end. Company's credit spread (in hundredths) Weighted average shares: [Abstract] Weighted average shares: Life of interest rate swap (in years) The life of the derivative, from the inception date, in years. Seasonality [Abstract] Seasonality [Abstract] Seasonality Disclosure [Text Block] Disclosure related to the seasonal nature of our operations. Results of operations for any interim period cannot be considered indicative of the operating results for an entire year. Seasonality Net income per share denominator [Abstract] Net income per share denominator [Abstract] Term Loans Payable [Member] A borrowing supported by a written promise to pay an obligation. Revolving Credit Facility 2011 [Member] Revolving credit facility allocated within line of credit facility. Term Loan Payable on or Before July 8, 2016 [Member] A borrowing supported by a written promise to pay an obligation. Three Year Interest Rate Swap 2011 [Member] A forward-based contract in which two parties agree to swap streams of payments over a specified period. The payment streams are based on an agreed-upon (or notional) principal amount. The term notional is used because swap contracts generally involve no exchange of principal at either inception or maturity. Rather, the notional amount serves as a basis for calculation of the payment streams to be exchanged. Two Year Interest Rate Swap 2011 [Member] A forward-based contract in which two parties agree to swap streams of payments over a specified period. The payment streams are based on an agreed-upon (or notional) principal amount. The term notional is used because swap contracts generally involve no exchange of principal at either inception or maturity. Rather, the notional amount serves as a basis for calculation of the payment streams to be exchanged. Interest Rate Swap 2010 [Member] A forward-based contract in which two parties agree to swap streams of payments over a specified period. The payment streams are based on an agreed-upon (or notional) principal amount. The term notional is used because swap contracts generally involve no exchange of principal at either inception or maturity. Rather, the notional amount serves as a basis for calculation of the payment streams to be exchanged. Interest Rate Swap 1 September 2011 [Member] A forward-based contract in which two parties agree to swap streams of payments over a specified period. The payment streams are based on an agreed-upon (or notional) principal amount. The term notional is used because swap contracts generally involve no exchange of principal at either inception or maturity. Rather, the notional amount serves as a basis for calculation of the payment streams to be exchanged. Interest Rate Swap 2 September 2011 [Member] A forward-based contract in which two parties agree to swap streams of payments over a specified period. The payment streams are based on an agreed-upon (or notional) principal amount. The term notional is used because swap contracts generally involve no exchange of principal at either inception or maturity. Rather, the notional amount serves as a basis for calculation of the payment streams to be exchanged. Interest Rate Swap Liability [Member] Line item in the statement of financial position in which the fair value amounts of the derivative instruments are included. Interest Rate Swap Asset [Member] Line item in the statement of financial position in which the fair value amounts of the derivative instruments are included. Retail [Member] An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. Options [Member] Activity related to stock options. Nonvested Stock [Member] Activity related to nonvested stock. Performance Based Stock Unit [Member] Activity related to performance based stock unit. Indemnification Agreement Logan's 1 [Member] An agreement (contract) that contingently requires the guarantor to make payments to the guaranteed party in compensation for that party's or parties' loss or injury attributable to specified events or actions, such as a patent infringement action against an entity that relied on certain representations as to ownership rights made by a software vendor. Indemnification agreement Logan's 2 [Member] An agreement (contract) that contingently requires the guarantor to make payments to the guaranteed party in compensation for that party's or parties' loss or injury attributable to specified events or actions, such as a patent infringement action against an entity that relied on certain representations as to ownership rights made by a software vendor. Third party lease guarantees [Member] An agreement (contract) that contingently requires the guarantor to make payments to the guaranteed party in compensation for that party's or parties' loss or injury attributable to specified events or actions, such as a patent infringement action against an entity that relied on certain representations as to ownership rights made by a software vendor.