Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Provision For Income Taxes

	Years ended December 31
	2011	2010	2009
Current tax:
U.S. Federal	$100,983	$83,850	$56,945
U.S. State	21,848	15,745	12,151
Foreign	(6)	6	(139)
	122,825	99,601	68,957
Deferred tax:
U.S. Federal	12,080	10,058	9,677
U.S. State	(50)	6	(1,393)
Foreign	(711)	—	(2)
	11,319	10,064	8,282
Valuation allowance	616	415	141
Total provision for income taxes	$     134,760	$     110,080	$     77,380

Schedule Of Effective Tax Rate

	Years ended December 31
	2011	2010	2009
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate	35.0%	35.0%	35.0%
State income tax, net of related federal income tax benefit	4.1	3.5	3.4
Other	(0.6)	(0.4)	(0.5)
Effective income tax rates	38.5%	38.1%	37.9%

Schedule Of Deferred Income Tax Liabilities And Assets

	December 31
	2011	2010
Long-term deferred income tax liability:
Leasehold improvements, property and equipment	$     127,706	$     96,399
Goodwill and other assets	990	815
Total long-term deferred income tax liability	128,696	97,214
Long-term deferred income tax asset:
Deferred rent	35,645	30,806
Gift card liability	373	271
Capitalized transaction costs	504	502
Stock-based compensation and other employee benefits	28,079	15,548
Foreign net operating loss carry-forwards	1,397	617
Valuation allowance	(1,683)	(1,055)
Total long-term deferred income tax asset	64,315	46,689
Net long-term deferred income tax liability	64,381	50,525
Current deferred income tax liability:
Prepaid assets and other	1,982	1,532
Total current deferred income tax liability	1,982	1,532
Current deferred income tax asset:
Allowances, reserves and other	8,094	5,912
Other employee benefits	234	45
Valuation allowance	(108)	(108)
Total current deferred income tax asset	8,220	5,849
Net current deferred income tax asset	6,238	4,317
Total deferred income tax liability	$58,143	$46,208