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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2011

Schedule of significant components of the Company's net deferred tax liability

Significant components of the Company's net deferred tax liability consisted of the following at:

	July 29, 2011		July 30, 2010
Deferred tax assets:
Financial accruals without economic performance	$	56,954	$	60,687
Other		15,068		9,821
Deferred tax assets	$	72,022	$	70,508

Deferred tax liabilities
Excess tax depreciation over book	$	90,361	$	79,503
Other		28,033		25,719
Deferred tax liabilities		118,394		105,222
Net deferred tax liability	$	46,372	$	34,714

Schedule of the provision for income taxes from continuing operations

The components of the provision for income taxes from continuing operations for each of the three years were as follows:

	2011			2010			2009
Current:
Federal	$	17,231		$	29,114		$	20,307
State		5,577			(88	)		3,320
Deferred:
Federal		9,019			336			(1,157	)
State		(1,344	)		1,089			1,635
Total income tax provision	$	30,483		$	30,451		$	24,105

Schedule of a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes from continuing operations

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes from continuing operations and the amount computed by multiplying the income before the provision for income taxes by the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% was as follows:

	2011			2010			2009
Provision computed at federal statutory income tax rate	$	40,492		$	40,498		$	31,521
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit		3,050			495			1,697
Employer tax credits for FICA taxes paid on employee tip income		(8,351	)		(8,062	)		(6,383	)
Other employer tax credits		(5,098	)		(3,769	)		(3,740	)
Other-net		390			1,289			1,010
Total income tax provision	$	30,483		$	30,451		$	24,105

Schedule of the Company's total gross liability for uncertain tax positions exclusive of interest and penalties

Summarized below is a tabular reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of the Company's total gross liability for uncertain tax positions exclusive of interest and penalties:

	July 29, 2011			July 30, 2010			July 31, 2009
Balance at beginning of year	$	12,965		$	21,956		$	22,879
Tax positions related to the current year:
Additions		2,616			2,195			3,168
Reductions		--			--			--
Tax positions related to prior years:
Additions		987			44			90
Reductions		(24	)		(4,458	)		(2,146	)
Settlements		--			(4,980	)		(127	)
Expiration of statute of limitations		(2,377	)		(1,792	)		(1,908	)
Balance at end of year	$	14,167		$	12,965		$	21,956

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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