Name:	cbrl_LesseeOperatingLeaseLeasesNotYetCommencedLiabilityPaymentsNextTwelveMonths
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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments for operating lease not yet commenced to be paid in remainder of current fiscal year.

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Namespace Prefix:	cbrl_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

The information about number of optional renewal periods.

No definition available.

Name:	cbrl_NumberOfOptionalRenewalPeriods
Namespace Prefix:	cbrl_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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Name:	us-gaap_LesseeOperatingLeaseDescriptionAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123408670&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.