Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 25, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation	Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation Description of Business As of December 25, 2018 Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. ("we," "us," "our," “Del Frisco’s” or the “Company”) owned and operated 73 restaurants under the concept names of Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse (“Double Eagle”), Barcelona Wine Bar (“Barcelona”), bartaco, and Del Frisco’s Grille (“Grille”). Of the 73 we owned and operated at the end of the period covered by this report, there were 16 Double Eagles restaurants, 15 Barcelona restaurants, 18 bartaco restaurants, and 24 Grille restaurants. During fiscal 2018, we opened three Double Eagle restaurants at Back Bay in Boston, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Georgia and San Diego, California, three bartaco restaurants, post Barteca Acquisition, in North Hills, North Carolina, Fort Point, Massachusetts and Dallas, Texas, and three Grille restaurants in Westwood, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Recent Developments On June 27, 2018 (“Acquisition Date”), we completed the acquisition of all outstanding interests in Barteca Holdings, LLC ("Barteca Acquisition"), a Delaware limited liability company, and its subsidiaries (“Barteca”) for total cash consideration of $331.2 million, which represents a purchase price of $325 million plus customary adjustments including payments for cash remaining in the business. In connection with the completion of the Barteca Acquisition, we entered into a new credit agreement that provides for (i) senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $390.0 million (“Term Loan B”) and (ii) senior secured revolving credit commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $50.0 million (“Revolving Loan,” and, collectively with the term loans, the “2018 Credit Facility”). See Note 9, Long-Term Debt in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for information regarding our credit facility. On August 1, 2018, we entered into an underwriting agreement with certain underwriters with respect to (i) the sale by the Company of 11,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to the underwriters and (ii) the grant by the Company to the underwriters of an option (the “Option”) to purchase up to 1,687,500 additional shares of the Company’s common stock (together, the “Shares”). The sale of the Shares, including the exercise in full of the Option, closed on August 6, 2018. The total proceeds of $97.8 million from the public offering of common stock were used to repay a portion of Term Loan B. See Note 9, Long-Term Debt in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. On August 27, 2018, we amended (the “First Amendment”) Term Loan B (“Amended Term Loan B”). The First Amendment amends the 2018 Credit Facility to, among other things, provide the Company with additional term loans (“Additional Term Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount of $18.0 million. The First Amendment also amended the 2018 Credit Facility to increase the interest rate applicable to the Additional Term Loans and the existing term loans outstanding under the 2018 Credit Facility to, at our option, a rate per annum equal to either a LIBOR or a base rate, plus an applicable margin, which is equal to 6.00% for LIBOR rate loans and 5.00% for base rate loans. See Note 9, Long-Term Debt in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for information regarding our amended credit facility. On September 21, 2018, we sold all of the outstanding equity interests in our Sullivan’s Steakhouse business (“Sullivan’s") to Sullivan’s Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of Romano’s Macaroni Grill, for the total gross proceeds of approximately $32 million, subject to customary adjustments for inventory and cash. See Note 4, Dispositions in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for information regarding discontinued operations.

Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

As of December 25, 2018 Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. ("we," "us," "our," “Del Frisco’s” or the “Company”) owned and operated 73 restaurants under the concept names of Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse (“Double Eagle”), Barcelona Wine Bar (“Barcelona”), bartaco, and Del Frisco’s Grille (“Grille”). Of the 73 we owned and operated at the end of the period covered by this report, there were 16 Double Eagles restaurants, 15 Barcelona restaurants, 18 bartaco restaurants, and 24 Grille restaurants. During fiscal 2018, we opened three Double Eagle restaurants at Back Bay in Boston, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Georgia and San Diego, California, three bartaco restaurants, post Barteca Acquisition, in North Hills, North Carolina, Fort Point, Massachusetts and Dallas, Texas, and three Grille restaurants in Westwood, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Recent Developments

On June 27, 2018 (“Acquisition Date”), we completed the acquisition of all outstanding interests in Barteca Holdings, LLC ("Barteca Acquisition"), a Delaware limited liability company, and its subsidiaries (“Barteca”) for total cash consideration of $331.2 million, which represents a purchase price of $325 million plus customary adjustments including payments for cash remaining in the business.

In connection with the completion of the Barteca Acquisition, we entered into a new credit agreement that provides for (i) senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $390.0 million (“Term Loan B”) and (ii) senior secured revolving credit commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $50.0 million (“Revolving Loan,” and, collectively with the term loans, the “2018 Credit Facility”). See Note 9, Long-Term Debt in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for information regarding our credit facility.

On August 1, 2018, we entered into an underwriting agreement with certain underwriters with respect to (i) the sale by the Company of 11,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to the underwriters and (ii) the grant by the Company to the underwriters of an option (the “Option”) to purchase up to 1,687,500 additional shares of the Company’s common stock (together, the “Shares”). The sale of the Shares, including the exercise in full of the Option, closed on August 6, 2018. The total proceeds of $97.8 million from the public offering of common stock were used to repay a portion of Term Loan B. See Note 9, Long-Term Debt in the notes to our consolidated financial statements.

On August 27, 2018, we amended (the “First Amendment”) Term Loan B (“Amended Term Loan B”). The First Amendment amends the 2018 Credit Facility to, among other things, provide the Company with additional term loans (“Additional Term Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount of $18.0 million. The First Amendment also amended the 2018 Credit Facility to increase the interest rate applicable to the Additional Term Loans and the existing term loans outstanding under the 2018 Credit Facility to, at our option, a rate per annum equal to either a LIBOR or a base rate, plus an applicable margin, which is equal to 6.00% for LIBOR rate loans and 5.00% for base rate loans. See Note 9, Long-Term Debt in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for information regarding our amended credit facility.

On September 21, 2018, we sold all of the outstanding equity interests in our Sullivan’s Steakhouse business (“Sullivan’s") to Sullivan’s Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of Romano’s Macaroni Grill, for the total gross proceeds of approximately $32 million, subject to customary adjustments for inventory and cash. See Note 4, Dispositions in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for information regarding discontinued operations.