Property and Equipment, Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 14, 2018	Aug. 30, 2017
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 29,843	$ 29,902
Accumulated Amortization	(11,007)	(10,262)
Net Carrying Amount	18,836	19,640
Fuddruckers trade name and franchise agreements
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	29,486	29,486
Accumulated Amortization	(10,701)	(9,943)
Net Carrying Amount	18,785	19,543
Cheeseburger in Paradise trade name and license agreements
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	357	416
Accumulated Amortization	(306)	(319)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 51	$ 97

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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