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COVID-19 Pandemic (Details)	Aug. 26, 2020 restaurant	Aug. 26, 2020 franchise	Aug. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 03, 2020 restaurant	May 31, 2020 restaurant	Apr. 21, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 12, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 restaurant	Aug. 28, 2019 restaurant property
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Number of restaurants \| property									7
PPP Loan \| Loans Payable
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Debt face amount \| $			$ 10,000,000.0				$ 10,000,000.0
2018 Credit Agreement \| Delayed Draw Term Loan
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Remaining borrowing capacity \| $						$ 5,000,000.0	$ 5,000,000.0
COVID 19
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Furloughed employees								50.00%
Temporary salary reduction								50.00%
Company-owned restaurants
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Number of restaurants	85
Company-owned restaurants \| COVID 19
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Number of restaurants suspended								118
Fuddruckers restaurants
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Number of restaurants	24								44
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Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Number of restaurants suspended								50
Number of restaurants, reopened	24			8
Fuddruckers restaurants \| COVID 19 \| No Contact Food Service and Delivery
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Number of restaurants					3			3
Luby's cafeterias
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Number of restaurants	61								79
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Number of restaurants suspended								36
Number of restaurants, reopened	60			31
Luby's cafeterias \| COVID 19 \| No Contact Food Service and Delivery
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Number of restaurants					28			28
Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurants
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Number of restaurants	0								1
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Number of restaurants suspended								1
Fuddruckers franchise operations
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Number of restaurants	71	71						90	102
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Number of restaurants, reopened	64			59
Fuddruckers franchise operations \| COVID 19 \| No Contact Food Service and Delivery
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Number of restaurants								37