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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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A fee charged for services from professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants. The term is often expanded to include other professions, for example, pharmacists charging to maintain a medicinal profile of a client or customer.

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Basis of Presentation Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Jan. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 19, 2020 segment	Nov. 18, 2020 segment restaurant	Dec. 16, 2020 restaurant	Aug. 26, 2020 restaurant	Mar. 12, 2020 restaurant
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Number of reportable segments \| segment		1
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer \| Subsequent Event
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Professional fees \| $	$ 50
Monthly professional fees \| $	$ 20
Luby’s cafeterias, Fuddruckers restaurants, Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant, Fuddruckers franchise operations, and Culinary Contract Services
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment			5
Company-owned restaurants
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants					61	118
Company-owned restaurants \| COVID 19
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants				83
Luby's cafeterias
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants			60
Luby's cafeterias \| COVID 19
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants				59
Fuddruckers restaurants
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants			24		24
Fuddruckers restaurants \| COVID 19
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants				24
Fuddruckers franchise operations
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants			71		71	90
Fuddruckers franchise operations \| COVID 19
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of restaurants				71