Long-Term Debt and Capital Leases (Details) (USD $) Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Jun. 05, 2012	Jun. 01, 2010	May 31, 2011	Jun. 05, 2012 Senior Notes [Member]	May 14, 2012 Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	May 31, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Letter of Credit [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Franchise Facility Subcommitment [Member]	May 31, 2011 Series B senior notes due April 2013 [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Series B senior notes due April 2013 [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Mortgage Loan Obligations [Member]	May 31, 2011 Mortgage Loan Obligations [Member]	Jun. 05, 2012 Capital Lease Obligations [Member]	May 31, 2011 Capital Lease Obligations [Member]	May 31, 2011 Prior Credit Facility [Member]	May 31, 2011 Prior Credit Facility [Member] Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured notes	$ 250,000,000
Unamortized discount	(3,646,000)
Senior unsecured notes less unamortized discount	246,354,000
Long-term debt	326,663,000		344,274,000			0	177,000,000					44,442,000	0	80,076,000	122,546,000	233,000	286,000
Less current maturities	12,454,000		15,090,000
Long-term debt and capital leases, less current maturities	314,209,000		329,184,000
Estimated annual maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations [Abstract]
2013	12,454,000
2014	8,743,000
2015	8,084,000
2016	10,894,000
2017	15,714,000
Subsequent years	270,774,000
Total maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	326,663,000		344,274,000			0	177,000,000					44,442,000	0	80,076,000	122,546,000	233,000	286,000
Aggregate principal amount					250,000,000							150,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage (in hundredths)					7.625%							7.17%
Senior note amortization term				8 years
Maturity date of long-term debt				May 15, 2020
Redemption price percentage on principal amount				100.00%
Percentage of senior notes redeem from equity offering				35.00%
Number of days in which registration statement filed				270 days
Number of days within in which exchange offer consummate				365 days
Debt instrument interest rate increase (in hundredths)				0.25%
Increase in interest rate for each subsequent 90 day period (in hundredths)				0.25%
Subsequent period used in interest calculation				90 days
Additional interest rate maximum (in hundredths)				1.00%
Line of credit initiation date							2010-12-01
Revolving credit agreement							5 years
Revolving credit facility, borrowing capacity							320,000,000
Option to Increase Revolving Credit Facility Capacity							50,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity including option to increase line of credit borrowing capacity							370,000,000
Revolving commitments after second amendment						200,000,000
Write off of unamortized Debt Issuance Cost						1,300,000
Credit facility subcommitment agreement										40,000,000	50,000,000
Revolving credit facility borrowing rate						the higher of Bank of America's prime rate, the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, or an adjusted LIBO Rate plus 1.00%, plus an applicable margin ranging from 0.25% to 1.50%. The applicable margin for our Eurodollar Borrowings ranges from 1.25% to 2.50%
Commitment fee on unused revolving commitment (in hundredths)								0.45%	0.30%
Number of shares of common stock issued in public offering (in shares)		11,500
Common stock issued, price per share (in dollars per share)		$ 6.75
Proceeds from issuance of stock, net of fees		73,125,000
Line of credit facility, outstanding amount						0	177,000,000							80,100,000					20,000,000
Floating rate of interest (in hundredths)							2.27%
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity						190,700,000
Line Of Credit Facility leverage ratio Description						The terms of the Credit Facility require us to maintain a maximum leverage ratio of no more than 4.5 to 1.0 through the fiscal quarter ending on or about June 4, 2013 and 4.25 to 1.0 thereafter and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.75 to 1.0 through and including the fiscal quarter ending on or about June 3, 2014 and 1.85 to 1.0 thereafter.
Amount borrowed under Credit Facility to repay borrowings outstanding under Prior Credit Facility																		203,200,000
Issuance of notes payable					250,000,000							150,000,000
Interest rate of long-term debt (in hundredths)					7.625%							7.17%
Proceeds from Issuance of Private Placement of notes												44,400,000
Maturity date range of debt, start														July 2012
Maturity date range of debt, end														November 2022
Range of loan balances, maximum														8,300,000
Interest rates of loans, minimum (in hundredths)														3.93%
Interest rates of loans, maximum (in hundredths)														11.28%
Capitalized interest expense	$ 100,000