Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2020	Sep. 29, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Oct. 01, 2019	Jul. 02, 2019	Apr. 02, 2019	Dec. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jan. 01, 2019
Segment Information
Revenues	$ 554,552	$ 517,716	$ 295,851	$ 615,106	$ 694,030	$ 586,536	$ 602,645	$ 599,481	$ 1,983,225	$ 2,482,692	$ 2,332,331
(Loss)/income from operations	(38,811)	(34,858)	(83,710)	(190,058)	6,387	$ 26,964	$ 40,099	$ 30,148	(347,437)	103,598	118,948
Depreciation and amortization									91,415	88,133	95,976
Impairment of assets and lease termination									219,333	18,247	17,861
Preopening costs									10,456	13,149	10,937
Capital expenditures									50,329	73,765	102,909
Total assets	2,747,054				2,840,593				2,747,054	2,840,593	1,314,133
The Cheesecake Factory
Segment Information
Revenues									1,585,008	2,180,882	2,127,347
(Loss)/income from operations									45,540	258,374	270,829
Depreciation and amortization									67,514	70,971	80,646
Impairment of assets and lease termination	14,600	$ 10,400	$ 2,400	$ 191,900	18,200				3,261	8,888	6,580
Preopening costs									4,206	9,967	9,247
Capital expenditures									33,154	59,045	71,880
Total assets	1,671,733				1,701,418				1,671,733	1,701,418	928,345
Acquisition-related (benefit)/expenses									1,200	6,300
North Italia
Segment Information
Revenues									102,585	35,268
(Loss)/income from operations									(77,371)	1,608
Depreciation and amortization									3,608	829
Impairment of assets and lease termination									71,782
Preopening costs									2,578	1,297
Capital expenditures									8,436	2,318
Total assets	270,218				297,840				270,218	297,840
Other FRC
Segment Information
Revenues									96,856	39,335
(Loss)/income from operations									(77,026)	5,309
Depreciation and amortization									4,090	1,037
Impairment of assets and lease termination									73,049
Preopening costs									1,324	49
Capital expenditures									3,754	5,072
Total assets	308,866				310,414				308,866	310,414
Other
Segment Information
Revenues									198,776	227,207	204,984
(Loss)/income from operations									(238,580)	(161,693)	(151,881)
Depreciation and amortization									16,203	15,296	15,330
Impairment of assets and lease termination									71,241	9,359	11,281
Preopening costs									2,348	1,836	1,690
Capital expenditures									4,985	7,330	31,029
Total assets	$ 496,237				$ 530,921				$ 496,237	$ 530,921	$ 385,788