Income Taxes (Narrative)(Details) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||
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Mar. 31, 2013
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Dec. 28, 2014
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Dec. 29, 2013
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Dec. 30, 2012
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Document Period End Date | Dec. 28, 2014 | |||
Operating Loss Carryforwards | $ 1,900,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards | |||
Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation | 1,700,000chuy_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensation | 11,000,000chuy_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensation | ||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation | 609,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation | 3,990,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation | ||
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, General Business | 10,121,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsGeneralBusiness | 7,582,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsGeneralBusiness | ||
Income tax reconciliation, other reconciling items | $ 556,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems | $ 83,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems | $ (261,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems | $ 54,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems |
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Operating Loss Carryforwards, Expiration Date | Jan. 01, 2028 | |||
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Operating Loss Carryforwards, Expiration Date | Dec. 31, 2031 | |||
Tax Credit Carryforward, Expiration Date | Dec. 31, 2033 |
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Excess tax benefit from share based compensation benefits recorded to additional paid-in-capital during the reporting period. No definition available.
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The end date of the period reflected on the cover page if a periodic report. For all other reports and registration statements containing historical data, it is the date up through which that historical data is presented. If there is no historical data in the report, use the filing date. The format of the date is CCYY-MM-DD. No definition available.
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Amount of increase in additional paid in capital (APIC) resulting from a tax benefit associated with share-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Includes, but is not limited to, excess tax benefit. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible general business tax credit carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to tax exempt income, equity in earnings (loss) of an unconsolidated subsidiary, minority noncontrolling interest income (loss), tax holiday, disposition of a business, disposition of an asset, repatriation of foreign earnings, repatriation of foreign earnings jobs creation act of 2004, increase (decrease) in enacted tax rate, prior year income taxes, increase (decrease) in deferred tax asset valuation allowance, and other adjustments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Expiration date of each operating loss carryforward included in operating loss carryforward, in CCYY-MM-DD format. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Expiration date of the tax credit carryforward, in CCYY-MM-DD format. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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