Chuy's Holdings, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Provision for Federal and State Income Taxes)(Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Federal	$ 0us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 0us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 0us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
State	713	775	483
Total Current income tax expense	713us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	775us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	483us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Federal	3,506	3,216	1,552
State	118	205	208
Total deferred income tax expense	3,624us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	3,421us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1,760us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Total income tax expense	$ 4,337us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 4,196us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 2,243us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Amount of current federal tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to taxable income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of current state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred federal income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.