<TABLE> <S> <C>
<PAGE>
<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT AND FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 AND THE
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS FOR THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDED SEPTEMBER 27,
2000 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> OTHER
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> SEP-27-2000
<PERIOD-START> SEP-30-1999
<PERIOD-END> SEP-27-2000
<CASH> 2,177,780
<SECURITIES> 0
<RECEIVABLES> 6,785,407
<ALLOWANCES> 0
<INVENTORY> 5,484,670
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 18,617,755
<PP&E> 300,318,211
<DEPRECIATION> (80,620,128)
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 240,766,851
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 41,097,937
<BONDS> 0
0
0
<COMMON> 14,960,304
<OTHER-SE> 137,148,135
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 240,766,851
<SALES> 402,508,840
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 408,686,418
<CGS> 97,000,735
<TOTAL-COSTS> 292,886,904<F1>
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 36,905,726<F2>
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 1,394,190
<INCOME-PRETAX> 34,505,674
<INCOME-TAX> 12,197,000
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 22,308,674
<DISCONTINUED> 3,714,977<F3>
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
<NET-INCOME> 18,573,697
<EPS-BASIC> .63
<EPS-DILUTED> .63
<FN>
<F1>INCLUDED RESTAURANT OPERATING COSTS OF $162,046,552.
<F2>INCLUDED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION AND RENT OF $20,145,165 AND
$16,760,561, RESPECTIVELY.
<F3>IN SEPTEMBER 2000, THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED ITS DECISION TO DISPOSE OF THE
SPECIALTY RESTAURANT SEGMENT COMPRISED OF ELEVEN SPECIALTY CASUAL DINING
RESTAURANTS OPERATED BY ITS SUBSIDIARY, CONSOLIDATED SPECIALTY RESTAURANTS,
INC.
</FN>
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