Double R Diner

The Double R Diner is a fictional diner in the American television series Twin Peaks and the 2017 revival Twin Peaks: The Return. It was also featured in scenes in the 1992 movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and the feature-length deleted scenes compilation, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces.
The Double R Diner is owned and managed by the character Norma Jennings, portrayed by actress Peggy Lipton. Twin Peaks character Shelly Johnson, portrayed by actress Mädchen Amick, works there as a waitress, alongside Heidi (Andrea Hays).<ref name=NYT/>
History
When filming began on the original Twin Peaks series in 1989, the Mar-T Cafe located in North Bend, Washington was used as the Double R Diner location in the series pilot and the prequel film Fire Walk With Me and served as the model for the Hollywood sound stage set where all other Double R Diner interior scenes were filmed.
The restaurant was sold in 1998 to Kyle Twede ( ), who renamed it Twede’s Cafe.
A fire gutted Twede’s Cafe in July 2000 and was the result of arson. News of the incident described the perpetrators as burglars who had set the cafe ablaze to cover up their theft of $450. In an interview from May 2015, Kyle Twede described the arsonists as kids who had broken into the cafe to mess around and drink wine coolers and, fearing they would get in trouble, chose to set the place on fire. The interior was destroyed, while the exterior neon sign and the structure remained; Twede’s Cafe reopened in 2001 with a new interior that looked nothing like the Double R Diner.
As of September 2015, as part of the production of the 2017 season of Twin Peaks, the series production company restored the interior of Twede’s Cafe to the original Double R Diner interior. The renovations were reportedly permanent and remained in place after filming wrapped.

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