Hooters Rival Closes Its Only CA Restaurant

SACRAMENTO — Twin Peaks, the Hooters rival with an Alpine lodge theme, has closed its only California location.

The Sacramento restaurant at 535 Howe Ave. announced the closure Monday on social media.

“To our fans, we thank you for nearly 10 years of joining us for the ‘food, fun, cold beer & sports,’” the eatery said in an Instagram post. “It’s with a heavy heart that we must share that Twin Peaks Sacramento is now permanently closed.”

The location opened in 2016 in the Arden-Arcade community, with the chain touting at the time that the eatery brought 135 new jobs to the area.

Twin Peaks said in 2016 that restaurant industry veterans Sandy Mann and CJ Dhaliwal planned to open 17 additional Twin Peaks restaurants throughout Northern California, but, as of this week, there were none in the state.

Twin Peaks was founded in 2005 in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville and, as of March, had well over 100 locations in the U.S. and Mexico, according to its most recent news release.

The chain boasts wall-to-wall televisions, classic bar fare such as burgers and wings, “the coldest beer in the business” and its “Twin Peaks Girls,” according to the news release.

Twin Peaks is far from the only restaurant chain to suffer recent closures in California. Others include Red Lobster, Bucca di Beppo and Rubio’s Coastal Grill.

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