What Happened to Twin Peaks? The Chain That Survived Its Owner's Bankruptcy

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Published Nov 1, 2026

What happened to Twin Peaks restaurant? In January 2026, its parent company FAT Brands and Twin Hospitality Group filed for Chapter 11. By April, every Smokey Bones was closed. But Twin Peaks walked out of bankruptcy with new owners, more than 115 lodges, and new restaurants still opening.

From the first lodge in Lewisville, Texas, in 2005, to a $300 million sale, a Nasdaq listing and a bankruptcy less than a year later, this is how Twin Peaks survived the collapse of its own owner.

Chapters:
0:00 The chain that survived
0:48 The lodge (2005)
1:51 Waco, 2015
2:25 FAT Brands buys Twin Peaks
3:51 The Nasdaq peak
4:50 The bankruptcy
5:57 The twist
7:17 Why it survived

Sources:
- FAT Brands press release: completion of the $300 million Twin Peaks acquisition (Oct. 2021)
- Nation's Restaurant News: FAT Brands completes Twin Peaks deal (2021); Twin Peaks IPO and FAT Brands spinoff (2025)
- Restaurant Dive: Twin Hospitality Group starts trading (Jan. 2025); FAT Brands sold to multiple buyers for nearly $1B (2026)
- Twin Hospitality Group SEC filings and earnings releases (2025): Smokey Bones conversions, growth targets
- Yahoo Finance / El Paso Times: Twin Peaks company files for bankruptcy; 114 locations to run as usual (Jan. 30, 2026)
- Fox Business: FAT Brands Chapter 11 and debt (Jan. 27, 2026)
- Yahoo Finance and WFTV: Smokey Bones closes all locations (April 2026)
- CultureMap: New owners lift Texas chain Twin Peaks out of bankruptcy (June 16, 2026)
- Restaurant Business: Twin Peaks founders (Randy DeWitt, Scott Gordon)
- Wikipedia: Twin Peaks (restaurant chain), location history and the 2015 Waco shootout
- Today: Hooters Chapter 11 filing (March 31, 2025)
Court documents and headlines shown on screen are recreated from these reports.

Photos (Wikimedia Commons):
- Twin Peaks nighttime exterior.png: Breawycker, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Twin Peaks - Las Vegas - Sign.jpg: Jesse James, CC BY 2.0
- EM SMOKEY BONES (2227266263).jpg: Eddie Maloney from North Las Vegas, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Smokey Bones - Cranberry TWP, PA - panoramio.jpg: v343790, CC BY 3.0
- Hooters Charlotte.jpg: uploader, CC0
- Lewisville August 2019 36 (W Main Street).jpg: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Addison Texas skyline.jpg: Justin Cozart from Dallas, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0
- CaseyFederalCourthouseHoustonTX.JPG: WhisperToMe, Public domain
- Fatburger Las Vegas.jpg: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0
- Johnny Rockets 5307.jpg: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0
Stock video: Pexels. Sound effects: ItsByImage (youtube.com/user/itsByImage).

Narration is AI-generated. Research, script and edit by The Last Location.
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