If your a Twin Peak’s fan, there’s just about no more iconic place you can go to, and inside, than Twede’s Cafe, home to the interior and exteriors shots of The Double R Diner. The staff inside have embraced this identity…some of them were wearing Twin Peaks Sherif Department T-shirts, the walls are decorated with items placed there by the production, and, of course, they serve “Twin Peaks Cherry Pie”. (Don’t miss the filming photos and other Twin Peaks specific items in the small hallway to the restrooms in the back.

My wife and I went here twice. It was our first stop in town in the mid-afternoon for Twin Peaks Cherry Pie. Sadly…I mean really sadly, the pie was not great…too sweet, tasted like any mass produced grocery store bought pie…if you want really great cherry pie in town, try the Attic at the Salish Lodge nearby (which doubles as the front of the Great Northern Hotel.

We also returned for breakfast the next morning for a generally better food experience.

This too had a bit of a disappointment…the coffee was just okay. It was definitely hot but not so much “Damn.” It was weak diner coffee. This is an epidemic in many breakfast restaurants who really just don’t know how to make coffee…it should be more than browned water…especially so close to the coffee-hub of Seattle, and especially, especially at this location where tourists from all over the world will be coming with high expectations for the “Damned Fine” coffee. Coffee here should be an iconic experience and it was generally disappointing diner coffee.

The breakfast was good though. In terms of basic American diner breakfasts…the portions were HUGE.

I had an egg white omelette with spinach, cheddar cheese and onions. It was served with hash-browns… all of it was cooked and delicious…though I could barely eat half of it because there was so much. Definitely perfect classic diner food…perhaps a touch greasy.

My wife got a vegetable omelette which she also thought was very nice, and french fries on the side which looked like they were made from giant potatoes about five minutes ago. Good job on the breakfast food Twede’s!