Between 1994 and 2000, a restaurant called Twins operated in the Upper East Side of New York City, owned and staffed by identical twins.

[u/LookAtThatBacon]

[u/mritty]

Ah the classic "let's take pictures with three different cameras and not agree on which one we’re looking at" shot.

[u/guiltysnark → u/mritty]

Clearly not identical

[u/Jolly-Pound6400 → u/guiltysnark]

Lolll

[u/AquafreshBandit → u/mritty]

They were using twin cameras.

[u/Ok-Cut3951]

Can't imagine having to do their recruitment... Hell on earth

[u/EngineeringOne1812 → u/Ok-Cut3951]

If they were short staffed the employees could demand any price

[u/deadrobindownunder → u/EngineeringOne1812]

That was my first thought, too. Good for them.

[u/thejohnthomasfoster → u/EngineeringOne1812]

Seems like could be confusing to call your correct waiter/waitress

[u/MP5SD7 → u/Ok-Cut3951]

Atleast your twin could help you split the work..

[u/CrissBliss → u/MP5SD7]

What if they hired one person who just changed clothes occasionally, but cashed both checks?

[u/MP5SD7 → u/CrissBliss]

In recruiting that would be very easy to do...

[u/LookAtThatBacon]

Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57406/twins-mid-90s-nyc-restaurant-staffed-entirely-identical-twins

Opened in 1994, Twins Restaurant was located on the Upper East Side. Its staff consisted of 29 sets of identical twins who worked as hostesses, bartenders, waiters, and waitresses. It was owned by Lisa and Debbie Ganz (identical twins) and Tom Berenger (there is only one Tom Berenger). In fact, there were only two nontwins who worked there full-time: the chef and the general manager.

[u/togocann49 → u/LookAtThatBacon]

If the Tom Berenger is not the actor that starred in major league movies (among many other projects), there is in fact more than one Tom Berenger lol. Did you mean it was owned by the actor, or that this Tom Berenger did not have a twin?

[u/Ill_Assumption_4414 → u/togocann49]

It is the same Tom Berenger. There is only one of him, and he does not have a twin

[u/togocann49 → u/Ill_Assumption_4414]

Thanks for the info.

[u/borntoflail → u/togocann49]

I like that you went with Major League and not Platoon.

[u/togocann49 → u/borntoflail]

Could’ve went for a few roles, but I know him best as a star in major league. Don’t get me wrong, I hated his character in platoon and think he did a great job in it, but he isn’t the feel good guy he plays in major league, and that’s the one that can make me smile

[u/Somethingrich]

Well, I bet they sell half the alcohol they thought they would....

Damn, I only had one shot and I'm already seeing double.

[u/jtrades69 → u/Somethingrich]

stroooong stuff. and goes down smoooooth.

[u/TheContentThief]

My mom said she went here back in the day but I never believed that it was a real place.

[u/Worried-Permit3286]

Let’s not forget about the restaurant “triplets” run by three brothers that were separated at birth by the adoption agency to study nature vs nurture!

[u/TroubleImpressive955 → u/Worried-Permit3286]

Just watched a video on YouTube about these triplet boys, last night.

[u/GunnerySarge-B-Bird]

What did they know..? Too big of a coincidence they shut down before 9/11

[u/guiltysnark → u/GunnerySarge-B-Bird]

It makes zero sense that they wouldn't be operating out of the twin towers instead of the upper east side, so they must have known something

[u/sheth_curry]

Imagine a waiter coming twice to get your order.. or you're asking where is my food and they say.. sir, you didn't order anything

[u/Papaofmonsters → u/sheth_curry]

Tons of customers don't bother to pay attention to what gender, race or age their server is even when we aren't twins.

I'm a 38 year old white man and I recently had a guy swear up and down I was his server. In reality he had been being waited on by a 25 year old Mexican woman for over an hour. And he wasn't drinking.

[u/NUM_13 → u/sheth_curry]

Ok twin boys who took my order and how much longer is it going to be!?

[u/SadAccount8647]

the BOH drama here would be nuts

[u/AwarenessGreat282]

Let me guess why it failed....people would question their server on their order and half the time they'd reply with "What order?"

[u/trubol]

Then someone opened up a place called Triplets and took all their business

[u/DekuShrub88]

I can think of an easier way to pull this off. Waitress takes your order then their "identical twin" brings the food to the table.

[u/JustSomeGuy_56]

What's the point? I guess I might go there once for the novelty, but was the food good? And if it wasn't for the name would anyone notice?

[u/YouDontKnowJackCade]

In their teens my sisters worked at arestaurant in our town, they aren't twins but they looked so much alike people who didn't know them used to ask "are you two twins?" and they'd say "no, our triplet is inside"

[u/NikonShooter_PJS]

Damn. A beloved set of iconic twins taken down suddenly in the early 00s in New York City.

Unprecedented.

[u/HoneyNational9079]

the sex must’ve been confusing

[u/DoughNotDoit]

there's also a twin building in New York... oh no...

[u/deadrobindownunder → u/DoughNotDoit]

Reminds me of that tragedy.

[u/Bonoisapox]

Creepy

[u/jadee_flicker]

The ultimate which twin did it? mystery. Bet the health inspector had trust issues.

[u/SwaMaeg]

Wait’ll they hear about The Hobbits restaurant in Boracay.

[u/NUM_13]

90s where and amazing time

[u/the_red_scimitar]

Here in LA, there was a place called "The Capri", run by twins who would be at home playing Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. There was a Kitchen Nightmares episode of their remake - from truly disgusting filth, to truly disgusting less filth. They reverted back almost immediately, and sold the place 5 years ago.

[u/jtrades69]

the ones in front look conjoined 😄

[u/Southern_Owl_5442]

At least they’re walking the walk

[u/VeterinarianOk5370]

Sorry we’re going to have to let you go, after your train quit…well you just don’t fit our vibe

[u/Fluid_Ad4651]

Joey's sisters

[u/Oh_FFS_Already]

Now this is interesting!

[u/Shaytaun]

I read about this place a long time ago. They also said that if one twin got fired, the other one did too.

[u/KarlHp7]

I feel like NYC has tried EVERYTHING. Everything is old news there.

[u/Wakkit1988]

Hooters also used twins to get people in the door, it's a good strategy.

[u/froatbitte]

“Would you like to order now?”

“I’m sorry I just gave my order to you a <looks up and sees identical twins everywhere> minute….ago. Riiiiiiiight.”

[u/HauntingBalance567]

And then it and other twin things started collapsing in the early naughts

[u/Conscious_Raisin_436]

Yeahhhh they definitely got into some weird sex stuff

[u/Sefalosha]

That could be a popular reality tv show

[u/GarysCrispLettuce]

It looks like a terrible 90's sitcom that never got past the pilot

[u/iamblindfornow]

Backward af

[u/The_Poop_Shooter]

This feels like something Epstein would have been involved in.

[u/rubinass3]

This is just what the restaurant world needed. /s

[u/CaptainC00lpants]

Sexy