Sports bar chain Twin Peaks starts trading Thursday on the Nasdaq using the ticker “TWNP,” making it the first restaurant initial public offering of the new year and a potential litmus test for others looking to go public.

Shares in the sports-bar chain opened at $17.45 on the Nasdaq on Thursday. Proceeds will be used to pay down debt and fuel expansion.

The sports bar chain, which is now publicly traded, leans on its menu diversity, service model and alcohol mix to target $1 billion in sales.

A restaurant chain with more than 100 locations that's known for its sports-bar vibe and all-female waitstaff.

Next week: We’re taking a one week vacation from Twin Peaks to tour the American South with Sailor and Lula via a look at Lynch’s 1990 film Wild At Heart.

One of the most celebrated TV shows of all time is now more accessible than ever, a streaming move that couldn’t have come at a better time. The TV series in question is none other than Twin Peaks, the highly acclaimed and wildly cinematic crime drama from Mark Frost and David Lynch,

"Who killed Laura Palmer?" It's a simple, seemingly straightforward question that kicked off one of the most anything-but-straight-forward shows of all time. With the premiere of Twin Peaks in 1990, audiences were drawn into a surreal,

“Twin Peaks” was his ultimate portrait of a land of terror and beauty.

Shell’s adjusted earnings fell more than expected, weighed by lower oil prices and refining margins, but the energy major’s cash-flow generation and $3.5 billion share buyback helped shares edge higher.

MacLachlan and Lynch worked together for decades, with the star appearing in several of the director’s hits like “Blue Velvet” (1984) and the early ’90s series “Twin Peaks” that spawned the movie prequel, “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” (1992) and Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return” (2017).

Legendary filmmaker David Lynch left his mark on television with ABC's 'Twin Peaks' and Showtime's 'Twin Peaks: The Return'.

EXCLUSIVE: David Lynch had a great knack for discovering leading-lady talent, actresses who would ascend to bigger heights. One of those is Lara Flynn Boyle, who played the role of Donna Hayward in Lynch’s early 1990s ABC series Twin Peaks.