A Lexington County restaurant group has closed all of its businesses.

Griffin Chophouse, which operated locations on East Main Street in Lexington and at the Timberlake Country Club in Chapin, has closed both its restaurants, along with the associated Royal Butcher, which was located next door in the same building in Lexington.

Reached via Facebook, the Timberlake Chophouse referred the Chronicle to Justin Owens, who said he has purchased Griffin’s Lexington assets and will open a new restaurant in the next 90 days, utilizing the former Royal Butcher space as a private dining room for his concept.

Owens said the Lexington Chophouse’s final day in business was March 18, while the Timberlake location closed in December, with the country club’s website no longer listing the restaurant among its dining options.

In Lexington, the signs for both the Chophouse and The Royal Bucher have been taken down.

Owens declined to offer any more details about his forthcoming venture.

According to his LinkedIn profile, which Owens shared with the Chronicle, he served as a managing partner at Lexington’s Travinia Italian Kitchen for nearly two years, with his stint there listed as ending this month. He is now listed as the self-employed owner of a restaurant called Bone-Appetite as of last month.

Signs posted to the doors at the Lexington Chophouse location state that it is closed for renovations, directing people to check bone-appetitelex.com for updates and thanking them for their patience.

Chef/owner Henry Griffin opened the first Griffin Chophouse on Lexington’s Main Street in 2020, replacing the town’s outpost of the Kingsman Restaurant, a Cayce mainstay. Griffin was a co-owner of the Kingsman before transitioning to the Happy Fork hospitality group to open his Chophouse.

The Lexington restaurant specialized in steaks and barbecue with a bar-forward atmosphere.

Griffin would later separate from Happy Fork, opening the Timberlake restaurant in 2021.

Also in 2021, Griffin Chophouse announced intentions to open a third location on Devine Street in Columbia, but that has yet to happen.

Kailee Kokes contributed reporting to this article.