A national steakhouse is planned in a growing Lexington area. What’s the latest?
A popular national steakhouse continues to eye a spot in a burgeoning mixed use development in a growing part of Lexington County.
LongHorn Steakhouse, which has locations across the U.S., is planning a spot along Platt Springs Road in the Platt Springs Crossing development in the Red Bank area. The potential LongHorn is referenced several times in the Lexington County Planning Commission’s May 21 agenda paperwork, which indicates that landscape permits have been issued for the project. The planned LongHorn also is listed in the commercial projects section of the commission’s May agenda.
The steakhouse would be near the southeast corner of the Platt Springs Crossing development, not far from the intersection of Platt Springs Road and Old Orangeburg Road, according to Lexington County property records. That’s not far from a Panda Express Chinese restaurant.
There are more than 600 LongHorn Steakhouse locations across the U.S., per data website ScrapeHero. There currently are three LongHorn restaurants in the Midlands, including one in the Vista in Columbia, one on Harbison Boulevard, and one on Decker Boulevard in northeast Columbia.
Platt Springs Crossing is a 60-acre, $65 million mixed-use project that has been steadily coming together off Platt Springs Road near South Lake Drive. Businesses that already are up and running at the site include a Lowes Foods grocery store, the aforementioned Panda Express Chinese restaurant, a Whataburger, a Chipotle, a Big Blue Marble Academy early childhood center and a Prisma Health urgent care facility.
More businesses are expected to open soon in the development, including a Planet Fitness gym, a Tropical Smoothie shop and more. There also are 142 townhomes planned on the northeast end of the property.
The Red Bank area in south central Lexington County has exploded with growth in recent years with new subdivisions, schools, businesses and more. About 19,300 cars per day travel down Platt Springs Road near the Platt Springs Crossing development, per state Department of Transportation stats, while more than 28,000 cars per day traverse South Lake Drive nearby.
This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM.
