Lexington’s Main Street isn’t getting a beer garden, but it will soon have a wine bar and a spot to get both sushi and Southwestern food.

Following an announcement a couple months ago that the Forest Acres wine bar Molto Vino would take one of the three buildings at the corner of Church and West Main that were previously slated to become the Navy Yard beer garden, the Chronicle has learned that Takosushi, the popular regional chain that specializes in its two titular foods, is set to open in one of the two remaining buildings.

Takosushi will lease the red brick building furthest down West Main on the corner lot, likely utilizing the building’s glass garage doors to incorporate an outdoor bar, co-owner James Williams told the Chronicle.

He said the Lexington location will be a full-service Takosushi, and the hope is to be open this summer.

“We’re super excited to be there in Lexington,” Williams said, adding that the area is booming.

He specifically noted being across the street from the town’s increasingly bustling Icehouse Amphitheater as being advantageous.

“We love what Lexington has done in terms of activating the Main Street space and really creating a good event atmosphere and really drawing people down there,” he said. “And so we expect it to continue to grow and we’re excited to be part of that growth.”

The revelation that Takosushi will come to downtown follows quickly on the heels of the announcement that Barrio Tacos + Tequila + Whiskey will take the restaurant space in Icehouse on Main, the in-progress private building that is the last piece of the Icehouse Project centered on the amphitheater.

“We don't see it as competition,” Williams said. “We want to be in an area with lots of good food options where people are coming for lunch and for dinner.”

Though it ultimately canceled plans to open downtown, the Navy Yard beer garden beat back a legal challenge to its beer and wine license brought by the neighboring St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church. Williams emphasized that his business has already reached out to the church, saying they’re “good friends with them and really excited to be their neighbor.”

“Regardless of where we’re opening a restaurant, that’s always something that’s incredibly important to us,” Williams said of establishing good relationships with those around the restaurant.

Takosushi, which vacated a previous downtown Columbia location in 2019, reopened on Columbia’s Main Street in 2022, and Williams said that seeing Lexington business lunch-ers frequent that location suggested a location in their town could do well.

He added that the chain is mulling a third Midlands location, and the restaurant’s website lists outposts in Forest Acres and Lexington as coming soon. The chain currently has locations in Aiken and Greenville, along with Georgia locations in Evans and Augusta.