After 11 years, the Gryphon has closed its doors at 131 Main Street in Burlington. A sign posted on the door over the weekend said the restaurant “will be closed indefinitely,” and a social media post on Sunday confirmed the news.
“Although we have been blessed with the loyalty of our friends and patrons, after facing this trying past year, it is with a heavy heart that the Gryphon has turned down our lights and closed our doors for the last time,” the post read.
The Gryphon’s elegant dining room was a popular preshow dinner stop for customers headed down the block to the Flynn. It served a broadly appealing “eclectic American” menu, classic cocktails and Sunday brunch.
In April, owner Thomas Chadwick created a GoFundMe to support the restaurant, citing “financial distress” due to the city’s ongoing Great Streets BTV construction on Main Street. The effort raised $1,838 of the $50,000 goal.
Chadwick previously worked as a financial adviser in New London, N.H. He was stripped of his license and ordered to pay $1 million in fees and $4.85 million in restitution to his “mostly older, conservative-to-moderate risk” clients in New Hampshire and Vermont in April 2024, after a multiyear investigation by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation, according to its press release. The Bureau accused him of investment fraud resulting in more than $11 million in client losses, according to NH Journal.
In June, the Journal reported that Chadwick had not yet paid the court-ordered restitution.
This article appears in Sep 10-16 2025.
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