Casper's Rib & Chop House to close at end of year

Casper's Rib & Chop House to close at end of year

CASPER, Wyo. — After roughly six years of local business, the Rib & Chop House in downtown Casper will permanently close at the end of 2025. Owner Chris O’Bryan said the difficult decision was made not to renew the restaurant’s lease following the financial difficulties that stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We opened in December of 2019 and COVID hit just a couple months later. … We were a brand-new business that had barely gotten its legs u…