The Fishmonger’s Daughter, the long awaited Catonsville outpost of Faidley’s Seafood, is set to start a reservations only soft opening Friday after years of construction and permitting setbacks. The family run project has turned the former Plymouth Wallpaper Shop at 720 Frederick Road into a full service seafood restaurant with a raw bar, an upstairs event room and a basement shipping center. Managers say the soft launch will be limited to online bookings while staff finalizes service, with a grand opening planned for June. The move carries Faidley’s Chesapeake style cooking farther into Baltimore County after the family’s recent return to Lexington Market.
Soft opening bookings start May 1
According to Fishmonger’s Daughter, a limited slate of online reservations will be available starting May 1 and the soft opening period will run through May 31, with no walk ins accepted while staff ramps up service. OpenTable already lists The Fishmonger’s Daughter at 720 Frederick Road and is handling dinner bookings for the soft launch.
Chesapeake flavors, Faidley style
Faidley’s Seafood, founded in 1886 and known locally for its jumbo lump crab cakes, plans to bring that Chesapeake forward approach to Catonsville with full table service and a raw bar. Faidley’s Seafood notes that the new outpost will also spotlight local distillers and draft taps alongside oysters, fish and crab.
A long, delayed build finally surfaces
First announced in 2020, The Fishmonger’s Daughter ran into “one setback after another,” including a COVID pause, termite damage, harsh winters, extensive plumbing and electrical work, and permitting hurdles that once pushed the opening target out to 2026. Co owner Damye Hahn told The Baltimore Banner that “it’s pretty exciting” and added, “I wish I could say everything in the building is done, but we’re getting there. The place looks gorgeous.”
Upstairs events and a hometown salute
The upstairs Plymouth Room is being built out for weddings, corporate events and crab feasts, with family caterer Julia Hahn helping to program the space according to family materials. The expansion has already registered locally, as Catonsville honored Faidley co owner Bill Devine by naming a nearby street after him last year, a move that tied the project even more closely to the town’s identity. Faidley’s Seafood materials highlight the venue plans, and WMAR covered the street naming ceremony.
How to get in and what comes next
Soft opening dinner hours, reservation links and the restaurant’s phone number (410 525 7385) are listed on the Fishmonger’s Daughter site for guests booking in May. The Baltimore Banner reports that a formal grand opening is planned for June and that the team expects to add lunch service in the weeks after the soft launch.
