Maryland’s First Lady Dawn Moore will preside over the official ribbon cutting and grand opening of The Fishmonger’s Daughter on Thursday at 11 a.m. in Catonsville. The restaurant will officially open for business on Friday.
The Fishmonger’s Daughter is a continuation of the 140-year Faidley’s Seafood restaurant tradition. Owned by Damye Hahn and operated with her son, Will Hahn, the new restaurant has undergone six years of intense and painstaking historical restoration in preparation for this moment. The space was once a branch of Heidelbach’s grocery store, which operated for decades before becoming Plymouth Wallpaper, which closed in 2017.
Damye and Will Hahn represent fourth- and fifth-generation members of the Faidley family. Bill and Nancy Faidley Devine, third generation owners of Faidley’s, will be at the grand opening event, as will community and regional leaders and other specially invited guests.
Taking over the former Plymouth Wallpaper building felt like a bit of a homecoming to Damye Hahn, who spoke to Baltimore Fishbowl about her family’s Faidley’s legacy, her Catonsville roots, and how the new restaurant came to fruition…