The Urban Oyster, a seafood vendor that got its start selling char-grilled oysters at local farmers markets, is opening a restaurant at McHenry Row.

Owner Jasmine Norton plans to open the fast-casual eatery in early 2019 in part of the space that previously housed Ruby 8 Noodles & Sushi.

The Urban Oyster will maintain its presence at farmers markets in Hampden and downtown after the restaurant opens, and Norton said she’s also pursuing a food truck. The brick-and-mortar space will provide a commissary kitchen to support the mobile stands, as well as a permanent destination for customers who might avoid outdoor markets during unfavorable weather.

Guests will order from a counter, and the dining room will seat about 30 guests. A full-service raw bar will have seating for five.

The restaurant will serve Urban Oyster staples, including oyster tacos and char-grilled oysters topped with cheeses and sauces. And the eatery will add new items refined through a series of pop-ups at R. House, like sandwiches, crab cakes and coddies. The restaurant will also offer non-seafood items, such as short-rib grilled cheese sandwiches and homemade burgers.

“The whole point of why we’ve done so many pop-ups at R. House was first to get an understanding of how a restaurant runs,” Norton said. “We’ve been doing a lot of experimenting.”

The Urban Oyster will host its sixth and final R. House pop-up Dec. 24-Jan. 13, before its permanent location debuts in January or February.

The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Openings

Fadensonnen, a beer garden from WC Harlan and Clavel co-owners Lane Harlan and Matthew Pierce, was set to open Friday in the Old Goucher neighborhood.

The biergarten, which will feature a 148-seat open-air courtyard and 35-seat upstairs bar, will be part of Socle, three small businesses and an artist residency headquartered in an old carriage house at 2223 Maryland Ave. Named after a 1968 work from Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, Fadensonnen will offer a natural wine/sake bar and bottles shop, in addition to beer.

Fadensonnen’s hours are 4 p.m.-midnight Tuesdays through Fridays, and noon-midnight Saturdays and Sundays.

C&R Pub, formerly of Federal Hill, opened Wednesday in Towson Commons at 1 Pennsylvania Ave. The acronym originally stood for “Cowboys and Rednecks.”

C&R Pub will feature live music and “American fare with a bit of a Southern vibe to it,” manager Phil Voneiff said. Menu items include rotisserie chicken and a “rattlesnake burger” with jalapeño bacon and crab dip. But the star of the show, Voneiff said, will be the “gator bites.”

The pub will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Voneiff said he has plans to launch a brunch menu after the holidays.

Of note

Timonium-based Michele’s Granola has landed a national distribution deal with Whole Foods, which will sell its handmade granola at more than 350 stores across 28 states, according to a recent news release.

This will mark the first time that the granola company, which has partnered with Whole Foods for more than a decade within the Mid-Atlantic region, has distributed on the West Coast.

The also plans to hire more employees to join its 40-person staff, which makes, bakes, packages and distributes the granola by hand.

David Thomas, the executive chef and owner of Ida B’s Table, was to appear Tuesday on a Thanksgiving-themed episode of “Chopped,” the Food Network cooking competition that pits chefs against one another.

The episode features host Chef Ted Allen and judges including Martha Stewart, who Thomas said “was very good to me. She had some positive things to say to me. She said I taught her something. That was really surprising.”

Ida B’s Table, the soul food-inspired restaurant that Thomas runs with his wife, Tonya, has been opened since fall 2017 in downtown Baltimore.

Baltimore Sun Media Group reporter Libby Solomon and Baltimore Sun reporters Brittany Britto, Chris Kaltenbach and John-John Williams IV contributed to this article.