Restaurateurs Jeff van Dyke and Bruce Moffett, alongside Van Dyke’s son Connor, are teaming up to bring a new seafood restaurant called Half Shell to the Charlotte community. The restaurant will join residential tower Linea in South End.
The spot is expected to open in a 3,221-square-foot space with a 1,000-square-foot patio by the end of 2025, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.
Van Dyke and Moffett have extensive experience in the local restaurant scene. Van Dyke is part of the team behind Brixx Wood Fired Pizza, which launched in Charlotte in 1998, and is the owner of Boardwalk Billy’s Raw Bar and Ribs, which also opened in 1998 and now has two locations in Charlotte.
Moffett is the owner of Moffett Restaurant Group, which has multiple concepts in its portfolio, including Barrington’s, a New American restaurant that opened in South Park in 2000, and longstanding Italian concept Stagioni.
At Half Shell, customers can expect a raw bar with offerings like oysters and ceviche, and menu items such as lobster rolls, tuna burgers and oyster po’boys, according to reporting by the Business Journal.
Van Dyke also offers a raw bar at Boardwalk Billy’s Raw Bar and Ribs that serves oysters, shrimp, crab legs and steampots.
What Now Charlotte reached out to the ownership but could not obtain a comment prior to the time of publication.
