An opening date has been set for chef Tim McKee’s new food hall across from the St. Paul Farmers’ Market in Lowertown, and another top name has joined the tenant list.

Roll-out day for Market House Collaborative has been set for Oct. 10. The spot will house several operations under one roof in the former Heartland space, which closed at the end of last year.

McKee recently announced the addition of the Salty Tart, which will be the first St. Paul outpost for James Beard-nominated pastry chef Michelle Gayer’s bakery.

This one will serve cakes, pastries, bread and other baked goods — as do Gayer’s other locations in Minneapolis and at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport — but Gayer also will delve into the coffee shop/cafe business at the St. Paul spot.

Breakfast and lunch menus will be available, as well as grab-and-go items, McKee said.

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So far, Market House will feature four concepts: a seafood market, a meat and butcher shop, a casual restaurant and a bakery/coffee shop/cafe. There is unused space in the lower level of the building, so there’s the possibility to grow even more.

The restaurant will be called Octo Fishbar, a reference to this being McKee’s eighth restaurant. The James Beard-winning chef’s resume includes La Belle Vie, Sea Change, Libertine and Solera. Shane Oporto will be the executive chef for Octo Fishbar. Look for a menu that plays off meats, seafood and baked goods from area markets. “I really want to make this an extension of the St. Paul Farmers’ Market as much as possible,” McKee said. Look for dishes such as shishito peppers with dried bonito flakes, smoked swordfish banh mi, seafood pozole, daily whole fish specials and chops.

As for the space, the 90-seat Octo Fishbar is where Heartland’s bar area once was. The bar and open kitchen remain, and the space will be tweaked to include table and banquette areas. A raw bar will be part of the mix for “building seafood towers, making crudo or shucking oysters,” McKee said.

Where Heartland’s dining room once was, the seafood and meat markets will be housed. Almanac Fish market will feature a lobster tank with live lobsters available. When in season, look for Dungeness crab, too. The fish market also will feature all things needed to make a seafood dinner — varieties of seafood, dried pasta, saffron, anchovies, condiments, hot sauce and more.

Peterson Craftsman Meats will offer Limousin beef and hogs from the fourth-generation Peterson farm in Osceola, Wis. In addition to meats from the farm, Peterson Craftsman Meats has partnered with neighboring farms to sell local lamb, chicken and eggs.