| Beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing from | | | | Pennsylvania. |
| the following Friday every Friday until Easter you | | | | Fish fries in Pittsburgh aren't limited to Catholic |
| can find great fresh fish and other seafood at fish | | | | churches. Many other churches offer fish dinners |
| fries held in Catholic churches, fire halls and | | | | this time of year, as do some volunteer fire |
| community buildings all over the greater Pittsburgh | | | | departments, area restaurants and community |
| area. Fried fish sandwiches are the primary | | | | organizations. In Scott Township, for example, the |
| mainstay of these popular Lenten fish fries, but | | | | Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Department hosts a |
| you'll also generally find other seafood and | | | | Good Friday Fish Fry for eat in, take out or |
| non-meat items such as pierogies, shrimp, clam | | | | delivery. Javor Hall, located at the corner of East |
| chowder, crab cakes, haluski, coleslaw and | | | | and Foreland Streets on the Pittsburgh North Side, |
| macaroni and cheese. Try a different fish fry | | | | will be selling fish and shrimp dinners every Friday |
| each Friday! | | | | during Lent. |
| The best place to start when searching for a new | | | | If you don't want to limit yourself to Fridays, then |
| fish fry to try is the annual Parish Fish Fry Guide | | | | Pittsburgh restaurants with a good fish sandwich |
| published in the Pittsburgh Catholic. This popular | | | | include the Original Oyster House in Market Square |
| guide provides details on Lenten fish fries hosted | | | | downtown, Benkovitz Seafood and Wholey's in |
| by nearly 100 parishes in Allegheny and | | | | the Strip District, and McGinnis Sisters locations in |
| surrounding counties of Southwestern | | | | Monroeville and the South Hills. |
