New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
Fish fry Fridays: 8 community fish suppers offered in CT for Lent
Lent is a precursor to Easter in Christianity. It begins on Ash Wednesday and runs six and a half weeks until Easter Sunday. It’s a time for fasting, and typically Catholics give up eating meat on Fridays during Lent in observation of the sacrifice Jesus went through during the crucifixion in the New Testament. Enter the Friday fish fry. Many churches and community organizations have taken to hosting fish fries on Fridays during Lent. Parishioners and their guests can come together and eat fish instead of meat.
Here’s a list of a few community fish fries happening in Connecticut during Lent.
Our Lady of the Assumption Church — Fairfield
This Fairfield church will hold Lenten fish fry dinners, on March 25 and April 8. No walk-ins are allowed. Attendees must order online by noon on Thursday. Food options include a two-piece fish dinner with cole slaw and fries, a family-sized 8-piece dinner with coleslaw and fries, side orders of macaroni and cheese, New England clam chowder and fries. Visit olaffld.org to register for time slots.
Saint Mary Church — Greenwich
Saint Mary Church will offer a Lenten fish fry dinner at 6 p.m. March 25, at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 37 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Proceeds from the dinner will go to “the
Knights 4th Degree soup kitchen team.” Cost is $15 per person. Children under 10 are free.
20th annual Lenten Fish Dinners — Shelton
The First United Methodist Church of Shelton is hosting
its Lenten Fish Dinners 5-6:15 p.m. Fridays through April 8 at 188 Rocky Rest Road, Shelton. Cost is $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and $8 for children 12 and under. Menu options include fried cod, baked cod, choice of potatoes, cole slaw and dessert. Takeout is by preorder only and must be ordered by Thursday at 5 p.m. Visit the church Facebook page for ordering information.
Saint Rose of Lima, Knights of Columbus — Newtown
Saint Rose of Lima will serve its Lenten fish fry dinners 5-8 p.m. Fridays through April 15 at St. Rose of Lima School, 40 Church Hill Road, Newtown. Dinners are available via online or curbside ordering only. Menu includes options such as baked fish, fried fish, French fries, eggplant rollatini, coleslaw and clam chowder. Cost is $10 for adults and $6 for children. Visit kofc185.org/fish-fry to preorder.
B.F. Hoxie Engine Co. at the Mystic Fire Department — Mystic
Cost is $5 for children, $10 for adults. Takeout is
available. Fish fry runs 5-8 p.m. every Friday through April 15 at 34 Broadway
Ave., Mystic.
St. Edmund’s Enders Island — Mystic
The cost of this Lenten dinner is $20 and includes fried or grilled fish and chips, coleslaw, a drink and clam chowder. Mac and cheese is available for $5. All online pre-orders receive a ticket for a free dessert. Fish fry includes seatings at 5 and 6:30 p.m. every Friday through April 15 at 99 Yacht Club Road, Mystic.
Portuguese Holy Ghost Society — Stonington
This Stonington Lenten dinner menu includes fish and chips, scallop dinner, shrimp dinner, combo fish and scallop dinner, combo fish and shrimp dinner and clam chowder. Prices range $12-23. Senior discounts are available. Dinner runs 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. every Friday through April 15 at 26 Main Street, Stonington.
Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock — New London
Lenten fish fry meals take place every Friday at Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock in New London. The restaurant will donate a portion of its proceeds to the following organizations: Waterford Youth and Family Services on March 25, Whalers Helping Whalers on April 1, The Cactus Jack Foundation on April 8 and St, Joseph’s School on April 15. Dinners will take place 7-11 p.m. every Friday through April 15 at 80 Hamilton St., New London.