Who Has the Best Fish Fry in the Pittsburgh Area?
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Shout out and a thank you BigBird. I stopped at E-town in Etna and had a fish sandwich and it was excellent. I will definitely stop there again.
St Agnes in North Huntingdon is the best of the best... hands down. Everyone else is a pretender.
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I stopped at ETown today. My god the fish sammich was big, nice cooked a bit bland (hello Frank's red hot) but very good. Clean tasting both fish and not greasy tasting. Also, their fries....were actually crispy. Which is a very good thing.
We’re in Chalfont PA this weekend (north of Philly) visiting our son. We asked the bartender at a restaurant (born and raised here) if there are any fish fry’s. After a pause, he said “Fish fry?”. LOL
The fish is great, nice and flaky.
I've had soggy fries there as well. They're hit or miss. The fish is a hit every time. I never get the 2nd bun. 1 sandwich and 1 just the fish.
LOL...if only there was a way to search the internet for lenten fish fries...I wonder.
Here are some near Harrisburg.
https://www.pennlive.com/food/2019/03/fish-dinner-guide-2019-where-to-reel-in-a-lenten-meal.html
Doridos is great. So is alexions in greentree. Tough call between the two. I may have to make a trip to doridos. It’s been a while.
I’m going to check this out. I have to.
Alexions and doridos is the best I’ve had locally. But flakey fish, huge portions and a good sub roll are my criteria. (Although Alexions has all of that on fresh Italian bread instead). Your list is appreciated. It’s saturday but so what. I may start to check them out today. Etna is easy to get to.
The Oyster House isn't what it used to be. Years ago, I used to go at lunch to get the Big Fish sandwich and I had one not that long ago and it was disappointing.
This Friday, most of the churches will be closed for lunch on Good Friday. So, if you are in the east suburbs, and don't mind narrow streets, the North Braddock Volunteer Fire Hall has amazing fish and halushki to take out. Tasty and big, and all the atmosphere of original Pittsburgh you could want.
I was at St. Patrick's Church in Canonsburg last night. I'm not gonna say that it's the best, since there are so many good ones, but I can say that they're very, very good. They offer a seafood platter which was very filling. Sometimes when fried fish is prepared by amateurs, it can be greasy - but theirs wasn't greasy at all. They had halushki and pieroghi, too.....
That's way too much carbs! But again, thanks for the suggestion. Enjoyed it a lot and told my brother and sister in law to check it out.
Good to know. Thanks for the info. I could get two meals out of that. That's a lot of fish.
My buddy bring his gf and they just get 1 and an extra side. They both eat for like $10!
I heard the Oyster house isn’t what it used to be. They’ve gone down in portion size.
This thread inspired me to knock another place off the list today. I decided to try Big Jim’s down in Panther Hollow in greenfield. It was ok. Nothing great. It was two approx 8 inch pieces of fish stacked on top of each other. It wasn’t the thickest flakiest filets but it was not bad either. The kicker though was it was on one of those soft D’taliano buns that you buy in an 8 pack in the grocery store. That’s a deal breaker.
The Cole slaw was awesome though.
This thread inspired me to knock another place off the list today. I decided to try Big Jim’s down in Panther Hollow in greenfield. It was ok. Nothing great. It was two approx 8 inch pieces of fish stacked on top of each other. It wasn’t the thickest flakiest filets but it was not bad either. The kicker though was it was on one of those soft D’taliano buns that you buy in an 8 pack in the grocery store. That’s a deal breaker.
The Cole slaw was awesome though.
The Last Call in Canonsburg used to have really good ones. I went out of my way last week to get one there and it was completely different. I won’t go back. They used to be big and meaty on a great hoagie bun. But they are no longer meaty and the breading seemed like it was Italian seasoned bread crumbs.
Except we weren't interested in going to one.
Just sharing that around here at least it appears there aren't any.
Isn't it comforting to know that if you did want one, it's only a two hour drive to Harrisburg to find one?Except we weren't interested in going to one.
My God!! I used to go there 50+ years ago. They'd get perch from Erie in on Thursday nite, fry it up until gone Friday evening. I recall seeing 30 people lined up on the porch in zero degree weather. The original owner started it with GI bill funds. I think he ended up in a restaurant in Boca Raton.
I owned a nice old home in the village there from 72-74. We'll give it a shot this Lent.
It’s all about sacrifice.
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It is not that I am religious, I am not. Just a great opportunity to reestablish some "discipline" to my dietary and caloric intakes.
_________________________________________It is not that I am religious, I am not. Just a great opportunity to reestablish some "discipline" to my dietary and caloric intakes.
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Same reason people have Apple Pie with a big double scoop of Ice Cream and put Sweet N' Lo in their coffee.
Discipline. You have to draw the line somewhere?
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