St Louis has such a large Catholic population that people of all faiths (or no faith) look forward to fish fry season, but not all of you will have the parish map in your head like a Catholic-raised South St Louisan. You think the high school question is bad? Catholics ask what parish you live in.
St Stephen Protomartyr, 2009, courtesy Rob Hoffmann
So tonight I fill this void for you! I give you all the online menus I could find! So that I get to bed before midnight tonight, I am limiting my search to the area codes 314 and 636. If you have more to add to the list (618 represent!) please leave them in the comments and I will add them to the list. YOU MUST HAVE AN ONLINE MENU. You are free to leave details of a fish fry in the comments, but it's not going on the big list without an online menu.
Assumption of Mattese * 4725 Mattis Rd * 63128 - menu is on the second to last page of the bulletin
Cathedral Basilica * at Boland Hall (I think this is the glass front building next door)
Holy Infant * 627 Denizen * 63021 - menu on page 7 of the bulletin
Holy Redeemer * 17 Joy Ave * 63119 - link on page is to a word document menu
Holy Spirit * 3130 Parkwood Lane * 63043
Holy Trinity * 3500 St Luke Lane * 63074 - menu on page 5 of the bulletin
Immaculate Conception Maplewood * 2934 Marshall * 63143
Immaculate Heart of Mary * 4070 Blow * 63116
Incarnate Word * 13416 Olive * 63017 - link to pdf menu is on right-hand sidebar
Mary, Mother of the Church * 5901 Kerth Rd * 63128
Our Lady of the Presentation * 8860 Tudor * 63114
Our Lady of Providence * 8874 Pardee * 63123
Queen of All Saints * 6603 Christopher Drive * 63129
Sacred Heart Florissant * 751 North Jefferson * 63031
St Alphonsus Rock * 1118 N Grand * 63108
St Anthony of Padua * 3140 Meramec * 63118 - menu on page 6 of the bulletin
St Catherine Laboure * 9740 Sappington * 63128
St Cecilia * 906 Eichelberger * 63111
St Cletus * 2705 Zumbehl Rd * 63301
St David * 2334 Tenbrook * HIGH FIVE, St David, for the Success Kid meme in the bulletin. Menu on page 6.
St Ferdinand * 1765 Charbonier Road * 63031 - YEAR ROUND FISH FRY!
St Francis of Assisi * 4556 Telegraph Rd * 63129
St James the Greater * 6401Wade * 63139
St Joan of Arc * 5821 Pernod * 63139
St Matthias the Apostle * 796 Buckley Rd * 63125 - menu on page 7 of the bulletin
Keep 'em coming, people! I only have so many hours of the week to devote to pouring over church bulletins and Lent is only 40 days. :)
I know exactly what you mean about the websites.
ReplyDeleteSt. Ferdinand in Florissant has a menu on their page and I can confirm the prices are up-to-date. http://www.stferdinandstl.org/parish/organizations/administration/fish-fry
This was always my personal favorite when I lived in Florissant!
DeleteWow that is awesome how you compiled 'em all together...someone really needs to make a proper website that includes all possible menus, links to websites (where applicable), and other information about all possible Fish Frys. We are going to Immacolata on Clayton tonight and to Holy Redeemer in Webster Groves on Friday.
ReplyDeleteI have tried, for the past coupla years, to talk our Fish Fry maven-in-chief (generally I act as her second-in-command) into an east-side Fish Fry!
omg when did Blogger add this new feature where you can reply to a comment? awesome! Yeah, I am definitely going to consider a real website with a map in the future if this gets a lot of traffic in the fish fry season. I could not BELIEVE how hard it was to find this stuff. I must have read 200 church bulletins last night to come up with 16 online menus (so far).
DeleteCheck out the KTVI Fish Fry Finder for more choices: http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-fish-fry-finder-html-page,0,4216271.htmlpage
ReplyDeleteEXCELLENT! thank you!
DeleteLOL at a Fish Fry Finder. God bless the STL! Nom Nom Nom. I miss having a Fish Fry I knew of in every zip code. Churches, VFW or Legion halls...always super tasty!
DeleteSt. Celeste's Mexican fish fry is not to be missed.
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of St Celeste, although St Cecilia's Mexican fish fry is very popular. I also found out St Agatha's Polish Roman Catholic Church has a fish fry, but no menu online.
DeleteSt. Cecilia's Fish Fry is popular, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out why. We waited 2 hour in line before getting our food, which was soggy fish and Mexican sides. The sides were OK, but really not worth the wait we had to endure. Especially with the fish being under par.
Deletesomebody had to say it. I lived in the neighborhood of St Cecilia's for years and never bothered. I love a fish fry, but not 2 hour wait kind of love.
DeleteSt. Michael the Archangel in Shrewsbury has a Fish-fry Tonight, Ash Wednesday, Only.
ReplyDeleteSt. Gabriel in St Louis Hills has a Fish-fry every Friday that is one of the better ones in the area.
Oh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I may not be Catholic anymore, but I'm always looking for a fish fry this time of year!
ReplyDeleteSt. Matthias on Budkley Road in South County always has a good fish fry!
ReplyDeleteSunday Bulletin
this is the sunday bulletin and it has the pricing on the 7th page. I'll be cooking in the fry line each night there is a fish fry!
thank you! it will be a couple days before I can get back to combing the parish list, but for those that post links, I'll be able to get them up much more quickly.
DeleteThese links are awesome! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm headed to St. Stephen Protomartyr tonight, and also looking forward to hitting St. Agatha in Soulatd, St. Pius on Grand and St. Cecilia's Mexican fish fry again this year!
ah, you know all the most highly rated fish frys! :)
DeleteI grew up in St. Stephen's Parish. I don't recall it being good then, but that was 15 years ago. How was it this year?
Deletehttp://www.stjoanofarcstl.com/Church/FishFry/SJA%20FF%20dates.pdf
ReplyDeleteMy personal favorite.
Quail Club in Millstadt IL has amaazing fish at great prices!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.quailclub.com/xhtml/fishfryinfo.html
The "No Meat For You! - A St. Louis Fish Fry Blog" has reviews of local fish fries: http://nomeatforyou.blogspot.com/ They also have a Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteKSDK has a list too: http://www.ksdk.com/life/community/events/fish_fry/
If anyone can provide a link to St. Celeste's Mexican fish fry, that would be great. I couldn't find them online. I found a St. Celestine's in Illinois, but wasn't sure if it was the correct parish.
I'm pretty sure they meant St Cecilia - people have a hard time with that name. I've also seen it referred to as "St Felecias". Also mentioned below is Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ferguson, which also does "Mexican" fish fry & has a salsa bar.
DeleteHah, we have developed a list of favorites and a list of never-agains. Saint Agatha's quickly made it onto the former list after last year (they even have a few selections of Polish beer available), and Saint Ferdinand's is chief among the latter (long lines, confusing by-weight pricing, "cajun" fish that's nothing more than fish with black pepper on it, condiments that aren't free, rude workers that wanted to call the police just because I was taking pictures - have they got something to hide? I figured a year-round fry would have smoothed some of these things out). We went to Saint Cecilia's the first year they did a fry (and the kitchen almost burnt down) and liked it enough to try it again the following year (typically we do half and half previously-visited and new frys), at which time it SUCKED for the exact reasons mentioned above (the line was hours long and not even remotely worth the wait)! Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ferguson has a decent Mexi-fry with a salsa bar and everything. It's one of the cheapest frys, period, too (especially if you stick to the fish tacos) and occasionally features some Mexican dancing lessons.
ReplyDeleteOur Lady of Guadalupe is Francis's mom's parish. I'm hoping to check that one out this season. Good to know about St Agatha, too! I never even knew there was ANOTHER Polish church until I started this list (saw their fish fry mention on their website, but no menu to speak of).
DeleteI STILL need to figure out which fry to hit tomorrow night for trivia grub. I think I'll probably go to St Stephen since they have the mac & cheese bites.
O.L.P. Fish Fry 8874 Pardee Rd. Crestwood,MO 63123
ReplyDeleteFriday, February 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Closed Good Friday
Hours are 4pm to 7pm
Choices; Cod, Baked Cod, Shrimp, Catfish, Jack Salmon or Frog Legs(Mix or Match)
Cheese Pizza for the Kids. (7 side dishes to choose from)
Dessert is included with your meal.
Kids under 4 eat free!
Come join us this Lenten Season for some great food!