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Fish Fry in Buffalo
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Top 4 Fish Fry in Buffalo
Friday-night beer-battered haddock is a Buffalo Lenten tradition — the shortlist from Buffalo Spree's Best of WNY readers polls and its 2025 fish fry guide.
- #1
Wiechec's Lounge
Kaisertown
“Buffalo Spree's 2024 and 2025 Fish Fry co-winner and the magazine's go-to answer when tourists ask where to go — a 60-plus-year Kaisertown institution serving huge beer-battered portions every Friday.”
- #2
Curry's
Kenmore
“Buffalo Spree's 2024 and 2025 Fish Fry co-winner — a Kenmore Avenue neighborhood pub Spree calls a comfort-food anchor that packs in crowds on Friday night.”
- #3
Gene McCarthy's Old First Ward Brewing Company
Old First Ward
“Featured in Buffalo Spree's 2025 Fish Fry List — the Old First Ward tavern/brewery whose Friday beer-battered fry is so popular they added a Wednesday service.”
- #4
Hoak's Lakeshore Restaurant
Hamburg
“Featured in Buffalo Spree's 2025 Fish Fry List — a lakefront third-generation family restaurant on the Hamburg shore that has been serving its famous fish fry seven days a week since 1949.”