New Orleans, LAFish Fry

Williby's Catfish is a Gentilly takeout shop and market with its own indoor catfish pond, where the fish are netted, cleaned in plain view and in the kitchen minutes later. The coating is a house blend of cornmeal and corn flour with Creole seasoning, crunchy and a little nutty, over clean, slightly sweet meat. Order the whole fried catfish, fins and all. On Fridays in Lent the shop adds a crawfish bisque, and customers line up before it opens.

St. Cletus Parish holds its Lenten fish fry at the St. Cletus Knights of Columbus hall in Gretna, opening with an Ash Wednesday dinner and then serving on the Fridays of Lent except Good Friday. The dinners run to oysters, shrimp and fish, and po-boys are on the menu too. Order a fish dinner or a po-boy.

Visitation of Our Lady in Marrero runs its fish fry through Lent, with an Ash Wednesday dinner and dinners on every Friday of the season, to eat in or take out. The menu covers seafood dinners and po-boys, children's plates, and sides such as French fries, potato salad and baked potatoes, with desserts to finish. Order a seafood dinner or a po-boy.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Kenner holds its Knights of Columbus fish fry every Friday in Lent except Good Friday, with drive-thru pickup at the church. The meal is fried fish with potatoes, corn and the other sides posted for the night. Order the fried fish dinner.

St. Peter Claver Church in Treme hosts a Lenten fish fry run by the Knights of Peter Claver, selling fried fish dinners for pickup in the church parking lot on the Fridays of Lent before Good Friday. Each dinner comes with potato salad, macaroni and cheese and green beans. Order the fried fish dinner.