St. Mary’s Fish Fry, just around the corner!

Fr. Bosco and Bill Kwolek preparing food in the kitchen during the 2018 Fish Fry. Photo courtesy of Betty Cummings.

Volunteers frying fish for a previous year’s Fish Fry! Photo courtesy of Betty Cummings.

submitted by Ray Berg

St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Manchester will once again provide its Lenten Fish Fry dinners for six Friday evenings, beginning Friday, February 24, and running through March 31, from 3:30 to 7pm. Similar to last year, the dinners will be available only via a drive-thru, take-out line at the St. Mary’s Parish Center, 108 Madison St at Clinton, one block north of downtown Manchester. We’ve got a system and workers set up to move the line along as quickly as possible; the volunteers have experience from last year’s events to help you get your boxed dinners warm and ready to go!

The boxed dinners will consist of beer-battered, deep-fried (not baked) cod, French fries, dinner roll with butter, tartar sauce, coleslaw, and a homemade cookie. No substitutions can be made, and the price this year is $15 per dinner. Cash or check only, please (sorry, we are unable to process credit/debit card payments at this time). 

Please travel west on Main Street, turn right at Macomb Street (north), and then turn right again (east) on Madison Street. You will pay in the back of the building, leave by the west driveway, and pick up your dinners at the front of the Parish Center, just before exiting the driveway.

Our Fish Fry event in 2022 was very successful both in terms of number of meals served and as a fundraiser for church activities. St. Mary’s Fish Fry dinners have been voted the best in the area! 

Please come join us and enjoy this delicious meal.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.