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Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry

1. Chief O'Neill's Pub & Restaurant

8.6
3471 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL
Pub · Northwest Side · 45 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Chef Alan Lake includes classics at this Emerald Isle pub, like Harp lager–battered North Atlantic cod served with steak fries, available nightly for $14 and for $10 during Friday lunch through March. Read more.

Club 81 Too is one of Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry.

2. Club 81 Too

8.2
13157 S Avenue M, Chicago, IL
American Restaurant · Hegewisch · 7 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: This place is packed with locals on Fridays for the house specialty of walleye pike. Besides the crispy fish, you’ll get pickled beets, cottage cheese, fries, slaw and raw green onion for $13.95. Read more.

Frontier is one of Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry.

3. Frontier

8.0
1072 N Milwaukee Ave (at W. Thomas St.), Chicago, IL
Beer Garden · Noble Square · 79 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Chef Brian Jupiter’s rustic cooking sets this woodsy sports bar apart from the pack. Through Lent, Jupiter’s offering a $10 Friday fish fry for dinner only, which comes with hand-cut fries. Read more.

L. Woods Tap And Pine Lodge is one of Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry.

4. L. Woods Tap And Pine Lodge

8.9
7110 N Lincoln Ave (at Touhy Ave), Lincolnwood, IL
American Restaurant · 75 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: “Wisconsin Fridays” feature $5 Old Fashioneds, $2 Schlitz drafts and two types of fish fry at lunch and dinner: Schlitz beer–battered fried haddock ($18) and fried lake perch ($23). Read more.

Macs American Food and Drink is one of Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry.

5. Macs American Food and Drink

6.2
1801 W Division St, Chicago, IL
Bar · East Ukrainian Village · 25 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Marigold and Lokal veteran Monica Riley is the new chef here, and is frying up beer-battered cod with hand-cut fries, malt vinegar and a petit salad Fridays through Apr 6 for dinner only ($9). Read more.

Markethouse Restaurant is one of Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry.

6. Markethouse Restaurant

7.8
611 N Fairbanks Ct (btwn Ohio St. & Ontario St.), Chicago, IL
American Restaurant · Streeterville · 46 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: How much fried fish can one person eat? Find out at the All-You-Can-Eat Atlantic Pollack Fish Fry ($20), Fridays through Apr 6, when the kitchen prepares an unseemly amount of Bell’s Ale–battered fish Read more.

Pleasant House Bakery is one of Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry.

7. Pleasant House Bakery

964 W 31st St, Chicago, IL
Bakery · Bridgeport · 61 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Fridays at this Bridgeport savory-pie shop are for beer-battered, fried fish served with triple-fried “chips” and housemade preserved-lemon tartar sauce ($12). Read more.

The Beer Bistro North is one of Eight great places for a Lenten fish fry.

8. The Beer Bistro North

1415 W Fullerton Ave (btwn Southport Ave & Janssen Ave), Chicago, IL
Bar · North Side · 61 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Two pairings fulfill your Friday-night fish cravings (through Apr 6): fried (beer-battered white fish served with a Pale Ale for $11) or seared (Wisconsin trout and Yukon potato with a Daisy Cutter). Read more.