Columbus, Ohio map and list
Get your malt vinegar, tartar sauce and lemon slices ready: It’s almost fish fry season.
With Lent beginning Wednesday, area churches, religious organizations and restaurants are primed to start battering up fish and frying them in sizzling hot oil to honor the longstanding tradition.
During Lent — the 40-day Christian season of repentance prior to Easter — observers abstain from meat on Fridays, and fish has long been a popular alternative. That’s why long lines typically accompany these events.
Plus, even non-observers have been known to partake in the deliciousness of a Lenten church fish fry, complete with a menu that generally includes sides of coleslaw, hush puppies and more.
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What better way to kick off the weekend than checking out one of these fish fries held throughout central Ohio?
North/Northwest Side of Columbus
• OUR LADY OF VICTORY CHURCH: 1559 Roxbury Road; 4:30-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. ANDREW CHURCH: 1899 McCoy Road, Upper Arlington; 4:30-6:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 1
• ST. JOAN OF ARC CHURCH: 10700 Liberty Road, Powell; 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. BRENDAN CHURCH: 4475 Dublin Road, Hilliard (in school); 4:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 11, 25 and April 8
• ST. CHRISTOPHER CHURCH: 1420 Grandview Ave., Grandview Heights; Lenten pasta dinners 5-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA: 1600 N. Hague Ave., Columbus; 4:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH: 414 E. North Broadway, Columbus (Marian Hall); 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. MICHAEL CHURCH: 5750 N. High St., Worthington; 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION: 6300 E. Dublin-Granville Road, New Albany; 4:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8; lunch, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• ST. ELIZABETH CHURCH: 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd., Columbus; 5-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. JOHN NEUMANN CHURCH: 9633 E. Route 37, Sunbury (Social Hall); 4-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. PAUL CHURCH: 313 N. State St., Westerville; 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
Downtown/South Side of Columbus
• ST. PATRICK CHURCH: 280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus (Patrick Hall); 5-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. DOMINIC CHURCH: 453 N. 20th St., Columbus; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (carryout only) Saturday, March 26
East Side of Columbus
• OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL CHURCH: 5225 Refugee Road, Columbus; 6 p.m. Fridays, March 4, 11 and 25
• KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: 4217 E. Main St., Whitehall; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON PARISH: 600 Hill Road N., Pickerington (Activity Center); 4:30-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. CATHARINE CHURCH: 500 S. Gould Road, Columbus; 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 (drive-thru only), and March 11 to April 8
• ST. MATTHEW CHURCH: 807 Havens Corners Road, Gahanna; 4:30-7:30 p.m. (drive-thru and carryout only) Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. PIUS X CHURCH: 1051 S. Waggoner Road, Reynoldsburg (Parish Center); 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 and 18 and April 1
West Side/Far West Side and beyond Columbus
• ST. MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH: 473 S. Roys Ave., Columbus; 5-7 p.m. Fridays March 4 to April 8
• OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CHURCH: 3752 Broadway, Grove City (School Cafeteria); 5-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• STS. SIMON AND JUDE CHURCH: 9350 High Free Pike, West Jefferson; Knights of Columbus Lenten pasta dinners; 4:30-7 p.m. Fridays, March 25, April 8 and 8
• ST. CECILIA CHURCH: 434 Norton Road, Columbus; 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. STEPHEN THE MARTYR CHURCH: 4131 Clime Road, Columbus (West Entrance); Fridays, 5-7 p.m. March 4 to April 8
Outside Columbus
• ST. JOSEPH CHURCH: 670 W. Main St., Plain City; 5:30-8 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• ST. MARY CHURCH: 66 E. William St., Delaware (Commons); 5-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 1
• ST. PATRICK CHURCH: 226 Elm St., London (School); 4:30-7 p.m. Fridays, March 11, 25 and April 8
• ST. MARY CHURCH: Knights of Columbus Hall, 1232 E. Center St., Marion; 5-7:30 p.m. Fridays, through April 8
• CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION: 555 S. Main St., Johnstown; 4:30-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
• NEWARK CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: 1 Green Wave Drive, Newark; dates and times TBA
• ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR: 785 Newark Road, Granville; times TBA (drive-thru only) Fridays, March 11-25
• ST. LEONARD CHURCH: 57 Dorsey Mill Road., Heath; 5-7 p.m. Fridays, March 4 to April 8
Source: The Catholic Times
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