CLAYSVILLE – Don't tell them I told you this, but I think the folks at Sacred Heart Church of Immaculate Conception in Claysville aren't charging enough for their fish sandwich. At just $5.25 for a fish sandwich with fries and coleslaw, they're practically giving it away.

The fish fry at Centerville American Legion is no frills. You get a beer-battered fish sandwich with your choice of deep-fried vice: fresh-cut fries, onion rings or mozzarella sticks.

What’s better than getting a big fish-fry sandwich during Lent? How about one that comes as a combo with fries and coleslaw for one easy, affordable price? Give me the ability to pay with a credit card, too, and you’ve hooked me as a regular.

At St. Patrick Parish’s fish fry, you get both quality service and variety. The Canonsburg church on West Pike Street is packed during Lent, but there was hardly a wait time thanks to the number of helping hands. Even the kids get involved by selling raffle tickets for Penguins memorabilia a…

If you’ve been anywhere near Southpointe or Cecil in the past couple of weeks, you’ve noticed the signs for St. Mary’s fish fry, and it would do you good to follow them. Tucked away behind a picturesque tree line in the middle of Cecil, St. Mary’s is definitely worth the drive.

Some fish sandwiches claim to be a “whale of a cod,” but the fish sandwich at Bioni-Yeckel VFW Post 8308 in Lawrence might take the title this year.

VFW Post 764 in McMurray is usually open only to members, but those who’d like to sample its superb cuisine have an unrivaled opportunity on Fridays during Lent.

The hand-breaded haddock didn’t flounder on any count Ash Wednesday at St. Hilary Catholic Church in Washington.

For years now, I have made a Lenten pilgrimage to St. Ann Church on East High Street in Waynesburg, not to seek absolution but to savor the flaky and lightly battered Alaskan pollock fillet of fish sandwich.

I had heard Muse Italian Club’s fish sandwich is “the best,” and although it’s still early in the Lenten season, I won’t dispute the claim.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Holy Trinity fish fry, and two decades of perfecting its fish fry shows. Nearly everything is handmade, from the hand-shredded potato pancakes cooked in small batches to the generously stuffed pierogies.