Charlie Ponciroli's Beans a Favorite at St. Mary Madalen's Fish Fry: WATCH

Ponciroli's pesto sauce makes the whole school smell good when he's cooking for the fish fry.

The St. Mary Magdalen Church fish fry in Brentwood, A.K.A. the God's Cod recently won the Fish Fry Friday 2013 poll. Patch blogger Aimee Granneman recommends the Magalen fry as a cure for cabin fever, and The Fish Friday Review gave it a 5 out of 5. Charlie Ponciroli's green beans with his pesto sauce is a favorite side with the cod, shrimp or salmon. Watch to see what goes into these amazing beans. By the way, this Friday is your last chance of this year to try this great fish fry. More fish fry news in Patch:  

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Use Our Map, Find a Fish Fry for Lent Around St. Louis

Groups from around the St. Louis area have submitted information about their fish frys. Use this map to find one near you. It's not too late to add another fish fry to the map.

St. Mary Magdalen 'God's Cod': "Top Tier Fish Fry"

A website devoted to fish fries gives St. Mary Magdalen's fry thumbs up.

St. Mary Magdalen Church's God's Cod fish fry, is getting great press this year. Two fish fry fans are going to two a week this Lenten season and reviewing their experiences on their website, Fish Fryday Review. On March 1 they went to the Mary Magdalen fish fry and had nothing but good to say about it. Great people, Great food, and a well-thought out fish fry just about sums up my experience at St. Mary Magdalen’s Fish Fry in Brentwood. From the hand-breaded cod fish taco with ranch salsa, to the variety of delicious sides, topped with desserts to die for, they certainly take pride in hosting a top tier fish fry. The the full review on the Fish Fryday Review. A Patch blogger and Brentwood resident, Aimee Granneman, also reviewed the God's…

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Use Our Map, Find a Fish Fry for Lent Around St. Louis

Groups from around the St. Louis area have submitted information about their fish frys. Use this map to find one near you. It's not too late to add another fish fry to the map.

'Men of Cod' Review Immaculate Conception Fish Fry

Two fish fry fans are going to at least two a week and reviewing them on their website. They went to Immaculate Conception on Friday. St. Mary Magdalen is next Friday.

Nathan Barger and Aaron Terry, both 34, one day last Lenten season decided to go to a fish fry after work, and ended up at Immaculate Conception in Maplewood. “We liked it so much we decided to do it very week,” Barger said. Growing up, Barger went the fry every year at St. Simon the Apostle, in South County. Terry had never been to one. He said they were intrigued by the differences, and started a website, fishfryday.org, to post their reviews of each visit. They have a goal to hit two every Friday. Six are reviewed on the site so far this year. They had business cards made, calling themselves 'Men of Cod.' This is what Barger had to say about the dessert table at Immaculate Conception: The dessert table looked inviting, and the lovely …

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Use Our Map, Find a Fish Fry for Lent Around St. Louis

Groups from around the St. Louis area have submitted information about their fish frys. Use this map to find one near you. It's not too late to add another fish fry to the map.

St. Louis Fish Fry: Is Your Church Hosting One This Lent?

If your Catholic church or other group is operating one this year, here's how you can let us know.

We're eager to get the word out to our readers about where they can find fish frys this Lenten season. If your Catholic church or other group is operating one this year, please fill out this form with the details. We'll compile the list of frys that we get and make sure that information is available to our readers throughout the season. An Associated Press article published in USA Today called fish frys "a timeworn Catholic tradition that provides a safe haven from divides that have long roiled the U.S. church, a place where traditionalist Catholics, progressive Catholics and everyone in between can sit peacefully at the same plastic tablecloth." If you're looking at this on a mobile device, please come back and visit when you're at a …

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What Are You Giving Up for Lent?

Chocolate? Facebook? What are you giving up for this religious time?

If you've logged on to Patch lately, you might have noticed our interactive map of fish frys. It's our way to help anyone giving up meat for Lent find a place for a tasty meal and to support communities. But it got us thinking: What besides meat are you giving up for Lent? And how is it going? It's tough going without something you are used to. If you are sacrificing a favorite food or activity for this period of religious observance, tell us about it. We'd love to know. Submit your responses in the comments below, or email your local Patch editor.

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Kalen Ponche

11:54 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

I gave up French fries at the beginning of 2012. Still going strong!   more ›

Find Fish Frys in Your Patch

Just in time for Lent, use our map widget to get delicious fish in your Patch.

It's that time of the year! Want to know where you can find delicious fried fish? Find them here on our map! Or have you got a fish fry our users should know about? Email your Patch editor or our Social Media reporter Lindsay at Lindsay.Toler@Patch.com, and we will add them to our map.

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Doug Miner

12:02 pm on Friday, March 9, 2012

@Clay - Immaculate Conception's starts at 4:00. Hope that helps, 7240 Anna Ave   more ›

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Families Gather at Fish Frys on Friday

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