Where's the best Fish Fry?

[psheldonfamily]

Definately try the WALMORE INN located at the corner to Lockport and Walmore Roads in the Town of Niagara. I have been trying all different restaurants in the area every Friday for the last two years trying to find the best fish fry. I stopped looking when I found the Walmore Inn. They start serving at 5:00 pm and end at 9:00 pm. It is $7.95 per plate or $8.95 for "All You Can Eat"

Definately worth the trip!!!!!

[Vex]

I like Sorrentino's in East Aurora! It's fantastic!

[UpstaterInBklyn]

Maybe I don't get it.

What are the criteria on which one judges the quality of a fish fry, besides the size of the fish?

I've had plenty of different fish fry dinners and can't really taste the difference. My dad likes McPartlan's because the fish slab "hangs off both sides of the plate", so I guess it's a size thing for him. But really, is there some subtle nuance of flavor or texture that I'm missing?

It's just a deep-fried slab of a rather bland variety of fish (haddock), served with standard-issue french fries, so it seems pretty hard to screw it up.

My wife occasionally needs a fish fry fix here in NYC, so we go to a British restaurant and order haddock fish & chips. Again, it seems exactly the same to me, except that British "chips" are better than most French fries because they are never frozen and are blanched before they are fried. Also, traditional fish & chips is always battered, never breaded.

[coppersink63]

Originally Posted by UpstaterInBklyn

Maybe I don't get it.

What are the criteria on which one judges the quality of a fish fry, besides the size of the fish?

I've had plenty of different fish fry dinners and can't really taste the difference. My dad likes McPartlan's because the fish slab "hangs off both sides of the plate", so I guess it's a size thing for him. But really, is there some subtle nuance of flavor or texture that I'm missing?

It's just a deep-fried slab of a rather bland variety of fish (haddock), served with standard-issue french fries, so it seems pretty hard to screw it up.

My wife occasionally needs a fish fry fix here in NYC, so we go to a British restaurant and order haddock fish & chips. Again, it seems exactly the same to me, except that British "chips" are better than most French fries because they are never frozen and are blanched before they are fried. Also, traditional fish & chips is always battered, never breaded.

Its in the batter and the kind of fish. I know Ship n Shore uses a beer froth batter that is fantastic. There is definatly a difference in fish fry's however. The size of the fish is a factor but I think the main thing is that the fish should still taste like fish. I have had several fish fry's that over cook the fish so all you taste is the fried oil.

[mikesuicide]

Originally Posted by breakingfree

There was a fish restaurant I used to go to when I lived there called Bailey Seafood. It's on Bailey Avenue (I believe the intersecting street is LaSalle Avenue). All sorts of fish, scallops, hush puppies, etc. you could get from there.

They also will fry you up a basket of fish bits, an assortment of different fish.

[beerme1]

There are some nice recomendations here. Penora's in Lancaster used to be good.
Ripa's in Lancaster is a little different but very, very tasty and presented with a little more class and cost but worth it.

But far and away after all my years of searching....Get the Grouper fish and order it crispy from Mandy's on Clinton in West Seneca.
It's a Dive bar and restaurant with superior food. I am consistently blown away by it. I have also done Franks on Broadway in Lancaster a bunch of times and they too have Grouper. Nowhere near as good as Mandys and also more expensive at Franks. Homemade potato pancakes to go with it also. Mandy's by the way is always fresh, never frozen. Much harder to find than you might think when talking about a fish fry.
Now whoever tries it and agrees with me owes me a beer! I'll meet you there.

[Town&Country]

Anybody here remember "The Greenwoods"... on Broadway in the Darien area back when? Is my favorite fish fry from memory...

[ffffff]

Id tell you were the absolutly best small place is that has home made saleds huge beer battered fish a low price and is absolutly delicius. However I already wait long enough to get a table sorry.

[gunsmoke1967]

Originally Posted by CrissCT

How about Aunt Millie's in Irving/Silver Creek? A little bit of a drive, but great food. And an even further drive, Davidson's in Lakewood (Jamestown) has a great fish fry.

Silver Creek VFW has a great Fish Fry and is open to the public
and the price is right.

[SCVDon]

Scotch and Sirloin (Maple & Bailey) had a very good fish fry (plus everything else) when I lived in the nickel city. Plus the Five Corner's Restaurant (20 & 20A), had a great fish fry and "Yellow Pike" (Walleye), but I think it's gone.