Dayton’s 2019 Fish Frys by Date!

BOOKMARK THIS PAGE to make finding fish frys easy this year.  This year we list the 2019 fish frys in order by date.  We even separate them out by month!  The Food Adventure Crew has been to more fish frys than any other Dayton food blog.  Each year we hit a couple dozen and each year we seem to add a new site.  Whether just eating or also volunteering dealing blackjack, we enjoy every  Lenten season.  So this year, join us at as many events that you can – we will save some tartar sauce for ya !  Must be 21 to attend, except for the fish frys that are family events.

Without baiting you further, here are the 2019 FISH FRY’s BY DATE… Let this be your “go to” guide!  At the end we put our favorite restaurant fish frys.

We even have scoop on a “Do it yourself Fish Fry”at home !  Read this article and be the smartest fish in your school.

 

 

******JANUARY 2019******

 

FRIDAY JAN 11th – 5:30pm – 10:30pm

—OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY FISH FRY: 
22 Notre Dame Ave.  Dayton
Arguably the best fish fry in Dayton history.  $17 gets you endless food and beer, they don’t nickel and dime you here.  This is a fun, laid back party. All you can eat Icelandic cod, chicken strips, fresh sausage (hot and regular), French fries, salad, cole slaw, cabbage and noodles, chocolate cake, apple crisp, popcorn, beer and soft drinks, and Chef Joseph, you get us with that peanut butter sheet cake every year.  Talk about religious experience… but the secret is out – get there early or the line will be around the cafeteria.  The fish here is different than other fish fry, they are big fish stick cubes.

 

SATURDAY JAN 12th – 6pm-11pm
—HOLY ANGELS FISH FRY:
1322 Brown Street, Dayton
Near the campus of U.D., the workers here are welcoming.  A nice hot batch of fish hits the pan every few minutes.  The line is not bad, if you get there EARLY and the cafeteria area is where you dine and look at raffle prizes.  Check out the goods and the beer is CHEAP. Around the corner are come casino table games.If prices stay the same, $15 bucks for a delicious fish fry cooked by the “Corpus Christi Fryers” will be had by all.

 

SATURDAY JAN 12th – 6pm-9pm
AMERICAN LEGION POST 675
31 Chambers St, Dayton
$12 for Endless Fish and  Sausage.  The beer runs endless too! Whats this? They have door prizes and games like their famous “Whiskey Wheel !  We have ye to try this one, but our friends love it.  See you there this weekend !  You’ve got some Tartar Sauce on your face …

 

FRIDAY JAN 18th – 7pm – midnight
—ST ALBERT THE GREAT FISH FRY: 
3033 Far Hills Ave, Dayton
$20 at the door gets you a full, endless fish dinner.  In the past the Hecht family has run this fish fry.  Nice, big pieces of fish, breaded and cooked perfectly.  You should get a couple of beer tickets with admission as well.  Extra beers you must purchase on your own.

 

FRIDAY JAN 18th – 6pm -9pm all ages

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FISH FRY: 
4293 Powell Road, Huber Heights
The menu includes beverages, both fried and baked fish, sausage, chicken nuggets, beans, corn, macaroni and cheese, and all the fixings. The price is $14 for adults.  Kids price is much cheaper.  Families are welcome.  There is no alcohol at this event.

 

SATURDAY JAN 19th – Noon- 4pm (ALL AGES)
—THE MENS MINISTRY OF BELIEVERS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH:
3010 McCall Street, Dayton
The family friendly event features $10 per dinner. You get endless fish and 2 sides. Beverages and dessert will be available for purchase.

 

FRIDAY JAN 25th  – 6pm – 10pm
—EMMANUEL ST VINCENT DEPAUL CONFERENCE FISH DINNER / MONTE CARLO
Bainbridge Hall – 267 Bainbridge St, Dayton
$15 per person for this event. Features are Silent Auction-50/50 – Horse Race – $1000 Raffle – Showdown – Poker – Bingo.  Proceeds Benefit the Saint Vincent DePaul Food Pantry. Please bring a food item for the pantry. Price includes fish dinner, adult beverages and pastries.

 

SATURDAY JAN 26TH – 6-11pm
—ST CHRISTOPHERS FISH FRY:
435 East National Road, Vandalia
$15 cost to enter and it is being run by the Corpus Christi Fryers, so you know it is gonna be great. Free refills on everything including beer, short lines and great food make this one of our favorite fish frys. It is in the top 3 easily.

 

SATURDAY JANUARY 26th – 6pm – 11pm
—ST HELENS FISH FRY:
605 Granville Pl, Dayton
Riverside’s best fish fry.   $20 at the door includes pop, beer tickets and full fish dinner.  Menu will include: fish, french fries, slaw, and homemade hush puppies, snacks and beverages. Since it is on a Saturday, they are also having sausages and chicken !  This is a comfortable crowd, not too busy, and not too empty.  It is just right.  Lots of chances for casino games as well.   Try your luck at Blackjack, Texas Hold’em, or 7 Card Stud, Beat the Dealer, Showdown, Instants, 50/50, LRC or Raffles. Door prizes too!

 

 

******FEB 2019******

 

FRIDAY FEB 1st – 6PM
—ST MARY’S FISH FRY: 
310 Allen St, Dayton
All you can eat dinner in the basement of the church.  Historically it is always the first Fri in Feb and the first Friday in November.   There is a fun circus atmosphere for the raffle prizes and of course the casino games.  This is one of the best bangs for your buck.  The cost is $15 and you get fish dinner with all the trimmings.  You can buy beers on draft for about 50 cents.  And a dessert table for extra $1 per item will knock your Aunt Connie’s socks off.  Get there early, it has gotten more popular and sold out last year.  Nice volunteers and a comfortable atmosphere.  

 

FRIDAY FEB 8th  6pm-11pm
—ST. HENRY’S FISH FRY:
6696 Springboro Pike, Dayton
They have a live auction and Texas hold em too !  Price is about 16 bucks for the all you can eat typical fish dinner with fries and slaw.  Have fun and gamble.  The atmosphere is very relaxed and jovial at this fun fish fry.  They are the only fish fry in town that has a fish eating contest during the event.  Stuffing your face has never been so much fun.

 

FRIDAY FEB 8th – 5:30pm – 10:30pm
—OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY FISH FRY: 
22 Notre Dame Ave.  Dayton
The second fish fry of the season for this church. And one of the best … $17 gets you endless food and beer – Don’t miss this one .  Best bang for your buck, but word is out -now there is a long line.

 

SATURDAY FEB 9th
—HUBER HEIGHTS ROTARY FISH FRY: 
5384 Fishburg Rd., Huber Heights (Huber Heights Athletic Club)
$15 tickets include food and drink. There will be raffles, door prizes, cards, instants and Monte Carlo games. All funds raised benefit “Needy Family Christmas Program.”

 

SATURDAY FEB 16th – 6pm-11pm
—9th ANNUAL —BRICK CITY BLAST BASEBALL  FISH FRY
5367 Fishburg Rd, Dayton
Held at the Huber Heights Activities Center, presale is $12 with $15 tickets at the door. Price includes beer/pop and all you can eat Fish, Chicken, Polish Sausage, French Fries, Baked Beans and Coleslaw.  Games will include: Poker, Showdown, Chuck A Luck, and more!  Proceeds to the Brick City Sports Club.

 

SUNDAY FEB 17th – 8am -5pm
—9th ANNUAL BRICK CITY BLAST BASEBALL  FISH FRY
5367 Fishburg Rd, Dayton
Held at the Huber Heights Activities Center, presale is $12 with $15 tickets at the door. Price includes beer/pop and all you can eat Fish, Chicken, Polish Sausage, French Fries, Baked Beans and Coleslaw.  Games will include: Poker, Showdown, Chuck A Luck, and more!  Proceeds to the Brick City Sports Club.

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FRIDAY FEB 22nd 6pm – 11pm
—ST PAULS CATHOLIC CHURCH FISH FRY: 
 1000 Wenger Rd, Englewood
A delicious fish fry that’s not too crowded. So many of these events are spent standing in line, this one is an exception. You have a nice choice of fish, sides and desserts.. Of course you get beer and pop included as well.  The crowd is older and the laid back atmosphere is a nice change from the hustle and bustle at some of the busier fish frys.  Cost is around $15 for fish dinner and a couple of drink tickets.  If you want a relaxing fish fry, this one will leave you full, happy and you wont feel corralled into a long line.

 

FRIDAY FEB 22nd  5:45pm-10pm
DAYTON COUNCIL 500-KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FRY
Bainbridge Hall -267 Bainbridge St, Dayton
Dinner will include fried cod, french fries, cole slaw, baked beans, rolls and butter. Cost is $15 and includes the meal, adult beverages and pastries. Food serving will commence at 6PM and conclude at 8PM. Doors open at 545PM.  They ask as part of the admission to bring a can/box of food for the food pantry. Guest  wishing to make an additional donation of a pastry is a welcome gesture. Games of chance will commence at approximately 6PM with showdown, a horse race game and 50/50. Raffles will be also be  available thru the event.  Contact Dayton Council 500 Grand Knight at 937-558-9311, leave a message,  for tickets or email [email protected] requesting a rsvp and purchase of tickets. All are welcome

 

FRIDAY FEB 22nd 6pm – 11pm

—ALTER HIGH SCHOOL’S FISH FRY: 
940 E David Rd, Kettering
The Dayton area’s largest fish fry, it is a sight to behold.  Located at Alter High School gym and cafeteria, it is a huge display of casino games and a gigantic amount of silent auction prizes.  $15 gets you all you want fish, sides and pop.  Beer and wine, is extra.  This event always promises to draw a big crowd. If you want the big, Grandaddy of them all fish fry .. this is it … Say hi to the Big Ragu who will be dealing blackjack.

 

FRIDAY FEB 22nd 6pm -11pm
—ST ANTHONY’s FISH FRY: 
830 Bowen St., Dayton
Great atmosphere, great fish.  Plenty of blackjack tables for afterwards fun.  Cost is $15 and includes fish dinner, sides and a couple of beer tickets. The lines can get long, so get there early for this one.  Good Food, fun crowd, and nice big pieces of Alaskan pollack.  We love to see this classic church get some love, so please consider supporting this event.  It means a lot to the school and church.

 

SATURDAY FEB 23rd  6pm-11pm
WARRIOR FISH FRY and MONTE CARLO
5367 Fishburg Rd, Dayton, OH
The Food Adventure Crew have not tried this fish fry yet, but it looks promising and is on our hit list for 2019.  $20 at the door gets Sausages, Fish and Chicken Nuggets. This Fish Fry & Monte Carlo Fundraiser benefits Roadwarriors Fastpitch Softball Club.  Games will be 7 card stud, Showdown, pull tabs, Chuck O Luck, door prizes, great food and more!!  Food will be from 6-9PM  Being held on a Saturday, they are able to feature chicken during Lent.  Venue is the Huber Heights Athletic Center, with plenty of room for good seating and gambling..

 

 

 

SATURDAY MAR 2nd  6pm -11pm
JIMMY STRONG FISH FRY  
1675 Woodman Dr, Dayton
$20 at the door. There are Food-Beer-Raffles-Games-Pull Tabs-Jello Shots -Music and MUCH MORE!
100% of all proceeds to go to Jimmy Miller and his family to help during his battle with Leukemia.   This fish fry is different from the others because it is helping one family in crisis.  Please consider supporting this cause at the ABS enter on Woodman Drive, formerly the IUE CWA hall.

 

SATURDAY MAR 2nd  (TENTATIVE) 6pm
—OUR LADY of GRACE/OUR LADY of MERCY/CORPUS CHRISTI FISH FRY: 
249 Squirrel Rd, Dayton
Just $15 gets you into this fantastic party and fish fry.  The lines are not long and the food is good.  Fish Fries Sausage, Cole Slaw, Baked Beans, and Beer included! The Corpus Christi Fryers will be serving up some lovin’ spoonfuls.   This is one of the best deals of the season.

 

 

SATURDAY MAR 2nd  6pm -11pm
HUBER HEIGHTS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB FISH FRY
5367 Fishburg Rd, Dayton
Obviously supporting local youth athletics is important.  This will be another fry held in the Huber Heights Athletics Center.  We will try and attend this one to get more information for next years preview.

 

FRIDAY MAR 8th 6pm – 11pm
—INCARNATION PARISH FISH FRY:
55 Williamsburg Ln, Centerville
Known simply as “The Fry,” This event has tents, and it has the biggest craft beer selection of all the fish frys.  Also a BIG casino after party, with lots of folks. Big Ragu deals blackjack here from time to time, so please come, eat, drink and be merry.  This event gets extra points for decor and silent auction.  Typically the cost is about $18 and includes all you can eat fish, sides and soda pop.  Craft beer for sale too, the biggest selection of the fish frys.

 

 

FRIDAY MAR 8th  6pm – 11pm

—CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL’S ST PAT’S FEST FISH FRY: 
4524 Linden Ave.  Dayton
Everyone is Irish for this fish fry celebration.  $18 is admission gets you fish, sides and some draft beers. Held in the cafeteria and gymnasium, they have a baked fish option and lots of desserts.  A friendly staff, with tons of silent auction items, raffle prizes and of course some games of chance.  Will you hit the luck of the Irish at this party?(March 11th is a free family event).

 

SATURDAY MAR 9th  6pm -11pm
—HOLY TRINITY FISH FRY: 
272 Bainbridge St, Dayton
Points for the friendliest staff of volunteers and parishioners.  They treat you like family.  At a cost of about $15 you get 3 beer tickets and food.  The lines are not long, and the casino games in the adjacent room are a blast.  This is a real fun event that captures the essence of a fish fry.

 

SATURDAY MAR 9th – 6pm – 11pm
—ST PETER’S FISH FRY: 
6161 Chambersburg Rd, Huber Heights
Since it is on a Saturday, they offer fish, sausages, wings and much more.  There is enough food to line the length of a basketball court.  The entire gym is decked out from horse races to blackjack.  The price is about $15 and includes a couple of drink tickets.  The line is a big one so get there EARLY.  They usually surprise with one craft beer at the coolers.  Big crowd, good times.

 

FRIDAY MAR 15th  430pm -11pm
—ST CHARLES FISH FRY:
4500 Ackerman Blvd. Kettering 
Kid friendly until 6pm.  This fish fry gives you a chance to bring the whole family from 4:30pm -6pm.  After that it goes to over 21.  Great fish, short lines and a lot of fun.  We suggest getting there about 5-530pm to get a good seat. Tickets are about $16 and include a couple of beer tickets, as well as fish, slaw and fries.

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY MAR 23rd  6pm
CHAMINADE JULIENNE’S FISH FRY: 
505 South Ludlow Street, Dayton 
Cost is $20 at the door includes all the beer and food you want.  We love this all-inclusive approach and the fish is good so this one is the best up and coming fish fry.  Held in the school they get a great crowd, get there early as lines are a tradition! We can’t think of a better way to help this Dayton iconic school than a fun fish fry on the school grounds.  They have amazing desserts on display here.  Some of the best desserts in all the fish frys.

 

 

FRIDAY MAR 29th  6pm
—ST. FRANCIS of ASSISI‘s FISH FRY: 
6245 Wilmington Pike, Bellbrook
If you get there early, you will be having round 2 of food before most people have even gotten into line.  This is a big fish fry held in the cafeteria and the seating gets full.  The fish is filling and they offer some other sides besides just slaw and fries.

 

 

******APRIL 2019******

FRIDAY APR 5th
—PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY LIVING FISH and CHIP FRY: 
5367 Fishburg Rd, Huber Heights
Highly acclaimed fish fry.  Tickets are $20 at the door, and the buzz is nothing but good about this event.  We can’t wait to sink our teeth into their fish!

 

 

 

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