Diners love their fish filets on Fridays during Lent, which this year runs from March 5-April 17. Hot catfish fiddlers are a staple all year long at Knob Hill Tavern. A mainstay in Newburgh, Indiana, since 1943, these cornmeal-crusted fiddlers earned Evansville Living readers’ accolades for best catfish in 2024. Many parishes hold pop-up fish fries during Lent, with St. Benedict Cathedral hosting one each Friday. Other established spots for fresh fried fish on daily menus are Tin Fish, also in Newburgh; COMFORT by the Cross-Eyed Cricket, Patsy Hartigan’s Irish Pub, and Major Munch, all Downtown; St. Phillip’s Inn, on Evansville’s far West Side; and via fish and chips platters from Bodine’s Newsstand food truck.
Fishy Feeling
Reel in a crispy filet dinner at these spots.
