Fish fry Fridays???

I see Tycoons has a new Friday Fish Fry. What are the other Fish Fry Fridays in the Duluth / Superior / South Shore / North Shore area? I’m willing to drive a while if the fish is good … any suggestions?

14 thoughts on “Fish fry Fridays???”

  2. Paul Lundgren

    Shouldn’t be premier until well after the premiere, ay?

    Asking about the local fish fry scene is almost an annual tradition on PDD, so here’s the links to previous discussions on the topic:

    2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2007

    Among the places mentioned in those posts:

    Wabegon Supper Club
    Lemon Wolf Cafe
    Clearwater Grille
    Choo-Choo Bar in Superior
    Bridgeman’s
    Tappa Keg Inn
    Amnicon Bar outside Superior
    Norwood Acres Golf Course
    Fall Inn Bar & Grill
    Streetcar Kitchen and Pub
    Rapids Riverside in South Range
    Eddie’s Ribs
    Foster’s Bar and Grill
    Porky’s Restaurant and Lounge by Island Lake
    Captain Barkers Restaurant
    Dixie Bar and Grill
    Round Up North
    The Breeze Inn
    Gordy’s Hi-Hat (summer only)

  3. Helmut Flaag

    What’s worthy to point out here, besides the stultifying amount of times this subject has been beaten to death — the answers never change as the years flip by — is that while there are plenty of deep-fried fish doughnut choices on the list, not one of them serves the non-fried shitless variety. Tycoons hailing their Formula One Cod Poppers as ‘premier’ is like Raymond claiming he always shtoinked out of respect.

    This next storm is called Thunderbeast.

  4. Lawrence Lee

    Thanks, Paul, for listing all of the iterations of this post. That usually falls to me or Barrett. I’m amazed how often this question comes up. It’s good to know some things don’t change.

  6. DECk37

    I haven’t been there in a couple of years, so I can’t vouch for it these days, but Blue Max up on Lavaque road on Fish Lake had a good fish fry friday.

  7. waferdog

    I may have made this comment in past posts related to this, but I think it is important to differentiate between all-you-can-eat fish fries and those that just give you one plate of fish on a Friday night. I believe them to be two very different things.

    FYI – Dixie is all you can eat.

  10. Paul Lundgren

    I think what Barrett means is that most of us probably like the taste of fried fish, just like most of us like the taste of ice cream. But there is something about fried fish that makes a person not want to eat massive amounts of it, yet without willpower there would be no reason to ever stop eating ice cream until it is either all gone or you feel sick.

  11. Barrett Chase

    I guess that’s it. It’s just strange that we’ve singled out this food as an all-you-can-eat food. You never hear about all-you-can-eat burgers, or potato salad, or carrot soup. Why fish?

  12. ms dean

    All-you-can-eat deals are usually wasted on me since I’m a smallish woman and can’t eat that much in one sitting. That’s why I was impressed when I ordered the fish fry at the Tappa Keg and the bartender, seeing I’d only eaten a couple of pieces of fish, sent me home with extras (which I used to make fish tacos).

    I haven’t had the fish fry at the Round Up North in Brule, but I want to after reading this on their Facebook page:

    We’ve added another side to choose from with your fish for these “winter months.” I’ve used my mom’s recipe for homemade potato pancakes to go along with the fish. They are the kind us Scandinavians would serve with a little side of applesauce.

    Yes, please! I ate there for the first time this weekend and had some delicious homemade crab cakes and dinner rolls, so I have high hopes for the potato pancakes.

  13. emmadogs

    There is something about fried fish that makes a person not want to eat massive amounts of it.

    You have clearly, clearly never been to an American Legion Hall for all-you-can-eat fish fests. I waitressed at my dad’s Am Legion hall when he was president back in the early 1980s, and, boy, you should have seen those Legionnaires put the fish away. Holy cow.

    p.s. Also you have clearly not been to my house when Mr. Emmadogs brings home potato salad. All you can eat, indeed. He’s lucky to get any. Potato salad = heaven.

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