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St. Ann’s, Waynesburg

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A health serving of Alaskan pollock dwarfs the small bun on a plate at St. Ann’s Lenten fish fry.

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A member of the Knights of Columbus dips a fish fillet into homemade beer batter at St. Ann’s fish fry in Waynesburg.

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The serving station in the St. Ann’s kitchen prepares another order of french fries.

For years now, I have made a Lenten pilgrimage to St. Ann Church on East High Street in Waynesburg, not to seek absolution but to savor the flaky and lightly battered Alaskan pollock fillet of fish sandwich.

Adult patrons who pay the $6 for the sandwich, fries and slaw have the choice of eating in or takeout. Choose the former, if a seat is available. Your plate comes with the fries and slaw on the bottom, and it is topped with a piece of fish that dwarfs the soft roll.

Remember to pick up plenty of napkins, but not because the fish is greasy. I tried to figure out how I was going to take that first bite. First rule was to put all table manners aside and just pick up that roll and bite down. Reason for the napkins? You are holding more fish than roll. It’s just that big.

Back in the kitchen, members of the Knights of Columbus are dipping those fillets into a homemade beer batter and dropping them into hot oil. They come out crispy on the outside, tender and delicately flaky on the inside.

That sandwich held my interest for so long I nearly forgot I had fries and coleslaw to eat, too. And that’s how I know St. Ann serves a great fish sandwich. It takes something pretty special to make me forget I still have fries on my plate.

- Jon Stevens, Greene County Bureau Chief

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