The Best Fish Sandwich(es)

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (MiamiDon)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:43:13 GMT

[sniff] My favorite fish sandwich is no more.

It was the grouper sandwich at Monty Trainer's in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. Preferably eaten outdoors near the docks, with an "island" band playing. I just checked the menu, and they only offer breaded and fried tilapia, or grilled dolphin.

http://montysbayshore.com/

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (Eatallday)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:30:08 GMT

i really like king's in peabody ma. had one at kellys roast beef today, terrible.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (bmcfeet)

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:17:37 GMT

Best fish sandwiches: Wasabi Tuna from Sweet and Savory Bakery, Wrightsville Beach, NC or the Grouper Sandwich from 7 Mile Grill, Marathon, FL or of course anything I catch and cook from NC to CR.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (sonjaab)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:59:57 GMT

If in or near Syracuse NY Jims fish fry on Wolf st. has fine fried fish sandwiches (usually haddock, cod or some other white fish) with fresh cut fries as does just about any other Syracuse resturant on any Friday night.
If your in the West Palm Beach area a stop at John Gs on Lake Worth pier for a wonderful breakfast or lunch a fresh fried or broiled "catch of the day"
fish sandwich (could be anything from grouper to red snapper) and a nice view of the beach and Atlantic Ocean!

Re:The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (i95)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:16:30 GMT

NEW ENTRY:

Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema's review of the place last month (including his hailing of the place as one which "pays serious attention to the sometimes-overlooked details that determine why you choose one restaurant over another that's similar") got me there last night but it will be the place's FANTASTIC fresh grouper sandwich on a house-made bun which will get back to Bethesda, Maryland's new Woodmont Grill (7715 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda 20814, 301 / 656-9755).

Yes, Woodmont Grill is part of a larger "restaurant group" but that didn't seem to negatively influence either the cool, clubby vibe of the place (jazz trio included) or the freshness of my sandwich. Fresh, flaky grouper, lightly breaded in panko breadcrumbs and fried to the point where the fish simply melts in your mouth. At $ 15 and including your choice of a number of sides (I had haricot verts [yes, Bethesda-speak for green beans] which were perfectly steamed and tossed in a light olive oil deressing with fingerling potatoes meanwhile Mrs. i95 had what she touted as very good steamed spinach).

I'd highly, highly recommend.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (NYPIzzaNut)

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:44:05 GMT

The best one I have ever had in my life:

http://www.greyhoundtavern.com/

Food and Spirits since 1921
2500 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, KY. 41017
(859) 331-3767 (859) 331-3409 (fax)

Sandwiches

All sandwiches are complimented with potato chips, cole slaw and pickle.

Fried Cod
Genuine hand battered cod, fried to a golden brown served with lettuce, tomato and tartar sauce. 9.25

greyhoundtavern@fuse.net

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (Captain Morgan)

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:29:06 GMT

C abro, that's great that you came to this forum...I hope
you realize how big an impact your family made on people's lives.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (c abro)

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:38:10 GMT

Ort. Carlton.

Dearfolk,
The best fish sandwich I ever had was a floating pig at Mae's Whiz [All around] on West Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky about 3:30 A. M. one drizzly morning. A floating pig, obviously obtainable nowhere else, was a breaded, seasoned whiting filet topped with cheese and bacon and served on some sort of long, chewy roll.
It makes me wonder if that place, run by three sisters from Cub Run, Kentucky, is still there....
Nostalgically, Ort. Carlton in Floating Pig-less Athens, Georgia.

My neice tipped me off to this post about Mae's. Mae was my Aunt and in all likelyhood was the person that served up your Floating Pig since she worked the graveyard shift most nights. Sadly she, nor her baby sister are any longer with us, as well as the restaurant. The middle sister (my mother) is still living and asked me to tell you that she and Mae were born in Taylorsville, Kentucky while the youngest sister, Peggy was born in Louisville. It was Mae's husband at the time that was from Cub Run. The restaurant closed in the late eighties or early nineties, after a run of nearly 30 years. We can't remember exactly. I know the OP is old but I was asked to help set the record straight. My mother was amazed that the Whiz (as we called it) was still evoking memories after all these years. Thanks for the kind words. If the place was still open, I'd send you a Floating Pig on the house.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (divefl)

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:30:01 GMT

Fried, huh? Not smoked? Are you sure?

Couldn't resist. Sounds good.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (Davydd)

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:25:42 GMT

wanderingjew

[id="quote"]quote: [id="quote"]Originally posted by CheeseWit

If there's a "best" fish sandwich, there has to be a worst. My nomination: Gefilte fish between two pieces of matzo.

[id="quote"]

Hows about lutefisk between two pieces of lefse. Oh, wait, that's another thread!

I didn't realize wanderingjew's obsession went back this far. SIX years!

Re:The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (i95)

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:14:40 GMT

Oops! I forgot to

mention that the

price for the above

delicacy was, I think,

$ 9.95. FYI.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (i95)

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:10:00 GMT

i95

A grouper sandwich at Waldo's in Vero Beach, Florida for me !

I'd like to change my answer...

...and as I had the best fish sandwich I ever ate yesterday.

While normally most a fan of a simple, unadorned grilled fish sandwich, the specialty served-up at Eastport, Maryland's (just a drawbridge away from the neighboring and larger Annapolis) Boatyard Bar & Grill (Severn Avenue & 4th Street, 410 / 216-6206) blew me away.

While not on the restaurant's web site, it's named after Maryland native and Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps (insert joke here) and features a filet of flounder dredged in crushed corn flakes then deep fried, The finished product is then layered in delicious pannini bread and topped with muenster cheese, baby spinach, tomato, avocado and mango-mayo then the whole thing is put into a hot pannini press and, well, pressed. The final product: pure heaven.

Just thought you should know.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (Phishmonger)

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:50:27 GMT

For the greatest fish sandwich, it's The Sea Basket Restaurant on Route 1 in Wiscasset, Maine. Freshly convection fried haddock on a soft roll. Excellent! They are also famous for their Lobster Stew. You can even purchase their lobster stew base to take home and add your own cream. Decadent!

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (pogophiles)

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:18:31 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Poverty Pete

Sundancer, can you provide more info on the Nashville area? I've been here a year now, but still getting to know my way around town.

With regards to fish sammiches, try Bolton's Spicy Chicken & Fish or Mary's Barbecue both of which have excellent hot fish sammiches... I'm pretty sure there is another place out there that I am forgetting... If I think of it, I'll add it later...

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (TJ Jackson)

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:02:21 GMT

As an aside the local paper has of late begun to claim that a local mcdonald's franchisee back in the 60's started the whole fried fish sandwich thing when he decided to offer it to his largely catholic customers and it was a hit. Supposedly, the offerring became the filet-o-fish we know of today.

The article in the paper went so far as to name this sandwich the 'Cincinnati-style fish sandwich'. I am not at all sure I'd go that far :-), surely other places offerred breaded fried fish sandwiches before then.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (Bill B.)

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:44:51 GMT

Here's a bit of hard-earned advice: If reading through this thread makes you hungry for a good fish sandwich, don't expect to satisfy the craving at Burger King! Bleah! What a tasteless, soggy mess.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (emsmom)

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:14:07 GMT

I have a couple places that I like their fish sandwiches.
1-The Shrimp Boat-we have one located in Gastonia, NC but I have seen them all down the East Coast, especially in Florida. The use a Cod Filet and serve it on at bun with a really good coleslaw instead of tartar sauce.
2- Another unique fish sandwich is at The Chicken Coop in Charlotte, NC. It is a hole in the wall, but is very popular even for Executives to pick up their lunch. The fish sandwich consists of about 6 pieces of fish piled on a bun with tartar sauce. A meal in itself.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (jm199)

Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:20:09 GMT

Just think. Lent starts a week from tomorrow. For all us good little catholic boys and girls, that means it is time to eat non-meat meals on Fridays, and Ash Wednesday. Tuna fish casserole, cheese pizza, and my favorite, fish sandwiches, top the list. Let the church fish fries and restaurant specials begin!

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (jbburn)

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:21:39 GMT

For what is worth if you went to the University of Illinois or lived in the Champaign Urbana area there was a bar/billiard hall on Green street DeLuxe I think it was that served marvelous fish sandwiches on Fridays.Don't know if its still there though doubt it .

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (i95)

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:39:54 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by i95

A grouper sandwich at Waldo's in Vero Beach, Florida for me !

quote:
Originally posted by Sushi_Girl

I ate the best grouper sandwich that came on this giant wheat roll, with lettuce tomato and homemade tartar sauce along side this giant plate of Onion Rings to die for...i had these heavenly yummies down in key west,,and i cant remember where! i think it was this place called Trumans? The grouper was so sweet and tender and grilled to perfection. the onion rings were crisp and HUGE and were great dipped in an extra side of the Tartar sauce.

There's just something about those Florida grouper sandwiches !!

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (Sushi_Girl)

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:52:31 GMT

I ate the best grouper sandwich that came on this giant wheat roll, with lettuce tomato and homemade tartar sauce along side this giant plate of Onion Rings to die for...i had these heavenly yummies down in key west,,and i cant remember where! i think it was this place called Trumans? The grouper was so sweet and tender and grilled to perfection. the onion rings were crisp and HUGE and were great dipped in an extra side of the Tartar sauce.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (seafarer john)

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:19:19 GMT

Yes, I've been across the Arctic circle. We delivered stores to the American base at Thule, Greenland in August. ( I think we loaded at Quonset Point, RI) We were accompanied by icebreakers the last part of the trip. Not to break ice, but to keep us off the really big icebergs all over that part of the ocean. And, no, it was not pretty, I'd a Hell of a lot sooner been in the Caribbean, but jobs were scarce that Summer, so I got a trip to the frozen north, a nearly dry airbase, and not a woman in sight- call that pretty?

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (lleechef)

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:34:40 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by wanderingjew

quote:
Originally posted by lleechef

quote:
Originally posted by jm199

I lived in Greentree so we were neighbors. What was the name of that seafood place at the bottom of Greentree Road? On the way to Bridgeville?

Wright's Seafood House

Thanks, wj, I haven't eaten there in yeeeeaaaarrrrss but it was always good and the place was always PACKED.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (i95)

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:16:44 GMT

Ugh, I'm nauseous from that information, chezkatie.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (chezkatie)

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 18:57:50 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

So the Mrs and I took the kids yesterday to get flu shots, and the reward they picked was lunch out. The place they picked? Mickey D's.
Anyway, I ordered a fish sandwich. I gotta tell ya, it was mighty tasty. It was the perfect representation of a fast food fish sammich.

Here is some interesting information for you!

McDonald's: Worst
Filet-O-Fish
470 calories/26 g fat

Quarter Pounder
530 calories/30 g fat

Large French Fries
540 calories/26 g fat

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit
540 calories/ 34 g fat

McFlurry
630 calories/24 g fat

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (jm199)

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:15:41 GMT

OOOPS...forgot to mention that Bridgeville is about ten miles south of Pittsburgh, PA.....now back to our regular programming!!! Sorry!!

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (jm199)

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:14:00 GMT

Here is another find for fish sandwiches, and GREAT bar food in general...it is the Rhythm House, located on Washington Pike (Route 50) just 1/4 mile off the 1-79 exit for Bridgeville...just had a HUGE fish sandwich for 5.99....it was great and was the size of two normal sandwiches.

my mother had a STEAK sandwich (not that crappy stuff that is wafer thin, a real steak!) for 6.99 that could have fed both of us. Both came with a great pickle and chips. They also serve wings, pasta and other bar food. The food was hot, the portions huge, the hoagie rolls fresh, and there were plenty of napkins. Plus they have VITAMIN I on the menu (also known as Iron City Beer). Check them out. Great food, not greasy, fresh ingredients. They advertise their hamburgers as consisting of ANGUS beef...

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (Howard Baratz)

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:37:51 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Ort. Carlton.

quote:
Originally posted by wanderingjew

quote:
Originally posted by Ort. Carlton.
Dearfolk,
Somewhere this intersects to conjure up thoughts of Jewish Vikings.

Hi Ort,

This is theoretically quite possible. If you know your history. Viksings came from Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The Norwegian Vikings sailed to Greenland and some say even North America, the Danish Viking sailed to Western Europe and the Swedish Viking sailed to Russia which already had a significant Jewish Population. Not to stereotype the Vikings or Swedes for that matter, however there was alot of Raping and Pillaging going on. Therefore there is a good chance that there are many Jewish Folks today of Russian descent who may have some Norske blood in them.

Wanderingjew,
This was a topic of discussion one night at Copper Creek (we don't just DRINK there!). One of the regulars there is (of all things), by his own description, a Jewish Gypsy. His forebears are from Romania. He is Rom on his father's side and Jewish from a female ancestor three or four or five generations back.
The very concept of Jewish Vikings actually came up in the same mental thread as my mention there of Jewish Leprechauns. Y'see, there's this fairly sizeable old, old Jewish community in Dublin... where "Sure an' begorrah" becomes "Sure an' menorrah"... or something like that. (There has to be a better Yiddish pun than that one lurking somewhere under a four-leaf clover....)
Food-speaking, the Irish Jews of Dublin have an entire cuisine that is half-Jewish and half-Irish... I kid you not. Kosher corned beef with cabbage sounds mighty good to me on a cold-as-blitzen evening in Athens, Georgia, where it isn't supposed to get this way... and where our Synagogue dates from 1872. I wish I had a plateful of it right now, even though I'm not really hungry.
This subthread may be wandering off topic, but I think we all try to learn something here. That being the case, I've learned 10,000 times more here than I've ever endeavored to teach.
Sauntering Off Directly, Ort. Carlton in the Reasonably-Well-Heated U. Ga. Library in Athens 30601.

Jewish Leprechauns? Wouldn't that be Leprecohens?

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (wanderingjew)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:08:20 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by jm199

wanderingjew-all three restaurants are still there. Bados is the best of the lot. the Saloon is just for drinking. Atrias has two other locations, including one in PNC Park. They are all very successful.

Hi JM,

Almost forgot to mention CiCi's on Washington Road. One of my favorite breakfast places in Mt Lebanon.

RE: The Best Fish Sandwich(es) (wanderingjew)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:01:42 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by lleechef

quote:
Originally posted by jm199

I lived in Greentree so we were neighbors. What was the name of that seafood place at the bottom of Greentree Road? On the way to Bridgeville?

Wright's Seafood House