Let's get real: it's hard to figure out ways to diversify your meals when you can't have meat for Lent! Lucky for you, DuPage offers plenty of delicious options, from traditional fish fry dinners at local favorites to seafood and meatless specials at a range of casual and fine dining restaurants. Whether you're in the mood for crispy fried cod, flavorful pasta, or fresh seafood, you’ll have no trouble enjoying a great meal on Fridays during Lent. 

Classic Friday Fish Fry

37 Bar & Grill, White Pines Golf Club
Cooper's Corner
Grill 89
Driftwood Grille
Prairie Landing Golf Club
Reserve 22, Village Links of Glen Ellyn
Seven Bridges Golf Club
Tony's Steamers
The Pub at Klein Creek

Restaurants with Lent-Friendly Menu Items

Alter Brewing + Kitchen--Oak Brook and St. Charles
Anyway's Restaurant--Bloomingdale and Oakbrook Terrace
Arrowhead Restaurant and Bar, Arrowhead Golf Club
Beatrix
Berger Bros Pub
BIBIBOP Asian Grill--Bloomingdale, Naperville, Oak Brook, and Willowbrook
Billy Brick's--Downtown Lombard, Lombard Yorktown, Naperville, and Wheaton
Ditka's Grill
Glen Prairie, Crowne Plaza Lombard Downers Grove
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse
Holy Mackerel!
Ike & Oak Brewing Co.
Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar--Naperville and Oak Brook
Manna Kitchen--100% Plant-Based Menu
Pinstripes
Piccolo Buco
Warren's Ale House
Weber Grill Restaurant

Restaurants with Fresh Seafood

Antico Posto
Coa at The Drake Oak Brook, Autograph Collection
Ditka's
Eddie V's Prime Seafood
El Tapeo
Holy Mackerel!
Mesón Sabika
Morton's the Steakhouse
Roka Akor
The Hampton Social - Burr Ridge
The Table at Crate
Wildfire

Beyond the classic fish fry, several DuPage restaurants offer fresh seafood and meatless dishes perfect for Lent. Check out our restaurants for more Lent-friendly meals!