Restaurants that will help you during Lent not eat meat - MetroWest Daily News

Growing up Catholic meant two things in late winter: giving something up for Lent and eating fried fish on Fridays.

Lent began on Feb. 14 with Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days. It includes prayer, fasting and almsgiving and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday (March 28). It's a period meant for Christians to prepare for Jesus' resurrection at Easter. It's tradition for Christians and those observing Lent to not eat meat on Fridays.

Looking for somewhere in MetroWest or Greater Milford to grab your fix of fried, baked or broiled fish? Or are you just looking to try something new? Here are a few restaurants around the area that serve fish and other seafood:

Various locations. visit cousinsmainelobster.com for information

Cousins Maine Lobster, a locally owned chain founded in 2011, is a food truck that frequently travels throughout MetroWest and other Boston suburbs including Concord, Sharon and Waltham.

The business, which was featured on Shark Tank in 2016, offers lobster rolls, shrimp tacos, bisques and even take-home lobster roll kits for families to make lobster rolls at home.

Locations vary, with the week's schedule posted on Cousins Maine Lobster's website. Trucks are typically open from lunch time until 6 p.m., although some close as late as 7:30 p.m.

911 Edgell Road, Framingham

Despite its flagship Ashland location being closed for the season, this MetroWest favorite's new Nobscot location offers seafood sandwiches and rolls with clams and scallops. Murphy's Eats & Treats also offers seafood dinners, including the Fisherman's Platter, which has hand-breaded clams, dry sea scallops and fresh haddock served on a bed of homemade onion rings and fries.

Friday hours are 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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149 Turnpike Road (Route 9), Westborough

A nearly 80-year-old Westborough classic, Harry's Restaurant in offers a full Lenten specials menu, with appetizers, entrees and beverages. The Lenten menu, which lasts through March 31, includes fish and shellfish items such as shrimp, seafood sandwiches and entrees such as lobster mac and cheese and lobster Alfredo.

Friday hours are from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

45 Depot St., Milford

With seafood sourced locally form West Boylston Seafood, Depot Street Tavern features grilled swordfish, fish and chips and salads. Customers can add salmon or shrimp, too. Not in the mood for fish? Depot Street Tavern also offers vegetarian options, such as an eggplant ciabatta handheld and a wild mushroom stroganoff.

Friday hours are from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

5 High St., Hudson

Firehouse Catering & More advertises itself as having an old world taste with a new world twist. This Hudson family-owned eatery offers chicharros, fried fish and chips, fish sandwiches and fried whole belly clam dinners.

Firehouse Catering & More is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. It recommends preordering by calling (978) 568-1867.

55 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Wayland

An upscale option, Coach Grill offers several seafood plates. From oysters on the half shell and shrimp cocktail for starters, the Wayland restaurant also offers the new blue fin tuna, crab-crusted haddock and grilled salmon.

On Fridays, the restaurant offers a special Seafood Pasta Fra Diavolo with shrimp, scallops, mussels in a spicy tomato sauce.

Friday hours are from 4:30-10 p.m.

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11 Uxbridge Road (Route 16), Mendon

The Quirk family has operated this Route 16 favorite for more than 65 years, and has exactly what it says on the tin: steak and seafood. For people observing Lent, New England Steak and Seafood offers a fish dinners and seafood entrees, as well as native oysters, steamers, calamari and shrimp cocktail for appetizers.

Friday hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.