Not long after Lou Groen opened a McDonald’s in Cincinnati, he noticed that during Lent, the local Catholic community took their business to a nearby Frisch’s Big Boy on Fridays for a fish sandwich instead of to McDonald’s for a hamburger.

Not long after Lou Groen opened a McDonald’s in Cincinnati, he noticed that during Lent, the local Catholic community took their business to a nearby Frisch’s Big Boy on Fridays for a fish sandwich instead of to McDonald’s for a hamburger.
Lenten Friday fish fries, a staple at many Catholic parishes in some regions of the United States, were among the many things put on the back burner during the coronavirus pandemic.