Back by popular demand, after a 3 year hiatus due to the pandemic, we are bringing back our traditional Fish Fry!

LACAAEA has held the Fish Fry event for over 40 years starting out at Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey, where LACAAEA members would fish and cook the fish on a propane stove sharing their catch with their friends and family who would join them later in the day. Over the years, LACAAEA moved the event indoors and bought fresh fish from Asian supermarkets. We also added seafood stew to our main dish offerings and encouraged attendees to bring dishes from their culture. It became a multicultural event. Later we moved the event to Dockweiler Youth Center gradually moving east to Whittier Narrows Park and now to Hacienda Heights Community Center, a County park in the east San Gabriel Valley, with a kitchen. 

This event is a friends and family event so it's FREE to attend. All that we ask is that you RSVP by September 13, 2023, so we can get an accurate headcount for the amount of seafood stew (aka cioppino) and the fried fish that our chef extraordinaire, Peter Luong (Compliance Analyst for DPW and LACAAEA Scholarship Chair), we will be serving.  All that we ask of you is that you come hungry, invite your family, friends, and colleagues.  And if you feel so led, bring a side dish or dessert to share.  There will be kids activities indoors, a basketball court, playground and walking path surrounds the park outdoors... We will also make available resource tables for the County departments to share information about their programs to outreach to the community about their services.

Visit lacaaea.com/fishfry to sign up