I had this Friday night urge for Fish and Chips and wondered if the Harborside Lobstermania was still around, only to learn that it had been sold to the Finn family ten years ago.

The restaurant is now being run by the third and fourth generation Finn family and has undergone many renovations.

The building overlooks Greenwich Cove, with its many yachts and beautiful views.

If you are coming from Rout 95 or the Warwick Showcase, travel East on Division St. to East Greenwich’s Main St. Turn right toking a left St. Go under the railroad trestle, turn right, and Finn’s is on your left.

It doesn’t look like much from its Water St. entrance but wait until you walk inside and take in the cove through the porch windows.

There’s a large bar to the right, a dining area with high-back chairs and tables to your left, and straight ahead a huge, heated porch with tables lined along the waterfront. On a sunny April late afternoon, people were enjoying outside dining.

We sat on the porch enjoying the view and watching the restaurant fill to capacity.

Our friendly waitress, who quickly recognized that we were first timers, brought the menus and made us feel at home.

The appetizer list signaled that we were indeed in a seafood restaurant. Littlenecks, mussels, shrimp, stuffies, and calamari headed the list with prices ranging from $10-$17.  Rhode Island chowder was featured, along with the other two insignificant kinds.

The menu was large and offered some fine meat dishes, including their signature meatloaf ($20), and short ribs ($21).

I ordered what I came for and was not disappointed. The fish and chips dinner at $16 had a large, perfectly cooked piece of cod with a crispy coating, served piping hot, accompanied by the traditional tartar sauce, cole slaw and a huge order of French fries.

Joyce spotted their other signature dish, Finn’s Bolognese ($20) a dish of wagon wheel pasta smothered in slow roasted red wine tomato sauce with lamb, veal and beef.

Our waitress suggested that on another visit (There will be another visit) I try the fish sandwich with lettuce and cheese, or come on Tuesday when Fish and Chips is only $10. I also have my eye on the Cajun salmon.

Finn’s is popularr with the local crowd who come for their live music and trivia nights.

They open at noon seven days a week.

For reservations and take-out, call 884-6363.

After a very satisfying dine-out experience, we drove south on Water St., parallel to the railroad tracks to the end, which features a large park and playground area, and then drove east past BLU, a new restaurant scheduled to open in May, and mcInneys, a popular Irish pub, into the the Greenwich Cove marina, with its expensive yachts.