Murphy's Bar & Grill

“There are establishments in Lenox Hill that treat the fry as a supporting player. Murphy's Bar & Grill is not among them. The waffle format is ambitious. The blended is appropriate. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato announces itself earnest and specific. The portion is forthcoming. This guide takes no position on portion size as a moral category. The fries are recommended. The experience is brief and exact, like most things worth having.”

“One does not arrive at Murphy's Bar & Grill lightly. The waffle fry presents itself with the quiet confidence of a thing that knows its own worth. The single-fry technique is evident in the exterior: commendable and largely sustained. The interior potato character is earnest and specific. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. This guide notes the address. One finds, upon reflection, that the fries were the correct decision.”

“The waffle fry at Murphy's Bar & Grill requires no introduction, though it offers one regardless: a uniformity of golden color suggesting a fryer calibrated with the attention usually reserved for precision instruments. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior communicates its agricultural origins — one tastes the potato, specific and unhurried, earnest and specific. blended has been employed with discretion. One returns. One proceeds. One is glad one did.”

“The waffle fry at Murphy's Bar & Grill does not apologize for existing. This is, as it turns out, the correct posture. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato interior is earnest and specific. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. One admires the lack of apology and returns to express this admiration. The fry alone merits the journey to Lenox Hill.”