UV Food

2 months ago by fepe (21 reviews, average rating 3.3)
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Murphy’s is a pretty solid choice for Hanover dining and is pretty much your direct alternative to eating at Mollys. They both offer American style cuisine (with other influences of course ) at reasonable prices with good beer selections. It has your standard mix of local brews like Harpoon, Longtrail, Magic Hat, and Switchback. It has a prime mainstreet location right next to Left Bank books and is hard to miss.

My favorite items at Murphy’s are their Nachos, which in my opinion are the best available in the UV. Forget the “Mexican” places Gusanoz or Margaritas and their sad attempts at nachos. Leave it up to the Irish/American place to have the best nachos around with a nice layer of bean dip being built upon by a perfectly crisp chips and a nice blend of cheeses + jalapeños + tomatoes on top.

Other things I can attest to being great at Murphy’s are their buffalo burgers which I like Smoke House style which comes with BBQ sauce, bacon and caramelized onions. They have excellent options for fries, original or sweet potato. Both are delicious.

Their fish tacos are an OK NE rendition of this California dish, and the fish and chips are better than Molly’s based on better fries along with a larger portion of haddock/cod.

For vegetarians their falafel wrap is marginally better than the already good one at Lous and is a great choice. The nacho’s I raved about are also vegetarian if you just opt out of the additional chili topping they will offer you. They also have several other veggie entrée options if you don’t just want a wrap such as Gnocchi, veggie mac+cheese, and an eggplant layered vegetable napoleon.

Other interesting tidbits are Murphy’s are the brass plates people can purchase and have hung on the wall to remember their favorite seating location, along with a kids menu that comes out on a soccer ball with the menu items written out on the panels. Not sure how hygienic that is, but it is cute!

I inevitably find myself coming back to Murphy’s, and enjoy it as being a safe local standby.