Murph's Bar

"Murph’s isn’t just a great place for cocktails and beers. The colorful bar has made a name for itself among the restaurants in Fishtown with its creative Italian food menu full of amazing pastas, like lobster ravioli and seafood manicotti." - Annemarie Dooling

"One part Irish pub, one part Italian restaurant, this spot is the Fishtown go-to for when you’re craving a big bowl of strozzapreti and a side of fried burrata to go with an ice-cold beer and an Eagles game. The bar usually offers game-day drink specials." - Nadia Chaudhury, Ernest Owens

"One of Fishtown’s best-kept secrets is a stand-up Italian restaurant curiously situated in the back of an Irish pub. At Murph’s Bar, Puglian chef Francesco Bellastelli cooks up a nightly menu of pastas like strozzapreti with cherry tomatoes and burrata and tagliatelle bolognese. Only in Philly." - Ernest Owens, Eater Staff

"Murph’s is the most Philadelphia place in Philadelphia. It’s really just a dive bar with a few small tables in the back and one guy cooking a ton of pasta in the kitchen. It’s definitely not the place you probably imagined yourself taking your next date, but it’s a fun option that’s definitely way different from all of the wine bars her last five Tinder dates took her to. If you do it right, your table should look like a Tetris board of pasta plates, and you should share everything - especially the lobster ravioli." - sydney mcelwee

"If you've never been to Murph’s Bar, you might be wondering what the hell is going on inside. This Irish pub plastered with sports memorabilia and Jameson posters serves old-school, red-sauce Italian dishes. The food—like platters of seafood manicotti and veal tortellacci—is just fine, but it's still fun to hang in the divey space. " - candis mclean