Murphy’s

I’ve been coming here since I was a little kid to get wings. Honestly, don’t worry about looking at the menu, just get the wings. These aren’t little wee chicken wings covered in sauce. These are delicious fried behemoths. I’ve had some friends who really don’t like them, but Murphy’s wing are, and have always been my favorite.

Murphy’s is just a Johnstown institution, and there is no other way to put it. The wings are something I have grown up with, and it is truly some of the best eats in all of Johnstown. The service is always good, especially when Murph himself is there (which is almost always). I always go for wings, and usually don’t even bother with anything else. I have heard good things about the Burgers. I’ve had the steak sandwich a few times, and it is tasty. But wings are the name of the game. 8 wings, and a few Yuengling’s and I’m usually content, but not everyone may have my appetite. My tip: garlic salt and a little Siracha sauce. Nothing more.

The wings are very good. However, if you’re starving, this is not the place to go. It takes a very long time (about 45 min to an hour) to get your food. But that’s what I come to expect from a tiny bar with not many cooks. That being said, the food is very good. They have THE best french fries and brown gravy of anywhere.

We love going here for food. My wife gets the huge breaded wings and I usually get burgers or chicken tenders, and fries.
Pros: Well made food. Good pricing.
Cons: Food usually takes awhile to make, but not to big a deal.

To be blunt, this place was really disappointing. They claim to have the «best wings in Johnstown» and have awards to show it, but if these are the best in town, my advice to those in the mood for wings is to find another town.
First, when I hear «wings» I think about little, meaty, and covered in spicy sauces with some originality. These didn’t even fit the definition, in my opinion. Anatomically, yes, they’re wings, but that’s where the similarity ends. These are just fried chicken. Like Josh and Joseph said, they’re huge, large-​size-​adult-​chicken wings, deep fried in over-​used, old oil. They’re greasy, and mine were overdone. They serve them to you just like that, with a bottle of Frank’s red hot, and a bottle of Sriracha. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love Frank’s and Sriracha as much as the next heat-​lover, but serving fried chicken with a bottle of hot sauce does not a wing make. And even if you just look at them in the «fried chicken» category, they’re not very good. I ordered mine with a side of fries which were nothing special either.
Service was meh, and I haven’t been back to try the rest of the menu, so I can’t speak to that. Visit Murphy’s with caution.

You need to go here for wings. Murphy’s has the honor of having the «Best wings in Johnstown» in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Yeah, you noticed that too huh? The space-​time continuum must have been misaligned in 1994, that ‘s the only thing I can think of.
These aren’t your typical little hot wings. These are big, breaded, fried things that look like they were ripped off of Zok from the Herculoids. Betcha can’t eat just one, but I also betcha can’t eat more than a half a dozen or so. I like ‘em best with the Srirachi sauce.
I’ve never eaten anything else here — oh except the fries. That’s like going to Coney Island and getting a grilled cheese.