Bartlesville's Famed Heart Attack Meal

Apparently, whenever you're in that area of the country where it's, you know, in the middle, and you mention Bartlesville, they ask about Murphy's. It's supposedly a steak house, but they're famous for these plates of hot hamburger, hot cheeseburger, hot meat, etc. What is it? Well behold - the junior hot hamburger.
It's a piece of texas toast topped with a hamburger patty, a giant mound of fries piled on top of that, and then gravy poured all over the whole plate. Indeed, there is meat under there, though you would hardly know it. Being a fan of everything about this dish, especially the gravy, I loved it. And this was the junior. I can't even begin to fathom how humongous the regular would be. I ate up all the hamburger patty and texas toast, and barely made it through any of these fries. Trust me, this is a ginormous portion of food. This place is quite divey, like a small town diner. It's also on the "wrong" side of the tracks of Bartlesville. Which is funny, because Bartlesville is totally an iconic american small town.

Murphy's Original Steak House

1625 SW Frank Phillips Blvd

Bartlesville, OK 74003

(918) 336-4789‎