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18 Virginia (at Mission) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-206-2086

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Recommended
Best Place to Get a 40 oz. During a Classy Date
Award Winner 2007

Cuisine(s): Italian

Hours: Sun-Thu 5:30pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-12am

Price: $$, $$$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Private Party, Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Late Night

Entertainment: Live Entertainment
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

Hip, funky spot offers live DJs on weekends and well-executed, San Francisco-style comfort food. Entrees include a satisfying plate of spaghetti (with or without meatballs) and fabulous roast chicken with apple-raisin stuffing. For dessert, try the decadent chocolate almond cake or the Spaghetti Shack Twinkis. Small wine list, full bar.

2007 | Best Place to Get a 40 oz. During a Classy Date

Yes, they serve 40s (Mickey's or Chimay), but Emmy's also has decadent Italian fare (see the eponymous spaghetti and meatballs), and a nice wine list. It's everything you could ask out of a first-date restaurant -- intimate, dark, and fun, imbued with an unassuming, cozily hip vibe -- but it's too perfectly "first date" to actually go on one here. A first date should be awkward and goofy, and there's no reason to waste Emmy's perfect atmospherics on such a doomed enterprise. It's a... More »
2002 | Best Shack

Technically, Emmy's Spaghetti Shack is not an actual shack (the place shares half of the ground floor in a regular building with the El Amigo bar). Still, this homespun bohemian joint feels shantylike at the very least thanks to a corrugated steel ceiling and aprons strung like laundry across the interior of the restaurant. Whether you're looking for a $6.50 plate of spaghetti and a 40-ounce Bud or more sophisticated fare such as pan-roasted halibut or white bean soup with Italian sausage... More »

Chicken and a Twinki

By Greg Hugunin | Wed, December 26, 2001

It didn't take long for my friend Rachel to form an opinion about Emmy's Spaghetti Shack. "This is the coolest restaurant I've been to all year," she declared approximately 30 seconds after we stepped through the door. For Rachel, the deal was cli... More »

Main Menu

Appetizers And Salad

Small (3pcs) $4.00
Large (6pcs) $8.00

Garlic Bread

$6.00

Spring Mixed Green Salad
with crispy apples and a white balsamic dressing

$9.95

Barrys Caesar Salad
whole romaine leaves, fresh parmesan and house made dressing

$9.50

Spring Panzanella
with snap peas, mint and fresh mozzarella in a tomato vinaigrette

$12.00

Shack Nicoise
with flott italian tuna, hard boiled egg and all organic ingredients: spring veggies, new potatoes, asparagus and red oak greens

$10.00

Farmhouse Cheddar Mac 'n' Cheese

$11.00

Pulled Pork Risotto
with pork gravy

Entrees

$9.95

Spaghetti
with emmy's marinara, fresh parmesan, parsley

$12.95
Extra Cheese $0.50

Spaghetti & Meatballs
with emmy's marinara, fresh parmesan, parsley

$16.50

Linguine
with fresh english peas, pancetta in a pecorino and parmesan cream sauce

$14.50

Meatball Sandwich With Fries
on a ciabatta roll with sauce, basil and melted mozzarella

$17.00

Roasted Garlic Rockin' Cod Stew
with toasted bread

$18.50

Flat Iron Steak
with sauteed red bell peppers and onions and house fries

Desserts

$7.00

Barrys Peanut Butter Bar
vanilla ice cream chocolate sauce

$7.00

Warm Doughnut
topped with mitchells vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberry syrup and sprinkles

$7.00

Mission Mini Cupcakes
enjoy a variety of our local little cuties

$1.50

Coffee Tea

$7.00

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Emmy's Spaghetti Shack

18 Virginia (at Mission) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-206-2086

Description

2007 | Best Place to Get a 40 oz. During a Classy Date

2002 | Best Shack

Chicken and a Twinki

By Greg Hugunin | Wed, December 26, 2001

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