Emmy's Spaghetti Shack
Italian restaurant · La Lengua
3230 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Highlights
Iconic spaghetti & meatballs, hip decor, arcade games, photo booth
Iconic spaghetti & meatballs, hip decor, arcade games, photo booth
"From big bowls of spaghetti and meatballs to eggplant parmesan, the menu at Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack is full of Italian American dishes. In addition to mountainous portions of red sauce, this Bernal Heights restaurant is one of the funkiest places in the city. Inside you’ll find a fantasy horse mural, a Dolly Parton pinball machine, and hand-drawn menus with sketches that look like the pages of a middle schooler’s notebook." - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong
"Emmy’s is a Bernal Heights red sauce joint that was genetically engineered for birthdays. The space can easily fit whatever mishmash of friend groups you’ve assembled for the night, and celebratory Fireball shots are at the ready—and once you’ve eaten your fill of spaghetti and meatballs, there’s a spacious photo booth in the back." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, ricky rodriguez
"Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack has been a fun-machine since it opened in 2001. The Bernal Heights red sauce joint is packed nightly and louder than a helicopter landing pad—it’s a revolving door of 10-person birthday groups doing Fireball shots with staff, families with kids shoveling cheesy garlic bread, and regulars sipping bootfuls of margaritas at the bar. Once you’re done clearing a mountain of spaghetti (complete with a $2 “parm blizzard” add-on), head to the back to peruse the pinball machines and stray photo booth strips that line the walls." - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong
"Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack is a neighborhood favorite, and with the recent change in ownership, it’s renewed itself as a place for late-night food and drinks for locals. The restaurant closes at 9:30 p.m. on most days, but on Friday and Saturday, hours extend until midnight with a late-night food menu. Pair those late dishes with a “reverse happy hour” — meaning deals from 9:30 p.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday — and it might become a new go-to spot for your group on the weekend." - Paolo Bicchieri
"There are tons of old-school Italian spots in SF where you can drown in red sauce and eat a chicken parm the size of a football (looking at you, Original Joe’s). But Emmy’s is one of our favorites—the Bernal Heights spot is just really f*cking fun. You can spend a meal hogging the photobooth, sucking up margaritas out of boot-shaped glasses, or commemorating another trip around the sun with a Fireball shot (the staff might even join you). Enjoy a night alongside the regulars who have been coming here since 2001, and pat yourself on the back when you manage to finish the mountainous portion of spaghetti and meatballs." - julia chen 1
