Klopa is a burgers budget eat in Centar, Sarajevo.
Klopa in a passage off Ferhadija is the Sarajevo Centar 15-KM lunch sit, with veggie burgers, risotto and pizza for the office and student crowd.
Tip: Lunch is the budget play; dinner mains move closer to 25 KM.
Address: Trg Fra Grge Martica 4, 71000 Sarajevo
Cajdzinica Dzirlo on Kovaci is the Sarajevo 3-KM Bosnian-coffee sit above Bascarsija, with dzezva-brewed coffee, salep and 53 teas for the slow sit.
Try: Bosnian coffee with rahat lokum
Tip: Cash only; sit on the stone steps in summer and watch Bascarsija from above.
Cevabdzinica Zeljo on Kundurdziluk is the Sarajevo budget anchor at 10 KM for a desetka of cevapi, fresh somun and a side of onions, cash only.
Try: 10 cevapi in somun with onion
Tip: Cash only; the 11:00-13:00 sit is the easiest before the lunch crowd lands.
Petica Ferhatovic on Bravadziluk runs the Sarajevo Olympic-era cevapi sit at 10 KM for 10 sausages with kajmak, the canonical budget lunch in Bascarsija.
Try: Desetka cevapi with kajmak
Tip: Add a yogurt for 2 KM; the corner terrace is the spot to claim.
Buregdzinica Sac on Mali Bravadziluk is Sarajevo's 5-KM Bosnian burek anchor, pulling phyllo under coal-heated sac lids since the 19th century.
Try: 200g meat burek with kajmak
Tip: Sold by weight at the Sarajevo Bascarsija counter; 200g is one portion, add a yogurt for 2 KM.
Buregdzinica Bosna on Bravadziluk pulls the Sarajevo Bosnian phyllo family at 4 KM a slice, meat burek, sirnica cheese pita and krompirusa potato pita.
Try: Spiral burek, sirnica or krompirusa
Tip: Sold by weight; 200g is one lunch portion, take yogurt with it.
Cevabdzinica Mrkva opened on Bravadziluk in 1963 and the Sarajevo 10-KM cevapi is the standing line; multiple branches at the same standard.
Try: Desetka cevapi with kajmak
Tip: Dobrinja branch is the local sit if Bravadziluk is full; same recipe.
