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Street foodNove Mesto
Saturday at Naplavka, the river embankment becomes a hundred-stall market. Arrive by 10:00; cash is faster than card across most stalls. At Rasinovo nabrezi.
TryCzech sausages, langos, fish soup
TipArrive by 10:00; cash is faster than card across most stalls.
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VegetarianVinohrady
Beas in Vinohrady is the cheapest sit-down meal in central Prague: vegetarian Indian by the kilogram. Two or three curries plus rice runs 150 $ at most.
TryIndian vegetarian thali by weight
TipAim for the lunch rush 12:00-14:00; that is when the steam table is fullest.
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VietnamesePraha 4 Libus
Halo Banh Mi inside Sapa Market sells Prague's best banh mi at the cheapest counter price in the city: 80 $ for the sandwich, 120 $ for a combo with a drink.
TryVietnamese banh mi
TipPublic transport is the only catch; 30 minutes on bus 198 from Smichov metro.
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VietnamesePraha 4 Libus
Pho Tung in Sapa Market sells the city's most-argued-over pho at 170 $ a bowl. Add the fried quay dough sticks at 15 $; cash and card accepted.
TryPho bo
TipAdd the fried quay dough sticks at 15 $; cash and card accepted.
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CzechStare Mesto
Lokal Dlouhaaa's daily lunch menu runs three rotating Czech dishes at 180-240 $, all hot, with tank Pilsner at the lunch-hour price. Located in Stare Mesto.
TryCzech daily lunch menu
TipShow up at 11:30 sharp; the lunch menu runs only to 14:30 daily.
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BakeryKarlin
Antoninovo Pekarstvi's Karlin bakery sells made-up chlebicky at 45 $ each plus daily soups. Two chlebicky plus a soup is lunch for under 200 $.
TryThree chlebicky plus soup
TipSit at the counter with a coffee; the egg-and-beetroot pair is the smart order.