Kokoretsi: where to eat it

Kokoretsi

Lamb or pork offal (heart, liver, sweetbreads, lungs) wrapped in intestine and slow-roasted on a spit until the exterior is crisp and the interior is tender. The Easter and Sunday-morning spit at Xanthopoulos is the best in the city. Eaten with country bread and vinegary salad.

Where to eat it: 2 restaurants across 1 city.

Where to eat kokoretsi

Kokoretsi in Thessaloniki

Xanthopoulos ★ 4.0

Xanthopoulos has served pork chops, lamb skewers, and kokoretsi from a charcoal grill since the 1960s for prices that have barely moved in real terms. A full meat meal for under 10 euros. No pretension, no decor, excellent grill.

Ippokratous 26, Thessaloniki

Diagonios 1977 ★ 4.3

Diagonios keeps the Egnatia corner open until 3am on Friday and Saturday with the same pork souvlaki it has served since 1977. The city's most reliable late-night grill: no seats, no complications, just skewers and pita.

Egnatia 159, Thessaloniki 546 21

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