Mexican€Vauban-EsquermesDaily 12:00-14:30 and 18:30-22:30
Nomás on Rue Nationale in Lille sells Mexican tacos and burritos at street-food prices, open every day of the week for two full services a day.
Try: Tacos
Tip: Two services daily, seven days a week, which is rare for a kitchen this small.
Vietnamese€Vieux-LilleMon-Fri 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-21:00; Sat 12:00-14:30 and 19:00-21:30; Sun 19:00-21:00
Smokey Banh Mi on Avenue du Peuple Belge in Lille sells a pork banh mi at 11.50 euros, meat smoked on site and bread from a Vieux-Lille bakery.
Try: Banh mi au porc
Tip: At 11.50 euros this is the best value sandwich in Vieux-Lille.
Italian€Vieux-LilleTue-Sat 11:00-19:00; closed Sunday and Monday
Arancini Lovers on Rue Saint-André in Lille fries Sicilian rice balls to order, a cheap and filling walk-up lunch in the middle of Vieux-Lille.
Try: Arancini
Tip: Two arancini and a coffee makes a lunch for well under 10 euros.
Street food€WazemmesMon-Tue 11:30-14:00 and 18:30-21:00; Wed-Thu 11:30-14:00 and 18:30-21:30; Fri-Sat 11:30-14:00 and 18:30-22:00; Sun 18:30-21:30
Friterie des Lilas on Rue Saint-Gabriel in Lille cuts its own potatoes and prices its student menus low enough that Wazemmes queues for them.
Try: Frites and fricadelle
Tip: Ask for the student menu if you have a card. Sunday is evening service only.
Street food€FivesTue-Fri 11:30-14:00 and 18:30-21:30; Sat-Sun 18:30-21:30; closed Monday
La Friterie du Splendid on Place du Mont de Terre in Lille is a working baraque à frites, cheap plates of frites with sauces made on the premises.
Try: Frites with house sauce
Tip: Closed Monday, and both weekend days run an evening service only, from 18:30.
Street food€Lille-CentreDaily 11:00-22:30
Friterie Meunier beside Lille Flandres station sells frites, croquettes and fricadelle from 11:00 to 22:30 daily, the cheapest fill near the trains.
Try: Frites and croquettes
Tip: It runs to 22:30 every day, so it covers the gap after most kitchens close.