Eis Christina is a street-food stop in Nordend, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The pavement queue moves faster than it looks; on hot evenings the last scoops of the popular flavours go before 21:00.
Address: Eckenheimer Landstraße 78, 60318 Frankfurt am Main
Antipodean Gelato churns small batches on Bornheimer Landstraße, the Nordend's modern answer to Frankfurt's old-school Italian parlours and their queues.
Try: Small-batch gelato in changing experimental flavours
Tip: Flavours rotate constantly and the board empties from the top; afternoons midweek are the calm window.
Eis Fontanella scoops Italian gelato on Frankfurt's Kaiserstraße until almost 22:00, the Bahnhofsviertel's sweet counterweight to the street outside.
Try: Classic Italian scoops on Kaiserstraße
Tip: It stays open later than most German ice parlours; a cone here is the standard finish to a Bahnhofsviertel food crawl.
Antipodean Gelato churns small batches on Bornheimer Landstraße, the Nordend's modern answer to Frankfurt's old-school Italian parlours and their queues.
Try: Small-batch gelato in changing experimental flavours
Tip: Flavours rotate constantly and the board empties from the top; afternoons midweek are the calm window.
Saravanaa Bhavan's dosa griddle on Kaiserstraße gives Frankfurt the street-food staples of Chennai, plated fast from morning onward until night.
Try: Dosa and vada, South India's own street-food canon
Tip: Order the medu vada with filter coffee for the true tiffin-hour experience before noon.
The Sachsenhausen branch of Best Worscht in Town sells its graded-heat currywurst on Schweizer Straße, open Sundays unlike the original on Grüneburgweg.
Try: Currywurst on Sachsenhausen's shopping street
Tip: This is the branch that opens on Sunday; walk it off down Schweizer Straße toward the apfelwein taverns.
Stand 30 of Frankfurt's Kleinmarkthalle sells Oberhessen and north German sausage specialities, the market hall's deep cut for the wurst obsessive.
Try: Regional Hessian sausage from stand 30
Tip: Ask for the Oberhessen air-dried styles you will not find in supermarkets; the vendors slice tasting slivers if you ask nicely.
Best Worscht in Town scales Frankfurt currywurst from mild to the feared FBI sauce, Lars Obendorfer's Grüneburgweg stand grown from a 1970 snack cart.
Try: Currywurst with heat levels up to the notorious FBI sauce
Tip: Sauces climb from Bissi Prickeln to a claimed 1,200,000 SCU; sign the waiver of common sense above level C at your own risk.
