Street food€innenstadtMon-Fri 08:00-18:00; Sat 08:00-16:00; closed SunCash only
Edel's Hausmannskost dishes Grüne Soße and Hessian home cooking from stand 24 of Frankfurt's Kleinmarkthalle, the fastest honest lunch in the centre.
Try: Grüne Soße with eggs, ladled at a market stand
Tip: This is the cheapest way to try real Grüne Soße in the city centre; Saturdays sell out the pots well before closing.
Street food€innenstadtMon-Fri 08:00-18:00; Sat 08:00-16:00; closed SunCash only
Michel's Feinkost slices traditional sausage and ham at stand 62 of Frankfurt's Kleinmarkthalle, the quieter counter beside Schreiber's queue.
Try: Traditional sausage and ham cut over the counter
Tip: When Schreiber's line wraps the aisle, Michel's sausage specialities two rows over settle the same craving faster.
Turkish€innenstadtMon-Fri 08:00-18:00; Sat 08:00-16:00; closed SunCash only
Anadolu Metzgerei runs the Turkish counter on the Kleinmarkthalle gallery, sucuk and spiced cuts above Frankfurt's main market floor every market day.
Try: Turkish meat specialities from the gallery stands
Tip: The gallery level gets half the foot traffic of the ground floor; come here for sucuk and merguez-style links to cook at home.
Street food€bahnhofsviertelDaily 11:00-19:00
Frittenwerk fries fresh-cut potatoes on Kaiserstraße in Frankfurt, stacking poutines and currywurst fries for the station-district lunch rush.
Try: Poutine and loaded fries with house-made dips
Tip: The Kaiserstraße shop closes at 19:00, earlier than the street around it; the Skyline Plaza branch catches the evening gap.
Burgers€€bahnhofsviertelMon-Sat 11:30-23:00; Sun 11:30-22:00
Der Fette Bulle keeps Kaiserstraße's burger queue moving in Frankfurt, patties and hand-cut fries eaten fast at the counter seats by the window.
Try: Smashed-style cheeseburger with chilli cheese fries
Tip: Counter seats turn over quickest at lunch; the falafel burger keeps mixed groups on the same side of the street.
Ice cream€nordendMon and Wed-Sun 10:30-21:30; closed TueCash only
Eis Christina draws queues down Eckenheimer Landstraße, Frankfurt's benchmark Italian gelato counter and the Nordend's standing summer-evening ritual.
Try: Spaghettieis and seasonal fruit sorbets
Tip: The pavement queue moves faster than it looks; on hot evenings the last scoops of the popular flavours go before 21:00.