Kirkor is a street-food stop in Lions Square, Heraklion.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Thraka Grill turns out gyros on Daskalogianni square in Heraklion until midnight, the local answer to where to eat well for about five euros.
OrderA pork gyros pita with everything on it
TipOn Daskalogianni square, and it is the gyros stop the local food tours use rather than the seafront chains.
Souvlaki Point grills skewers on Menelaou Parlama in Heraklion until one in the morning, a takeaway counter rather than a sit-down taverna room.
OrderTwo pork skewers with pita and chips
TipOpen until one in the morning most nights, and set up for takeaway rather than a sit-down meal.
Spiros Psitopoleio is the neighbourhood grill house on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion, selling meat by the portion to a mostly local queue.
OrderA mixed grill portion to take away
TipA neighbourhood psitopoleio on Christomichali Xilouri, which means grilled meat by the portion rather than by the plate.
Gyrogonia works the gyros spit on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion until midnight, a plain takeaway counter with prices that match the setting.
OrderA chicken gyros pita, wrapped to go
TipTwo doors from Spiros on the same street, which makes the corner a useful late-night detour east of the centre.
Mavrokostas sells homemade Greek food on 62 Martiron in Heraklion through the small hours, long after every other kitchen in town has shut down.
OrderWhatever tray of homemade food is still hot
TipOpen until six in the morning on weekdays and eight at weekends, which makes it the last kitchen standing in Heraklion.
Krasas grills on Leoforos Ikarou in Heraklion until three in the morning, the default late gyros stop for anyone heading home from the east.
OrderA gyros pita on the way home from Ikarou
TipOpen until 03:00, and there is a second Krasas near the airport in Nea Alikarnassos.
