Bantis Bougatsa is a bakery in Thessaloniki.
Bantis has produced Thessaloniki's most respected cream bougatsa from a marble counter near Dikastirion Square since 1969. Phyllo baked fresh every two hours, cold pastry cream, cinnamon shaker. Opens at 06:30. The benchmark for a city that takes bougatsa seriously.
Address: Panagias Faneromenis 33, Thessaloniki 546 27
Elenidis in Panorama invented the trigona panoramatos, the crisp phyllo triangle filled with cold pastry cream that has become Thessaloniki's most iconic pastry. Three Thessaloniki locations; the Panorama original with hill views is the essential one.
Bougatsa Giannis operates on a unique schedule: open from 8pm until 3pm the following day, serving fresh cream and cheese bougatsa through the night. One of Thessaloniki's most loved late-night institutions, essential for a post-bar cream phyllo fix.
The central Thessaloniki branch of Elenidis on Tsimiski and Iktinou puts the trigona panoramatos within reach of anyone in the city centre. The format is the same as the Panorama original: crisp phyllo triangles filled to order with cold cream.
Koukos 1953 carries the city's most famous tyropita recipe, brought from the family bakery in Asvestochori to central Thessaloniki by the third generation. The Vogatsikou store across from the Metropolitan Church serves the classic small cheese pies alongside savoury pastries, salads, and desserts. Counter format, open from early morning.
Terkenlis founded by Stavros Terkenlis in 1948, the oldest shop sits at the corner of Tsimiski and Aristotelous and remains the most famous tsoureki source in Greece. The smell from the wood oven during baking is part of Aristotelous Square's morning identity. Chocolate-covered tsoureki, traditional cakes, savoury pies, and ice cream.
The koulouri bakery-cart at Tsimiski 12 is the cleanest version of the city's oldest street food ritual: sesame-crusted bread rings baked from 05:30, warm by 06:00, sold until they run out. Also serves tyropita and spanakopita by the square. Price: around 0.70 euros.
