Bantis Bougatsa
- ★ 4.8
- €
Try Cream bougatsa
The city's best cream bougatsa eaten at the marble counter: fresh phyllo, cold pastry cream, cinnamon shaker, powdered sugar. Opens at 06:30.
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Tragano Navarinou
- ★ 4.3
- €
Try Koulouri Thessalonikis (sesame bread ring)
Tragano on Dimitriou Gounari near Navarinou Square bakes some of the city's most reliable koulouri (sesame bread rings) on site. At Dimitriou Gounari 32.
Diagonios 1977
- ★ 4.3
- €
Try Pork souvlaki kalamaki
Since 1977 on Egnatia Street, Diagonios has served the city's most consistent souvlaki until 3am on weekends. At Egnatia 159. Booking recommended.
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Trigona Elenidis
- ★ 4.8
- €
Try Trigona panoramatos (cream phyllo triangle)
The trigona panoramatos is Thessaloniki's defining pastry: a crisp phyllo triangle filled to order with cold cream. At Venizelou 12. Booking recommended.
Stou Mitsou
- ★ 4.4
- €
Try Soutzoukakia, traditional Macedonian meze
Stou Mitsou opened inside Kapani Market in February 2014 and quickly became a reference address for the city's refugee dishes: Smyrna-style soutzoukakia.
Ariston Tyropita
- ★ 4.2
- €
Try Tyropita (cheese pie), spanakopita
The Ariston counter near Aristotelous Square is the reference tyropita address in the city centre. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Giotis Gyradiko
- ★ 4.0
- €
Try Gyros (pork or chicken in pita)
The most consistent gyros counter in the city centre. Pork or chicken in soft pita with tomato, onion, tzatziki, and chips: the Thessaloniki formulation.
Bougatsa Giannis
- ★ 4.5
- €
Try Cream and cheese bougatsa, night shift
Bougatsa Giannis opens at 8pm and runs until 3pm the following day. The late-night cream or cheese phyllo fix for the bar crowd on Mitropoleos.
Modiano Market Stalls
- ★ 4.1
- €
Try Market lunch, cheese, cured meats, olives
The Modiano Market reopened in December 2022 after full restoration and now houses food stalls, cheese and cured-meat counters, the Modiano Bahar spice shop.
Pasatempas Nut Stalls
- ★ 4.0
- €
Try Roasted nuts, seeds, dried fruits
The nut and seed stalls at Kapani Market selling pasatempas, the Thessaloniki term for roasted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. Booking recommended.
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Loukoumania Navarinou
- ★ 4.2
- €
Try Loukoumades (Greek honey doughnuts)
Loukoumania near Navarinou Square fries fresh dough daily and serves the crisp, fluffy, honey-soaked loukoumades in dozens of combinations. At Gounari 24.
Winter Corn and Chestnut Carts
- ★ 4.0
- €
Try Roasted corn, roasted chestnuts (seasonal Oct-Feb)
In winter, the roasted corn and chestnut carts appear around Aristotelous Square and the waterfront promenade. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Xanthopoulos Kokoretsi
- ★ 4.2
- €
Try Kokoretsi (offal spit-roast)
Xanthopoulos on Ippokratous is the serious address for kokoretsi, the Easter and Sunday offal spit-roast of wrapped intestines, heart. At Ippokratous 26.
Ladadika Tsipouradika
- ★ 4.6
- €
Try Tsipouro plus meze relay
The tsipouradika of Katouni and Doxis Streets operate the Thessaloniki ritual: cold tsipouro arrives in a small carafe, meze plates follow in relay.
Seafront Corn Carts
- ★ 3.8
- €
Try Roasted corn on the cob
The roasted corn carts on Nikis Avenue operate from spring through autumn, positioned along the waterfront promenade between the White Tower and the port.
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