Bantis Bougatsa ★ 4.8
The city's best cream bougatsa eaten at the marble counter: fresh phyllo, cold pastry cream, cinnamon shaker, powdered sugar. Opens at 06:30.
Try: Cream bougatsa
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Thessaloniki.
Don't-miss vendors
Tragano Navarinou ★ 4.3
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.
Try: Koulouri Thessalonikis (sesame bread ring)
Diagonios 1977 ★ 4.3
Since 1977 on Egnatia Street, Diagonios has served the city's most consistent souvlaki until 3am on weekends. At Egnatia 159. Booking recommended.
Try: Pork souvlaki kalamaki
Trigona Elenidis ★ 4.8
The trigona panoramatos is Thessaloniki's defining pastry: a crisp phyllo triangle filled to order with cold cream. At Venizelou 12. Booking recommended.
Try: Trigona panoramatos (cream phyllo triangle)
Stou Mitsou ★ 4.4
Stou Mitsou opened inside Kapani Market in February 2014 and quickly became a reference address for the city's refugee dishes: Smyrna-style soutzoukakia.
Try: Soutzoukakia, traditional Macedonian meze
Ariston Tyropita ★ 4.2
The Ariston counter near Aristotelous Square is the reference tyropita address in the city centre. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Try: Tyropita (cheese pie), spanakopita
Giotis Gyradiko ★ 4.0
The most consistent gyros counter in the city centre. Pork or chicken in soft pita with tomato, onion, tzatziki, and chips: the Thessaloniki formulation.
Try: Gyros (pork or chicken in pita)
Bougatsa Giannis ★ 4.5
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.
Try: Cream and cheese bougatsa, night shift
Modiano Market Stalls ★ 4.1
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.
Try: Market lunch, cheese, cured meats, olives
Pasatempas Nut Stalls ★ 4.0
The nut and seed stalls at Kapani Market selling pasatempas, the Thessaloniki term for roasted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. Booking recommended.
Try: Roasted nuts, seeds, dried fruits
Loukoumania Navarinou ★ 4.2
Loukoumania near Navarinou Square fries fresh dough daily and serves the crisp, fluffy, honey-soaked loukoumades in dozens of combinations. At Gounari 24.
Try: Loukoumades (Greek honey doughnuts)
Winter Corn and Chestnut Carts ★ 4.0
In winter, the roasted corn and chestnut carts appear around Aristotelous Square and the waterfront promenade. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Try: Roasted corn, roasted chestnuts (seasonal Oct-Feb)
Xanthopoulos Kokoretsi ★ 4.2
Xanthopoulos on Ippokratous is the serious address for kokoretsi, the Easter and Sunday offal spit-roast of wrapped intestines, heart. At Ippokratous 26.
Try: Kokoretsi (offal spit-roast)
Ladadika Tsipouradika ★ 4.6
The tsipouradika of Katouni and Doxis Streets operate the Thessaloniki ritual: cold tsipouro arrives in a small carafe, meze plates follow in relay.
Try: Tsipouro plus meze relay
Seafront Corn Carts ★ 3.8
The roasted corn carts on Nikis Avenue operate from spring through autumn, positioned along the waterfront promenade between the White Tower and the port.
Try: Roasted corn on the cob
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