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)
Bantis Bougatsa is a street-food stop in Thessaloniki.
Editorially verified May 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Panagias Faneromenis 33, Thessaloniki 546 27
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)
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
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 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
The Ariston counter near Aristotelous Square is the reference tyropita address in the city centre. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Try: Tyropita (cheese pie), spanakopita
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)