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)
Loukoumania Navarinou is a street-food stop in Thessaloniki.
Editorially verified May 30, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Gounari 24, Thessaloniki 546 22
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 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)
The tsipouradika of Katouni and Doxis Streets operate the Thessaloniki ritual: cold tsipouro arrives in a small carafe, meze plates follow in relay without.
Try: Tsipouro plus meze relay
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
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
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)