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Street foodLipotvaros
Retesbar on Suto utca near Deak ter is a takeaway strudel counter in downtown Budapest with apple, cherry, poppy seed and cottage-cheese fillings made.
OrderThe poppy seed (mákos) retes with a small Hungarian coffee.
TipOpen daily 10:00-22:00; ask for a piece warmed in the oven if there is a slow moment.
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Street foodTerezvarosCash only
Retro Langos on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky across from the Arany Janos utca metro fries 30-plus varieties of langos to order, the canonical sour-cream-and-cheese.
OrderA langos with sour cream, grated cheese and a clove of raw garlic rubbed on top.
TipCash and card; queue runs 15 minutes deep at lunch, the standing-room counter turns over fast.
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Street foodErzsebetvaros
Drum Cafe on Dob utca near Deak ter is a standing-counter Jewish Quarter spot for langos and gulyas, a frequent Budapest dinner stop after the ruin-bar crawl.
OrderA garlic-and-cheese langos with a bowl of beef gulyas.
TipOpen daily into the late evening; cash and card, no reservations.
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Street foodFerencvaros
Kolbice by Kobe at the Fovam Square Central Market Hall puts six grilled mini sausages in a whole-wheat bread cone with cheddar sauce and sauerkraut.
OrderThe signature kolbice cone with cheddar sauce, fresh sauerkraut and Hungarian mustard.
TipGround floor inside the Central Market Hall; standing-only, eat at the high tops by the entrance.
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Street foodFerencvarosCash only
The upper-floor langos counters inside the Central Market Hall on Vamhaz korut are the landmark Budapest spot for a sour-cream-and-cheese langos.
OrderThe classic langos with sour cream, garlic and grated cheese.
TipCash only most stalls; head upstairs to the gallery once you have crossed Vamhaz krt.
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Street foodErzsebetvaros
Karavan on Kazinczy next to Szimpla Kert is Hungary's first food-truck court, a Jewish Quarter open-air strip with langos, burgers, gyros and kurtoskalacs.
OrderThe full-size langos with sour cream and grated cheese.
TipLate-night until 01:00 Thu to Sat; the langos and kurtoskalacs lines are the longest.