9 street food places in Bologna we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Bologna | Street Food across every city.
Bologna's street eating runs on the salumi sandwich and the flatbread rather than a market-stall culture. La Mortadellina on Via Pescherie Vecchie and the Tamburini counter on Via Caprarie sell mortadella in the Quadrilatero, while Piadineria da Bardo near the university folds the Romagnola piadina. Casa Monica on Via Saragozza and Polpette e Crescentine al Mercato delle Erbe add fried crescentine and meatballs.
Tamburini Counter ★ 4.4
Via Caprarie 1, 40124 Bologna BO
Tamburini in Bologna's Quadrilatero runs a take-away salumi counter with the mortadella sandwich, the tigella with squacquerone and the daily-changing.
Pizzeria Altero ★ 4.2
Via dell'Indipendenza 39, 40121 Bologna BO
Pizzeria Altero on Via dell'Indipendenza in Bologna is the 1957-founded pizza-al-taglio counter, an old-school Bolognese fixture serving slabs of pizza rossa.
Sfoglia Rina Counter ★ 4.5
Via Castiglione 5/B, 40124 Bologna BO
Sfoglia Rina in Bologna's Centro Storico runs a take-away counter selling hand-rolled pasta by weight, with tortellini, tagliatelle, tortelloni and lasagne.
Casa Monica ★ 4.2
Via Saragozza 24, 40123 Bologna BO
Casa Monica in Bologna's Saragozza is the piadina-and-crescentine counter with the Romagnola flatbreads stuffed with squacquerone, prosciutto and Bolognese.
Polpette e Crescentine al Mercato delle Erbe ★ 4.3
Via Ugo Bassi 23, 40121 Bologna BO
Polpette e Crescentine at the Mercato delle Erbe in Bologna's centro serves the deep-fried crescentine and griddled tigelle counter with salumi.
Piadineria da Bardo ★ 4.2
Via Belle Arti 20, 40126 Bologna BO
Piadineria da Bardo in Bologna's University quarter is the Romagnola piadina counter from Forli, with the rosemary-and-lard flatbread. Open daily 11:30-22:00.
Bottega Portici ★ 4.0
Via Marconi 28/B, 40122 Bologna BO
Bottega Portici in Bologna's Centro Storico is the take-away counter for crescentine fritte and gnocco fritto, with the daily salumi tagliere.
Kebab Mercato Zamboni ★ 3.8
Via Zamboni 27, 40126 Bologna BO
Kebab Mercato Zamboni in Bologna's University quarter is the late-night doner kebab counter on Via Zamboni, serving the lamb kebab in pita and the falafel.
La Mortadellina ★ 4.1
Via Pescherie Vecchie 16, 40124 Bologna BO
La Mortadellina in Bologna's Quadrilatero on Via Pescherie Vecchie is the dedicated mortadella sandwich counter with the daily-sliced mortadella.