The fastest, cheapest, frequently best food on Bologna's streets.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Bologna.
Tamburini in Bologna's Quadrilatero runs a take-away salumi counter with the mortadella sandwich, the tigella with squacquerone and the daily-changing.
Try: Mortadella sandwich
Tip: The take-away counter runs 11:00-22:00; the lunch peak is 12:30-13:30 and the queue thins after 14:00.
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.
Try: Pizza al taglio
Tip: Take-away counter only; the pizza rossa is 3 euros per slab and the queue thins after the 13:00 lunch peak.
Sfoglia Rina in Bologna's Centro Storico runs a take-away counter selling hand-rolled pasta by weight, with tortellini, tagliatelle, tortelloni and lasagne.
Try: Tortellini, tagliatelle by weight
Tip: The take-away counter runs from 09:00; tortellini sell by the 250g bag from 6 euros. Take home and cook in salted water 3 minutes.
Casa Monica in Bologna's Saragozza is the piadina-and-crescentine counter with the Romagnola flatbreads stuffed with squacquerone, prosciutto and Bolognese.
Try: Piadina, crescentine
Tip: Walk-in works; the piadina runs 4 to 7 euros and the take-away queue thins after 13:30.
Polpette e Crescentine at the Mercato delle Erbe in Bologna's centro serves the deep-fried crescentine and griddled tigelle counter with salumi.
Try: Crescentine fritte, tigelle, polpette
Tip: Inside the Mercato delle Erbe on Via Ugo Bassi. The crescentine arrive hot from the fryer; pair with mortadella and stracchino in the Bolognese order.
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.
Try: Piadina Romagnola
Tip: Walk-in only; the piadine run 4 to 7 euros and the late-night counter runs to 22:00. Cash and card both fine.
Bottega Portici in Bologna's Centro Storico is the take-away counter for crescentine fritte and gnocco fritto, with the daily salumi tagliere.
Try: Crescentine, gnocco fritto
Tip: Take-away counter runs 11:00-23:00; the gnocco fritto is fried to order and best eaten within 5 minutes.
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.
Try: Lamb kebab
Tip: Cash only; the counter runs 11:00-04:00 daily and the queue is steady after 23:00 with the student crowd.
La Mortadellina in Bologna's Quadrilatero on Via Pescherie Vecchie is the dedicated mortadella sandwich counter with the daily-sliced mortadella.
Try: Mortadella sandwich
Tip: Walk-in only; the mortadella sandwich runs 6 euros and the cunza tigella 7 euros. The lunch peak is 12:30-13:30.