31 cheap eats places in Parma, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Parma: the places editors actually return to. All Parma food.
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Order Whatever botanical or savoury flavour the lab is testing that week.
Ciacco is food scientist Stefano Guizzetti's Parma gelato lab by the Steccata, churning additive-free flavours that earned a published thesis and a queue.
Order The Spaccaballe at 6 euro, plus a Carciofa at 2.50 euro.
Pepen has been Parma's sandwich institution on Borgo Sant'Ambrogio since its dopoteatro days, from the Spaccaballe roast pork to the artichoke Carciofa.
Order Classic mignon tray
Pasticceria Provinciali traces its laboratory to 1902 and grew with Parma itself, the pastry name the UNESCO gastronomy city still sends visitors to first.
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Order The salted croissant with prosciutto, a Parma-only breakfast.
Pasticceria Cocconi has run its bar on Strada della Repubblica in Parma since 1951, famous for the savoury croissant stuffed with cured ham and tuna sauce.
Order A cone of the classic cream flavours from the day's case.
K2 Gelateria scoops a few steps from Piazza Garibaldi on Strada Cairoli, one of the historic centre's best-known counters for the classic cream flavours.
Order Pain au chocolat
Latteria 61 La Briosciaia laminates its mornings away on Borgo Tommasini in Parma, a small-batch brioche counter that sells out before lunch most days.
Order A straight espresso, then a bag of the house roast to carry home.
Torrefazione El Mejor roasts its own beans on Piazza Picelli in Parma's Oltretorrente and pulls the espresso locals cross the torrent for, at bar prices.
Order An espresso at the counter, then a bag of house blend ground for the moka.
Torrefazione Pelco has roasted coffee in Parma's historic centre since 1968, grinding and roasting in the shop and serving espresso at the bar.
Order An espresso with a fresh pastry, then a bag roasted for the moka pot.
Torrefazione Gallo has roasted its own coffee for moka and espresso since 1973, serving it with fresh pastries, light lunches and wine by the glass.
Order Cannoncini alla crema e allo zabaione
Pasticceria Battistini pipes cannoncini with cream and zabaione on Via Montebello, a Parma family counter the breakfast guides keep at the top.
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Order The cream flavours: zabaione, crema and the hazelnut.
Gelateria OK on Via Valenti took best cream gelato in the 2025 GelaTiAmo contest on TV Parma, a neighbourhood counter Parma drives across town to reach.
Order The Crociato at 6 euro, or the 4 euro Pesto primavera.
Da Walter La Clinica del Panino runs sandwich surgery on Borgo Palmia in Parma; the Crociato wraps roast meats into the city's answer to a kebab.
Order Focaccia alla romana
Panificio Zaccarini has run its ovens at Vigatto on Parma's southern edge since 1953; ParmaToday ranks its Roman focaccia among the city's best bakes.
Order Roman-style pizza al taglio
Panificio Castagnoli has baked Parma's daily bread for over sixty years across eight shops; the Strada Farini branch feeds the centre its pizza al taglio.
Order Pizzette di sfoglia
Pasticceria D'Azeglio anchors the Oltretorrente's main street in Parma with puff-pastry pizzette, lemon tarts and fruit pastries stacked behind glass.
Order Maritozzi and seasonal grape focaccia
Pasticceria Sole follows the calendar in Parma's Cittadella quarter: maritozzi, grape focaccia in vintage season and pandoro when the frosts come.
Order Millefoglie allo chantilly
Pasticceria Bombe layers millefoglie allo chantilly and modern cakes on Via Emilia Est, one of the counters young Parma queues for at weekend breakfast.
Order Focaccia with coppa; add stracchino if the day calls for it.
Frank Focaccia folds warm slabs around Parma salumi at Piazzale San Lorenzo, the 4 to 6 euro lunch that beats most sit-down menus in the centre.
Order The rabbit-roast rosetta with provola and sweet-sour onions.
Panino d'Artista builds composed rolls on Strada Farini in Parma: corn rosetta, local rabbit roast, provola and red onions in agrodolce at seven euro.
Order The Cotechinotuttolanno: cotechino, salsa verde and dijonese.
Tra l'Uss e l'Asa griddles cotechino with salsa verde into six-euro sandwiches on Borgo San Biagio in central Parma, the modern end of the panino list.
Podere Stuard runs Parma's agricultural time capsule: an experimental farm shop selling Red Cow Parmigiano and heritage produce grown on site.
Order Whatever Italian craft beer leads the chalkboard that night.
Vecchie Maniere fills a Bernabei courtyard in Parma's Oltretorrente with craft taps and live-music nights, the neighbourhood pub the district deserves.
Try Gourmet panini until 02:00
La Corriera Stravagante hands over spalla-cotta sandwiches and craft pints to 02:00 six nights a week, the working late kitchen of Parma's east side.
Order Crusty pane comune from the daily ovens
Panificio Alinovi bakes from Collecchio to central Parma, and its Via Carducci shop lands ParmaToday's top-three among the city's bread ovens.
Order Cappuccino and pastry early; a spritz at the tables by dusk.
Bar Le Malve holds its corner of Strada Farini in Parma from six in the morning to past midnight, the all-day bar that anchors the wine street's hours.
Order The companatico board with a glass of Malvasia at aperitivo.
Le Petit Bar & Companatico works Piazzale Marsala in Parma from breakfast to the small hours, stacking salumi boards beside cocktails at aperitivo time.
Order A cask ale with the house burger, late.
Highlander Pub is the Oltretorrente's veteran ale room on Via La Spezia, with Friday evening beer tastings and burgers served past midnight.
Order Pane di Altamura from the wood-led ovens
Forneria Morini stacks thirty-five bread types on Strada Montanara in Parma, from pane comune to Altamura loaves, one of the city's widest daily bakes.
Order A soy cappuccino with whichever vegan pastry came in that morning.
Vision's Cafe on Via della Costituente is Parma's plant-milk breakfast bar, listed on HappyCow for vegan pastries in a city of butter-heavy counters.
Order A pint and a hot panino, the house pairing since forever.
Birreria Chelsea holds its long-running beer-and-panini corner on Via Emilio Lepido in Parma, a neighbourhood pub that opens when the city eats dinner.
Order Tigelle filled with prosciutto and squacquerone to start.
Dispensa Emilia serves tigelle and gnocco fritto counter-style at its Parma branch, an Emilian fast-casual formula for salumi without the trattoria bill.
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