Sprotes appears as a signature dish in 1 Latvia cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Šprotes (smoked Baltic sprats) · Riga
Small Baltic sprats, alder-smoked, often canned in oil; eaten on rye bread with onion and egg as Latvia's defining food export and street snack.
The Baltic sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus) has been Latvia's most internationally recognised food export since the early 20th century, with smoked-sprat canneries opening across Riga in the 1920s and 1930s. The Skonto and Brivais Vilnis brands still dominate the canned market. Riga's Centrāltirgus fish pavilion remains the city's strongest counter for fresh smoked sprats, with vendors building the classic Latvian open-faced rye sandwich of šprotes, onion and hard-boiled egg.
Where to eat in Riga:
- Centrāltirgus Smoked Fish Pavilion
- LIDO Atpūtas Centrs
- Pētergailis
- Folkklubs ALA Pagrabs