New York Pizza Rembrandtplein ★ 3.4
New York Pizza is the Amsterdam slice-shop chain, Rembrandtplein outlet open into the early hours, big triangles of pizza for under 6 euros each.
Try: Pizza by the slice
Wok to Walk on Leidsestraat is the Amsterdam late-running stir-fry counter, build-your-own noodle or rice plate 8 to 12 euros, open well past midnight.
Address: Leidsestraat 96, 1017 PE Amsterdam
New York Pizza is the Amsterdam slice-shop chain, Rembrandtplein outlet open into the early hours, big triangles of pizza for under 6 euros each.
Try: Pizza by the slice
Thai Snackbar Bird on Zeedijk is the Amsterdam Chinatown Thai counter, two decades in, big bowls of pad krapow and curry under 15 euros, fast turnover.
Try: Pad krapow, green curry
Spang Makandra in De Pijp is the Amsterdam Surinamese counter where almost every dish is under 15 euros, roti kip and saoto soep both squarely in budget.
Try: Roti kip, saoto soep
SLA on Ceintuurbaan runs the Amsterdam organic-salad chain, build-your-own bowls 8 to 12 euros, soups for 5, the everyday office-lunch counter.
Try: Build-your-own salad bowl
Stach on Van Woustraat is the Amsterdam organic grab-and-go counter, daily-pressed sourdough sandwiches, big salads, the deli the city eats at lunchtime.
Try: Sandwiches and salads from the deli case
Vleminckx on Voetboogstraat is the Amsterdam frites counter, since 1957, double-fried Belgian-style chips under 6 euros, the daily queue starting at noon.
Try: Frites with mayonnaise or 28 other sauces