Street food$Tue-Thu 13:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 13:00-00:00, Sun 13:00-22:00, closed Monday
Zapiekarnik on Ruska in Wrocław runs the city's most popular zapiekanka window: an open-faced baguette pizza loaded with mushrooms, cheese and sauces.
Try: Zapiekanka
Order: The classic mushroom-and-cheese zapiekanka with garlic sauce.
Tip: Friday-Saturday the counter runs to midnight; useful when the Rynek bars start to close.
Street food$Mon-Sat 11:00-19:00Cash only
Bar Pierożek in Wrocław's Nadodrze is a basic-seating pierogi room: handmade dumplings to a short list of fillings, kompot to drink, prices that haven't.
Try: Pierogi
Order: Pierogi ruskie (potato-cheese) by the dozen, plus a glass of cranberry kompot.
Tip: Daily lunch deal Mon-Fri before 14:00; one of the cheapest hot meals in central Wrocław.
Street food$Wed-Sat 13:00-20:30, Sun 13:00-19:30, closed Mon-Tue
Pampa on Podwale in central Wrocław is the city's only proper Argentinian empanada counter: hand-pinched dough, fillings rotated daily, mate tea.
Try: Argentinian empanadas
Order: Three empanadas: beef with olive, ham with cheese, plus the daily special filling.
Tip: Closed Mon-Tue; Wednesday to Sunday afternoons are the move. Order four for takeaway; the empanadas hold warm in the bag for the walk home.
Street food$Daily 10:00-22:00
Tandyr House in Wrocław's Nadodrze pulls Georgian breads, both plain and filled, straight out of the clay tandyr oven. Cheap, hot, satisfying.
Try: Georgian bread (khachapuri, tandyr-baked)
Order: A filled khachapuri-style bread with cheese and a side cup of cherry compote.
Tip: The Kościuszki 83 branch near the train station is the quicker takeaway window for the same product.
Street food$Daily 09:00-21:00
Pan Precel on Ruska in Wrocław runs a pretzel counter with both sweet and savoury fillings, the late-morning snack locals fall back on. Second branch.
Try: Pretzels (precle)
Order: A salt pretzel split with butter and ham, the canonical version.
Tip: Świdnicka 12 branch sells faster turnover; pretzels arrive hotter.
Street food$Daily 12:00-22:00
Frytki + sos on Antoniego in Wrocław is a takeaway window selling sweet-potato fries with homemade dipping sauces. At ul. Świętego Antoniego 14.
Try: Sweet-potato fries
Order: A medium portion of sweet-potato fries with the curry-mango sauce.
Tip: Weekend evenings the queue runs down the street; lunchtimes Mon-Thu are easier.