Conga Casa das Bifanas ★ 4.4
Conga on Rua do Bonjardim in Porto has been simmering bifanas in a paprika broth since 1976, the stand-up counter Porto sends visitors to first for street food.
Try: Bifana (slow-cooked pork sandwich)
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Cervejaria Gazela ★ 4.4
Cervejaria Gazela in Porto opened in 1962 off Praca da Batalha, building its name on the cachorrinho: griddled sausage in crisp bread with butter and chilli oil.
Try: Cachorrinho da Batalha (Porto pressed hot dog)
Casa Guedes ★ 4.5
Casa Guedes on Praca dos Poveiros in Porto has pulled roast pork leg into a fofo roll since 1987, with melted Serra cheese for the upgrade locals call essential.
Try: Sandes de pernil com queijo da Serra
Santini ★ 4.3
Santini on Largo dos Loios in Porto is the Lisbon institution's Porto site, churning daily gelato since 1949 with a fresh-fruit base, mostly without colourings.
Try: Portuguese gelato
Padaria Ribeiro (bola de Berlim) ★ 4.4
Padaria Ribeiro on Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes in Porto sells the bola de Berlim with creme pasteleiro hot from the fryer, the city's reliable doughnut counter.
Try: Bola de Berlim with creme
Frangasqueira Nacional ★ 4.1
Frangasqueira Nacional on Rua de Sa da Bandeira in Porto runs a counter of charcoal-grilled chicken with piri-piri, packed in foil to take away or eaten at standing tables.
Try: Charcoal-grilled chicken (frango no churrasco)
Bolhao Sardine Counter ★ 4.0
The Bolhao market's first-floor sardine counter in Porto plates conservas (tinned fish) with broa de milho and the rotating Portuguese tinned-fish line as a snack on the spot.
Try: Sardine canapes and conservas
Ze Bota ★ 4.0
Ze Bota on Travessa do Carregal in Porto runs a six-stool cachorrinho counter, with bifanas and pressed cured-meat sandwiches from a charcoal-fired iron press.
Try: Cachorrinho and bifanas
Leitao da Bairrada ★ 4.1
Leitao da Bairrada on Rua de Cedofeita in Porto is a takeaway window selling Bairrada-style suckling pig in fofo rolls, with the orange-and-bay-leaf oil drizzled on top.
Try: Suckling pig sandwich