Covrigi Luca is a street-food stop in Universitate, Bucharest.
Covrigi Luca runs the city's largest covrigi chain, with Soviet-era warm soft-pretzel counters all over central Bucharest, the standard 4-5 RON walking snack.
Tip: Multi-location chain; the Magheru kiosk is the central reliable.
Address: Bulevardul Magheru, București, Bucharest
The Covrigăria Luca outlet on Calea Victoriei serves walnut and rose preserve pastries alongside sesame covrigi, the morning-to-evening Bucharest grab.
Try: Sesame covrigi and walnut pastries
Tip: Hot covrigi out of the oven every 40 minutes; ask when the next batch is due.
Dristor Kebap on Lipscani is the Old Town outlet of Bucharest's biggest shaorma chain, an after-hours staple with the city's most-imitated garlic-cream sauce.
Try: Dristor shaorma
Tip: Open until 04:00; the special shaorma comes with all four sauces.
The lángos counters inside Bucharest's Piața Obor fry traditional Hungarian-Romanian dough rounds to order, topped with garlic, brânză and smântână.
Try: Lángos (fried dough with garlic, cheese, sour cream)
Tip: Around 15 RON each; ask for cheese and sour cream toppings Cash typically expected.
The rotisserie counters at Piața Obor in Bucharest spin whole chickens over open flame, a half-chicken with bread and pickles the mainstream lunch.
Try: Rotisserie chicken and bread
Tip: Take the half-bird and bread for 35 RON; eat at the market benches.
The mici terrace inside Bucharest's Piața Obor on Ziduri Moși is the most-cited mici counter, plates of five with mustard, bread and lager service.
Try: Mici
Tip: Plate of five mici costs around 25 RON; cash works fastest Cash typically expected.
