Street food€san-basilioDaily 07:30-12:00Cash only
Churrería Santos Mártires works a kiosk facing the Alcázar in Córdoba and trades in a four-and-a-half-hour window before packing up at midday.
Try: Churros with chocolate
Order: Churros and chocolate, eaten on a bench facing the Alcázar walls.
Tip: The window is 07:30 to 12:00 flat, so this is a stop before the Alcázar rather than after it.
Street food€centroMon-Fri 07:30-12:30, 17:00-20:00; Sat-Sun 08:00-12:30Cash only
Churrería Victoria fries jeringos near the Jardines de la Victoria in Córdoba, one of the few counters that reopens for the afternoon merienda.
Try: Jeringos with chocolate
Order: Jeringos with chocolate, and homemade crisps if they are out.
Tip: Weekends are mornings only; the 17:00 merienda service runs Monday to Friday alone.
Street food€juderiaMon 10:00-24:00; Tue 10:30-24:00; Wed-Thu 10:00-24:00; Fri 10:00-01:00; Sat 11:00-01:00; Sun 11:00-24:00
Bar Santos sells wedges cut from a thirty-egg tortilla de patatas in Córdoba, eaten standing on the Mezquita wall across the street since 1966.
Try: Tortilla de patatas by the wedge
Order: One cuña of tortilla, around €2, and a caña to go with it.
Tip: There is nowhere to sit; the wall of the Mezquita opposite is the dining room and always has been.
Street food€centroSun-Thu 12:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-02:00
La Salmoreteca is the salmorejo stall inside the Mercado Victoria in Córdoba, running about a dozen versions off a book that catalogues 675 of them.
Try: Salmorejo, a dozen ways
Order: The classic salmorejo first, then one of the odd ones like beetroot or squid ink.
Tip: Chef Juanjo Ruiz rewrites the stall's dozen salmorejos by season, so the odd flavours rotate.
Street food€centroSun-Thu 12:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-02:00
Crazy Potato bakes potatoes to order at the Mercado Victoria in Córdoba and loads them with local produce, one of the cheapest plates in the hall.
Try: Baked potatoes with local toppings
Order: A baked potato with whichever garnish the counter is pushing that day.
Tip: Order here and eat at a shared market table; the stall itself has no seating of its own.
Middle Eastern€centroSun-Thu 12:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-02:00
Bocaito Andalusí runs the Arabic counter inside the Mercado Victoria in Córdoba, hummus and falafel through to harira, mint teas and pastries.
Try: Hummus, falafel, tabulé and harira
Order: Falafel with hummus, the quickest Andalusi plate in the market.
Tip: It is listed as halal by the Cargest directory, though the stall does not carry the word itself.