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Franklin Barbecue ★ 4.9
Franklin Barbecue in Austin is Aaron Franklin's 2009 East 11th brisket pilgrimage, the James Beard-winning shop that codified central Texas barbecue.
Saltbox Seafood Joint ★ 4.9
Ricky Moore's counter-service seafood shack on Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. NC fish, no reservations and the Hush-Honeys, the most celebrated snack in the city.
Chori ★ 4.8
Pedro Pena and German Sitz upgraded the street choripan to chef-counter form: house-made sausages, ferments, pickled toppings and signature chimichurris.
West End Vietnamese Foods ★ 4.8
Tu and Giang's family takeaway under West End Central Apartments. Crispy pork belly banh mi, 24 hour pho broth, rice paper rolls, Vietnamese iced coffee.
Marrickville Pork Roll ★ 4.8
Sydney's canonical banh mi counter on Illawarra Road, Marrickville. Pork roll with house pate at A$5.50, queues from 12pm; open daily from 7am.
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El Jannah ★ 4.8
Sydney's canonical charcoal chicken on South Street, Granville. Whole chickens, garlic toum, chips and pickled turnip; open daily 10am till late.
Bitzinger Wuerstelstand Albertina ★ 4.8
Bitzinger on Augustinerstrasse in Vienna is the city's most famous Wuerstelstand, the chrome counter between the Opera House and the Albertina open.
Schwartz's Deli ★ 4.8
Schwartz's carves hand-sliced smoked meat to order on Saint-Laurent in Montreal, the counter-and-queue benchmark for the city's defining sandwich since 1928.
St-Viateur Bagel ★ 4.8
St-Viateur turns out Montreal's honey-boiled, wood-fired bagels around the clock in Mile End, sold hot by the dozen from a flour-dusted Saint-Viateur counter.
Carousel Bakery ★ 4.8
Carousel Bakery in St Lawrence Market is the home of Toronto's signature peameal bacon sandwich, the Biancolin family-run counter since the 1970s.
Hija de Sanchez (Torvehallerne) ★ 4.8
Hija de Sanchez at Torvehallerne is Rosio Sanchez's original taqueria counter, opened 2015, with hand-pressed tortillas and a tight menu of tacos and ceviche.
Friikabaar ★ 4.8
Friikabaar inside Balti Jaama Turg runs Belgian-style hand-cut fries with a long sauce menu,one of the food-hall cult counters in the Kopli-end of the market.
Chez Magali ★ 4.8
Chez Magali on the L'Estaque port in Marseille's 16e has fried chichis and panisses since 1947, the Italian-imported chichis fregis recipe still cooked.
L'As du Fallafel ★ 4.8
L'As du Fallafel in Paris is the falafel-pita window that has run the queue on Rue des Rosiers since 1979. €9 for the sandwich, the line moves in 15 minutes.
Kebapland ★ 4.8
Kebapland on Venloer Strasse in Cologne's Ehrenfeld is the city's most praised charcoal mangal address; listed on Cologne Tourism for authentic lamb grill.
Wurststandl Teltschik ★ 4.8
Wurststandl Teltschik at Munich's Viktualienmarkt serves Weisswurst and Schweinswürstl from a bar-table stand; Bavarian charm and a 4.7-star reputation.
Bantis Bougatsa ★ 4.8
The city's best cream bougatsa eaten at the marble counter: fresh phyllo, cold pastry cream, cinnamon shaker, powdered sugar. Opens at 06:30.
Trigona Elenidis ★ 4.8
The trigona panoramatos is Thessaloniki's defining pastry: a crisp phyllo triangle filled to order with cold cream. At Venizelou 12. Booking recommended.
Mammy Pancake ★ 4.8
Mammy Pancake on Carnarvon Road in TST is a Michelin Street Food recommended egg waffle stall, making custard, sweet potato, chestnut and matcha red bean.
Sing Heung Yuen ★ 4.8
Sing Heung Yuen on Mee Lun Street is one of Hong Kong's last surviving dai pai dong, the open air street kitchens that defined post war Cantonese eating.
English Market ★ 4.8
The 1788 covered market at Cork's culinary heart, with stalls passed down through generations. Tom Durcan Meats and O'Flynn's Sausages are the anchor trades.
Galway Saturday Market ★ 4.8
Galway Saturday Market at St Nicholas Church runs 130 stalls including hot food from Connacht farmhouse producers, the finest weekly food event in the west.
Luini ★ 4.8
Luini at Via Santa Radegonda, steps from the Rinascente, has fried panzerotti since 1949. Located in Centro Storico. Open mon-sat 10:00-20:00, closed sun.
Pasticceria Attanasio Window ★ 4.8
Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Open tue-sun 06:30-19:30, closed monday.
Osteria All'Arco ★ 4.8
Osteria All'Arco near Rialto Pescheria in Venice's San Polo is the Francesco and Matteo Pinto father-and-son bacaro, the local benchmark for cicchetti.
Aizuya Takoyaki ★ 4.8
The Namba branch of Aizuya, the 1933 Tamade shop that invented takoyaki, making the purist version: small octopus balls seasoned in the batter, no sauce.
Siam Road Char Koay Teow ★ 4.8
Siam Road Char Koay Teow fries one dish over charcoal to a Bib Gourmand standard, the pushcart plate Penang queues an hour for without complaint.
El Vilsito ★ 4.8
El Vilsito in Mexico City is the Narvarte mechanic shop by day and taqueria by night on Peten, a Bib Gourmand spot where the al pastor trompo fires up.
Boerenmarkt Haring Stand ★ 4.8
Raw herring served the Dutch way at the Saturday boerenmarkt on Vredenburgplein. Dip in raw onion and a gherkin; eat holding it by the tail.
Syverkiosken ★ 4.8
Syverkiosken near Alexander Kiellands plass is the last independent 1930s pølsekiosk in Oslo, with the classic hot dog wrapped in lompe and the loaded Norsk.
Kiełbaski z Niebieskiej Nyski (Blue Van) ★ 4.8
The blue Nysa van outside Hala Targowa in Kraków has grilled kielbasa off the wood-fired grill since the 1990s. From 20:00, the queue runs past midnight.
Zapiekarnik ★ 4.8
Zapiekarnik on Ruska in Wrocław runs the city's most popular zapiekanka window: an open-faced baguette pizza loaded with mushrooms, cheese and sauces.
Frigideiras do Cantinho ★ 4.8
Braga's supreme street-food experience. The frigideira is a fried pastry pocket of custard egg cream, unique to the Minho and produced here continuously.
Txuleta at Bar Nestor ★ 4.8
Bar Nestor on Pescaderia in San Sebastian's Old Town has cooked the bone-in vaca vieja txuleta since 1980, served rare on a sizzling plate so the diner.
Bunyolería El Contraste ★ 4.8
Bunyolería El Contraste in Ruzafa is the rare Valencia bunyolería frying bunyols de carabassa (pumpkin fritters) and churros year-round, run.
Feskekorka Shrimp Stalls ★ 4.8
The shrimp counters inside Feskekorka fish market serve Goteborg's signature street food: fresh West Coast prawns eaten standing at the counter.
Sternen Grill ★ 4.8
Bellevue's bratwurst window: grilled St. Galler Bratwurst with devilishly sharp Sternen mustard and a crispy Gold-Buerli. Zurich's late-night sausage.
The Frontier Takeout Window ★ 4.8
The Frontier on Central Avenue in Albuquerque has a takeout side window for the green chile breakfast burrito, open from 05:00 to midnight every day.
Saw's BBQ counter ★ 4.8
Saw's BBQ counter in Homewood near Birmingham serves the Mike Wilson pulled-pork sandwich with Alabama white sauce slaw out of a residential barbecue shack.
La Michoacana Premium ★ 4.8
La Michoacana Premium in Chicago is the Pilsen paleteria on 18th Street with fresh-fruit paletas, elote in a cup, raspados and mangonadas at a painted.
Eli's BBQ Counter ★ 4.8
Eli's BBQ on Riverside Drive in Cincinnati's East End is the picnic-table smokehouse counter, with pulled pork and cheddar grits from one pit.
Steve's Gyros ★ 4.8
Steve's Gyros inside the West Side Market on West 25th Street, the Steve Bistolarides counter since 1989, runs Cleveland's definitive gyro with daily early.
Supino Pizzeria (counter slices) ★ 4.8
Supino Pizzeria on Russell Street in Eastern Market sells walk-up slices in Detroit, alongside its full pizza menu. Open tue-fri 11:00-21:00, sat 10:00-22:00.
Maguro Brothers Hawaii Chinatown ★ 4.8
Maguro Brothers Hawaii in Kekaulike Market in Chinatown Honolulu is the lunch poke counter brothers Junichiro and Ryojiro Tsuchiya stock from the Honolulu.
Tacos Tierra Caliente ★ 4.8
Tacos Tierra Caliente in Houston is the West Alabama taco truck in Montrose, with al pastor from the trompo, carne asada and the West Alabama Ice House next.
Mariscos Jalisco ★ 4.8
Raul Ortega's Mariscos Jalisco in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles has fried the LA shrimp taco dorado from the same Olympic Boulevard truck since 2001.
Carnitas El Momo ★ 4.8
Romulo Acosta's Carnitas El Momo slow-cooks Michoacan-style carnitas in a copper pot, now at 1470 Monterey Pass Rd in Monterey Park. Sells out early.
Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar ★ 4.8
Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar at the Minnesota State Fair has scooped warm chocolate-chip cookies in the Twin Cities since 1979. Buckets overflowing.
Tacos Sinaloa ★ 4.8
Tacos Sinaloa runs the food truck dynasty Guadalupe Bueno started in 1999. International Boulevard at 22nd, suadero and adobada tacos to a 1 a.m. close.
John's Roast Pork ★ 4.8
John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia is the 1930 South Philly counter at Snyder and Weccacoe, James Beard America's Classic 2006 with the city's defining roast.
Matt's BBQ ★ 4.8
Matt Vicedomini's pit-smoker on N Mississippi at Prost Marketplace in Portland, central Texas-style brisket sold from a cart since 2015. Booking recommended.
The Holy Donut Commercial Street ★ 4.8
The Holy Donut on Commercial Street is the Portland waterfront takeout counter for Leigh Kellis's Maine potato donuts in rotating seasonal flavours.
Olneyville New York System ★ 4.8
The 1946 hot wiener counter in Olneyville Square, founded by Greek immigrant Anthony Stevens and his son Nicholas. James Beard America's Classics winner 2014.
Midtown Farmers Market Saturday Vendors ★ 4.8
Midtown Farmers Market on 20th Street, midtown Sacramento, runs Saturday year-round with 30 to 50 prepared-food stalls turning out walk-and-eat plates.
El Chile Toreado ★ 4.8
El Chile Toreado is Santa Fe's popular Mexican food truck, run by the Medina family since 2005; breakfast burritos and Polish-sausage hot dogs are the order.
Bay Cities Italian Deli ★ 4.8
Bay Cities Italian Deli, family-owned since 1925, bakes and stacks the Godmother on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica behind hour-long lunchtime queues.
El Guero Canelo ★ 4.8
El Guero Canelo on South 12th Avenue in Tucson is Daniel Contreras's James Beard America's Classic 2018 Sonoran hot dog flagship, started as a cart in 1993.
El Sanjuanino ★ 4.7
Recoleta empanada institution since 1976. Salteña, tucumana and cuyana empanadas baked or fried, tamales and winter locro; family-owned three generations.
Banh Mi Factory Newstead ★ 4.7
Brisbane's Best Banh Mi 2024. Newstead branch of the local mini-chain, with 24 hour beef-stock pho, banh mi, noodle salads and Vietnamese spring rolls.
Laksa King ★ 4.7
Laksa King in Flemington has set the Melbourne standard for the dish since 1998: asam and curry laksa at honest prices in a room worth the detour.
Phu Cuong ★ 4.7
John Street's no-frills banh mi shop on Cabramatta, Sydney. The Maggi-heavy A$7.50 rolls and the city's most consistent crackle in a baguette.
KK Bakery ★ 4.7
Cabramatta banh mi counter on John Street, Sydney. The marinated chicken Maryland roll is the menu signature; open 7 days from 6:30am, takeaway only.
Wuerstelstand LEO ★ 4.7
Wuerstelstand LEO on Doeblinger Guertel in Vienna's 19th district is the city's oldest Wuerstelstand, founded by Leopold Mlynek in 1928, with the giant 'Big.
Der Wiener Deewan ★ 4.7
Der Wiener Deewan on Liechtensteinstrasse in Vienna's Alsergrund runs a pay-what-you-want Pakistani buffet, with a daily curry-and-rice carte.
Petica Ferhatovic ★ 4.7
Petica Ferhatovic on Bravadziluk opened 1984 for the Sarajevo Winter Olympics and the family has been pressing cevapi over coals for 50 years.
Buregdzinica Sac ★ 4.7
Buregdzinica Sac on Mali Bravadziluk has been pulling burek under a metal lid covered with coals for more than 200 years, the Sarajevo phyllo anchor.
Hija de Sanchez (Kødbyen) ★ 4.7
Hija de Sanchez at Slagterboderne 8 in Kødbyen is Rosio Sanchez's Vesterbro taqueria, with hand-pressed tortillas, a small wine list and a counter that fills.
Chez Etienne ★ 4.7
Chez Etienne in Marseille's 2e Panier has cooked wood-fired Marseillais pizza since 1943, no menu, cash only, the anchovy pizza the local order at the front.
Chez Alain Miam Miam ★ 4.7
Chez Alain Miam Miam in Paris is the cult galette window inside the Marché des Enfants Rouges. The €13 galette is built to order from a baguette he laminates.
Mustafas Gemuese Kebap ★ 4.7
Mustafas Gemuese Kebap on Mehringdamm 33 in Kreuzberg serves Berlin's most-photographed doener, layered with grilled aubergine and courgette alongside.
Pommes Imperivm ★ 4.7
Pommes Imperivm at Heumarkt 59 in Cologne's Altstadt serves Currywurst mit Pommes from a late-night counter; open until 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Rievkoochbud ★ 4.7
Rievkoochbud at Vor Wieden in Cologne's Altstadt has fried thick, crispy potato pancakes for over 60 years; the most famous Reibekuchen kiosk in Rhineland.
Metzgerei Schreiber (Kleinmarkthalle) ★ 4.7
Metzgerei Schreiber's stand 8 in Frankfurt's Kleinmarkthalle serves hot Fleischwurst, Krakauer and Gelbwurst with mustard to a permanent queue.
Kostas Souvlaki ★ 4.7
Kostas Souvlaki on Agia Irini Square in Athens has fired the pork souvlaki pita with its house tomato sauce since 1946, a counter run by the same family.
Kirkor ★ 4.7
Kirkor has long sold bougatsa on Lions Square in Heraklion, and it is still the fastest breakfast in the whole city if you eat it standing up.
Joy Hing Roasted Meat ★ 4.7
Joy Hing Roasted Meat on Hennessy Road in Wan Chai is a Bib Gourmand Cantonese siu mei shop, roasting char siu and duck in pre war ovens since the turn.
Kwan Kee Clay Pot Rice ★ 4.7
Kwan Kee on Queen's Road West in Sai Ying Pun is the canonical clay pot rice shop, with rice cooked over charcoal in individual pots topped with Chinese.
Kuremal Mohan Lal Kulfi Wale ★ 4.7
Kuremal Mohan Lal Kulfi Wale freezes kulfi inside hollowed fruit shells near Chawri Bazar metro, a family trade in Old Delhi that dates back to 1906.
Mohammed Ali Road Ramadan Stalls ★ 4.7
Mohammed Ali Road runs as a continuous food street: kebab stalls, biryani houses, sheermal bakers and the Bohri community kitchens. Open until 02:00 nightly.
Tom Durcan Meats ★ 4.7
Since 1990, the definitive source of Cork spiced beef in the English Market. Tom Durcan runs two stalls side by side - the butcher's counter and a dedicated.
Miyazaki Japanese Takeaway ★ 4.7
A cult Cork Japanese takeaway counter from Chef Takashi Miyazaki, named Ireland's Best Asian Take-Out 2017. A tiny kitchen with counter seats.
McDonagh's Fish and Chips ★ 4.7
McDonaghs on Quay Street Galway has served the city fish and chips since 1902; the battered haddock and Dublin Bay prawns draw queues year-round outside.
Abu Hassan ★ 4.7
Abu Hassan on HaDolfin Street in Jaffa serves hummus and the ful triangle plate in the shop Ali Karavan opened in 1972, after selling from a cart since 1959.
Friggitoria Vomero ★ 4.7
Friggitoria Vomero in Naples is the funicular-station fritti counter (since 1938) serving the cuoppo di mare (anchovies, calamari, prawns) and the cuoppo di.
Pasticceria Poppella Window ★ 4.7
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche) the dish that turned the bakery.
Pani Ca' Meusa Porta Carbone ★ 4.7
Pani Ca' Meusa Porta Carbone on Via Cala by Palermo's port has fried spleen, lung and trachea sandwiches in lard since 1943; the city's canonical pane ca'.
Cantina Do Mori ★ 4.7
Cantina Do Mori in Venice's San Polo is the city's oldest bacaro, open since 1462 near Rialto, with a counter of francobolli sandwiches and ombre poured.
Demachi Futaba ★ 4.7
A wagashi shinise on Kawaramachi north of Imadegawa in Kyoto, famed for its mame-mochi: salted black soybeans pressed into sweet azuki paste-filled mochi.
Wanaka Takoyaki Shinsaibashi ★ 4.7
An Americamura takoyaki counter rated among Osaka's best, known for a thicker dashi-rich batter and a queue that moves fast at the takeaway window.
El Huequito ★ 4.7
El Huequito in Mexico City is the 1959 Centro Historico al pastor stand on Ayuntamiento, one of the earliest taqueria operations to plate the trompo-cut pork.
Los Cocuyos ★ 4.7
Los Cocuyos in Mexico City is the 24-hour Centro Historico taqueria on Bolivar since 1980, the Bib Gourmand counter known for melting suadero, longaniza.
Tlayudas Libres ★ 4.7
Tlayudas Libres on Calle de Los Libres is Oaxaca's canonical late-night tlayuda stand, with cooking fires on the street and tasajo, chorizo and quesillo.
Lechoncito de Oro ★ 4.7
Lechoncito de Oro on Calle de Los Libres is Oaxaca's most famous lechon stand, with suckling-pig tacos, tostadas and tortas with pierna or chicharron.
Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha ★ 4.7
Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha at Marrakech's Mechoui Alley off Jemaa el-Fna has roasted 40 lambs daily in a pit oven since 1965; tangia is the other signature.
Kaasboer Gouda Stall ★ 4.7
Dutch cheese stall at the Saturday boerenmarkt. Wheel-cut Gouda aged up to four years, cumin Edam and crumbly Leyden; cut samples before you buy.
Grimanesa Vargas Anticuchos ★ 4.7
Grimanesa Vargas at Calle Ignacio Merino 466 in Miraflores Lima is dona Grimanesa Vargas's 50-year anticucho stand, now a fixed shop after starting as a cart.
Picarones Mary ★ 4.7
Picarones Mary at Parque Kennedy in Miraflores Lima is the family picarones cart of 25-plus years, the canonical Lima dessert fry-cake with chancaca syrup.
Pampa ★ 4.7
Pampa on Podwale in central Wrocław is the city's only proper Argentinian empanada counter: hand-pinched dough, fillings rotated daily, mate tea.
Pekara Trpkovic Slavija burek counter ★ 4.7
Pekara Trpkovic Slavija bakes Belgrade's most-queued burek from the Nemanjina counter. The 100-year-old family uses traditional methods only, no additives.
Odprta Kuhna (Open Kitchen) ★ 4.7
Every sunny Friday from late May to October, Pogacarjev trg fills with 65 vendors serving over 280 dishes, from Slovenian classics to global street food.
Gwangjang Market Bindaetteok Stalls ★ 4.7
The bindaetteok stalls in Gwangjang Market are Seoul's most legitimate street food: mung-bean pancakes fried on cast-iron griddles alongside mayak gimbap.
Bar Pinotxo ★ 4.7
Bar Pinotxo inside Barcelona's Boqueria market has run since 1940: a 12-stool counter and the chickpea-and-blood-sausage breakfast that defines market food.
La Cova Fumada ★ 4.7
La Cova Fumada in Barcelona's Barceloneta invented the bomba (a potato fritter with meat and spicy sauce) in 1944. No sign, no menu, cash only.
Fornet de la Soca ★ 4.7
Fornet de la Soca occupies the old Forn des Teatre on Plaça de Weyler in Palma, where Tomeu Arbona rebuilds Mallorcan recipes from convent archives.
Ca'n Joan de s'Aigo ★ 4.7
Ca'n Joan de s'Aigo has served hot chocolate, ensaïmada and almond ice cream on Carrer de Can Sanç in Palma since the original shop opened in the 1700s.
Tarta de Queso at La Vina ★ 4.7
La Vina on Calle 31 de Agosto invented the burnt Basque cheesecake in 1990 when Santiago Rivera baked a crustless cheesecake very hot until the top.
Carrillera at La Cuchara de San Telmo ★ 4.7
La Cuchara de San Telmo on Calle 31 de Agosto in San Sebastian braises beef cheek in red wine until it falls apart, the canonical modern pintxo of the Old.
Raan Jay Fai ★ 4.7
Raan Jay Fai in Bangkok's Old Town is the Michelin-starred street stall where Supinya Junsuta in ski goggles cooks the city's most famous 800-baht crab.
Yaowarat night market street stalls ★ 4.7
Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown is the city's most theatrical street-food strip after dark, with grilled seafood, noodle counters and dim sum carts.
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta ★ 4.7
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta throws katmer dough over a marble counter in Gaziantep, then bakes it with kaymak and pistachio in a stone oven at the back.
L'Alba D'Oro ★ 4.7
L'Alba D'Oro on Henderson Row in Edinburgh New Town, opened 1975 and named UK's best fish and chip shop by The Times, sourcing haddock fresh daily.
Beigel Bake ★ 4.7
The Brick Lane Beigel Bake bakery in east London, trading since 1974, runs hand-rolled bagels and salt beef sandwiches from a 24-hour counter.
Mackie Mayor ★ 4.7
Smithfield Market hall in Manchester, restored 2017. Vendors: Honest Crust pizza, Tender Cow burgers, Pico's tacos, New Wave Ramen, Reserve wines.
El Modelo Mexican Foods ★ 4.7
El Modelo on Second Street SW in Albuquerque is the heritage Barelas takeaway counter since 1929, wrapping carne adovada burritos in butcher paper.
Good Hot Fish ★ 4.7
Ashleigh Shanti's Good Hot Fish upstairs at Burial Beer's South Slope campus runs counter-style as a Black Appalachian fish fry. Catfish, hush puppies, slaw.
La Barbecue ★ 4.7
La Barbecue in Austin is Ali Clem's Cesar Chavez post-oak barbecue, a Michelin-recognised shop with a James Beard-recognised owner, sliced brisket.
Veracruz All Natural ★ 4.7
Veracruz All Natural in Austin is Reyna and Maritza Vazquez's Webberville Road taco truck, a Food Network Top 5 tacos pick and the Austin migas.
InterStellar BBQ ★ 4.7
InterStellar BBQ in Austin is John Bates and Brandon Martinez's North-side smokehouse on RR 620, a Michelin Star 2024-25 BBQ shop in the former Noble Pig.
Distant Relatives ★ 4.7
Distant Relatives in Austin is Damien Brockway's modern African American BBQ trailer at Meanwhile Brewing's South Austin yard, a James Beard semifinalist.
Mum Foods Smokehouse & Delicatessen ★ 4.7
Mum Foods in Austin is Geoffrey Ellis and Travis Crawford's pastrami smokehouse on Manor Road, a Michelin-recognised deli serving the city's award-winning.
Faidley's Seafood ★ 4.7
Faidley's stand inside Lexington Market serves the city's benchmark crab cake since 1886, almost all jumbo lump, eaten standing at a counter off brown paper.
167 Raw Oyster Bar ★ 4.7
167 Raw on King Street runs a counter raw bar with New England DNA. Located in Downtown. Open mon-sat 11:00-23:00, closed sunday. At 193 King St.
El Milagro Tortilleria ★ 4.7
El Milagro Tortilleria in Chicago is the Pilsen tortilla shop on Blue Island Avenue, with stone-ground masa tortillas pressed for the neighbourhood taquerias.
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams North Market ★ 4.7
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at North Market downtown is the original 2002 Jeni Britton Bauer counter where the national ice cream brand began.
Pecan Lodge (BBQ Line) ★ 4.7
The BBQ queue that defines Deep Ellum's food culture. Pecan Lodge's brisket, ribs, and sausage links draw lines before noon every day they are open.
Cattleack Barbeque ★ 4.7
Michelin Bib Gourmand pitmaster operation open only Thursday and Friday plus the first Saturday each month, producing what many critics consider the best.
Shatila Bakery (pastry counter) ★ 4.7
Shatila Bakery on West Warren Avenue in Dearborn sells Lebanese pastries at the counter in metro Detroit since 1979. Cash and card accepted.
Giovanni's Shrimp Truck ★ 4.7
Giovanni's Shrimp Truck in Kahuku on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, has slung butter-garlic shrimp scampi since 1993 and parked.
Yassin's Falafel House Counter ★ 4.7
Yassin's Falafel House at Marble City Food Hall, Yassin Terou's downtown Knoxville counter, runs falafel sandwiches and shawarma plates for the lunch crowd.
Leo's Tacos Truck ★ 4.7
Leo's Tacos Truck on La Brea, Los Angeles has carved al pastor off a trompo since 2010, with three permanent truck locations and a 02:00 closing time.
Tire Shop Taqueria ★ 4.7
Tire Shop Taqueria in South LA, Los Angeles operates from the lot of an actual tire shop on Avalon. Suadero and al pastor tacos until 01:30, cash only.
Payne's Bar-B-Que chopped pork ★ 4.7
Payne's chopped pork sandwich on Lamar Avenue South Memphis is wrapped in mustard slaw and a white-bread bun, the city's defining cheap BBQ sandwich.
Cozy Corner Cornish hen ★ 4.7
The smoked Cornish hen at Cozy Corner on North Parkway Memphis is the city's most singular BBQ plate, hickory-smoked whole and mahogany-skinned in sauce.
Usinger's Famous Sausage ★ 4.7
Usinger's on Old World Third Street has made Milwaukee bratwurst, knockwurst and Polish sausage since 1880, with a retail counter and a sausage cart.
Hmongtown Marketplace food stalls ★ 4.7
Hmongtown Marketplace on Como Avenue in Saint Paul packs dozens of Hmong food counters in the Twin Cities since 2004. Open daily 09:00-19:00.
Prince's Hot Chicken ★ 4.7
Andre Prince Jeffries's Nolensville Road shop in Nashville runs the original 1930s hot chicken recipe in counter format. James Beard America's Classic winner.
Hansen's Sno-Bliz ★ 4.7
Hansen's Sno-Bliz in New Orleans is the 1939 Tchoupitoulas Street snowball stand at Bordeaux, the country's oldest sno-ball stand and a 2014 James Beard.
Tacos El Ultimo Baile ★ 4.7
Tacos El Ultimo Baile in Fruitvale Public Market took its former taco truck queues into a brick-and-mortar. Tacos al carbon on house-made flour tortillas.
Tommy DiNic's ★ 4.7
Tommy DiNic's in Philadelphia is the 1980 Reading Terminal Market counter that won Travel Channel's Best Sandwich in America 2013 with its roast pork.
Kin Thai Street Eatery ★ 4.7
Kin Thai at the MARRS building on 20th Street, midtown Sacramento, is the city's Michelin Recommended Thai street-eatery counter with Southern Thai plates.
Tacos El Gordo ★ 4.7
Tacos El Gordo on Broadway in Chula Vista, San Diego, the canonical Tijuana-style adobada trompo carving handmade corn tortillas until 4am on weekends.
La Taqueria ★ 4.7
La Taqueria in San Francisco is Miguel Jara's Mission counter and a James Beard America's Classic, with the modern Mission burrito and a doubled-corn taco.
Leopold's Ice Cream ★ 4.7
Leopold's counter-service ice cream on Broughton has been the city's reference walk-up sweet stop since the parlour moved here in 2004. Founded 1919.
Pike Place Chowder ★ 4.7
Pike Place Chowder in Seattle is Larry Mellum's 2003 Post Alley counter: eight national chowder cook-off wins, the New England with manila clams.
Wat Tampa Thai Noodle Line ★ 4.7
Wat Mongkolratanaram's Sunday market runs Thai noodle counters under the live oaks, with pad thai, guay tiew and mango sticky rice cooked by volunteers.
Tacos Apson ★ 4.7
Tacos Apson on South 12th Avenue in South Tucson is the canonical Sonoran carne asada taqueria, mesquite-grilled and on house-made tortillas since 2006.
Phuong Trinh ★ 4.6
Inala's Vietnamese pho temple. Bone broth, brisket, tendon and tripe with the full plate of herbs, sprouts and chilli on the side. Mismatched Saigon decor.
American Doughnut Kitchen ★ 4.6
American Doughnut Kitchen at Queen Victoria Market has fried jam donuts in the same formula since 1950: hot, sugar-dusted and still sold from the red caravan.
Banh Cuon Ba Oanh ★ 4.6
Hanoi-style banh cuon counter on Marrickville Road, Sydney. Steamed rice noodle rolls with pork and wood-ear mushroom, fried shallots on top.
Trzesniewski ★ 4.6
Trzesniewski on Dorotheergasse in Vienna has served unpronounceable open-faced rye sandwiches since 1902, the 21-Aufstrich carte and small Pfiff beer.
Banh Mi Vienna ★ 4.6
Banh Mi Vienna on Faulmanngasse in Wieden serves fresh Vietnamese sandwiches, pho and summer rolls from a small counter run by the Nguyen family.
Maison Dandoy Waffle Counter ★ 4.6
Maison Dandoy in Brussels presses Brussels and Liège waffles in the queue line at Rue Charles Buls. Yeast-leavened batter for Brussels-style.
Cevabdzinica Zeljo ★ 4.6
Cevabdzinica Zeljo on Kundurdziluk is one of Sarajevo's anchor cevapi rooms, grilling beef-only sausages over coals and serving them in fresh somun.
Mekitsa and Coffee ★ 4.6
Plovdiv's only counter frying mekitsa to order, on the central pedestrian street. Classic with sirene and powdered sugar; modern combos like basil pesto.
Hali Banitsa Counter ★ 4.6
The unnamed banitsa counter beside Hali market has worked the corner for fifty years. Marmalade banitsa is the local order; cash only and queue early.
Fairmount Bagel ★ 4.6
Fairmount Bagel has wood-fired Montreal's oldest bagels since 1919, a 24-hour Mile End window turning out sesame and poppy rings a block from its rival.
Romados ★ 4.6
Romados is the Plateau rotisserie and bakery in Montreal whose charcoal chicken and custard tarts pull a lunchtime line out the door onto Rue Rachel.
Japadog ★ 4.6
Japadog's Robson cart since 2005 from owner Noriki Tamura is the Japanese hot dog that defined Vancouver street food, a brick-and-mortar plus city carts.
Kruscic Bakery (Counter) ★ 4.6
Kruscic at Obrov 6 in Split sells artisan loaves and laminated pastries through the morning behind the Ribarnica, the city's best take-away breakfast counter.
Pho Tung ★ 4.6
Pho Tung in Sapa serves the city's most argued-over pho, by chef Sony and a three-person team. Add the fried Quay dough sticks; pho ga is the chicken option.
Reffen ★ 4.6
Reffen on Refshalevej in Refshaleøen is Northern Europe's largest street food market, 35 stalls, 10 bars and an on-site brewery on a former shipyard site.
Kebaboom ★ 4.6
Kebaboom inside Balti Jaama Turg runs Turkish-style shawarma and falafel from the spit, one of the most-loved counters of the food-hall street.
Maison Sibilia Salaison ★ 4.6
Maison Sibilia inside Halles Paul Bocuse is the canonical Lyonnais charcuterie stand, with house-cured saucisson, rosette and the saucisson brioche.
La Mere Richard Fromagerie ★ 4.6
La Mere Richard inside Halles Paul Bocuse is the canonical Saint-Marcellin and Saint-Felicien fromagerie, supplying Bocuse and the city's bouchons since 1968.
Chez Theresa ★ 4.6
Chez Theresa on Rue Droite has fired socca in a wood burning 1867 oven since 1925, one of only three Nice addresses still cooking the chickpea pancake.
Fenocchio ★ 4.6
Fenocchio on Place Rossetti has scooped Nice's most enduring street ice cream since 1966, 94 flavours including rosemary, lavender, black olive and tomato.
Phở Bánh Cuốn 14 ★ 4.6
Phở Bánh Cuốn 14 in Paris's 13e Chinatown plates the city's most consistent bowl of beef phở. Open daily 11:30-21:30. At 129 Avenue de Choisy.
Konnopke's Imbiss ★ 4.6
Konnopke's Imbiss under the Eberswalder Strasse U-Bahn arch has cooked currywurst at this Prenzlauer Berg site since 1930. At Schoenhauser Allee 44B.
Antep Mangal ★ 4.6
Antep Mangal on Venloer Strasse in Cologne's Ehrenfeld is a Turkish charcoal grill open until 05:00 on Fridays and Saturdays; authentic Gaziantep-style lamb.
Habibi Falafel ★ 4.6
Habibi Falafel on Zülpicher Strasse in Cologne's Kwartier Latäng serves fully loaded falafel wraps for under €5; best-value street food on the student strip.
Gref-Völsings ★ 4.6
Gref-Völsings has made Frankfurt's Rindswurst since 1894, and its Ostend Braterei window still sells them hot with a roll at lunchtime on weekdays.
Bruecke 10 ★ 4.6
Bruecke 10 on the Landungsbruecken in Hamburg has run the canonical Fischbroetchen counter on the harbour boardwalk for decades, with views of the Elbe.
Bergwolf ★ 4.6
Bergwolf on Munich's Fraunhoferstrasse near Sendlinger Tor is the city's defining late-night currywurst counter; weekends to 04:00 with a vegan option.
Phyllosophies ★ 4.6
Phyllosophies is the Heraklion bougatsa counter on Lions Square, hand-opened phyllo filled with cream or sweet myzithra and cut with scissors.
Ladadika Tsipouradika ★ 4.6
The tsipouradika of Katouni and Doxis Streets operate the Thessaloniki ritual: cold tsipouro arrives in a small carafe, meze plates follow in relay.
Lau Sum Kee Noodle (Kweilin Street) ★ 4.6
Lau Sum Kee on Kweilin Street has pressed its noodles by sitting on a bamboo pole since 1956, the founding Sham Shui Po outlet of one of the last jook sing.
Yuen Kee Dessert ★ 4.6
Yuen Kee on Wing Hing Street in Tin Hau is the historic Cantonese tong sui shop since 1855, with walnut paste, almond cream and sang ji sheng tea stone.
Baejarins Beztu Pylsur ★ 4.6
Baejarins Beztu Pylsur has sold Iceland's lamb hot dogs from a Tryggvagata kiosk since 1937, the most famous street-food window in Reykjavik by far.
Ashok Vaidya Vada Pav ★ 4.6
The Vaidya family stall outside Dadar Station has sold vada pav at the same platform since Ashok Vaidya invented the format in 1966. Narendra now runs it.
Sardar Pav Bhaji ★ 4.6
Sardar at the Tardeo bus depot has been the Mumbai pav bhaji benchmark for decades. Butter swims on the griddle; the masala is hot and the pav is buttered.
Savour Kilkenny Market ★ 4.6
Savour Kilkenny fills The Parade each October Bank Holiday with 100 artisan food vendors, cookery demos, and a free Craft Brewers and Distillers Marquee.
Jasmino ★ 4.6
Jasmino is a small charcoal grill counter on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, firing kebab, chicken, house-made sausage and spicy veal heart into pita with tahini.
HaKosem ★ 4.6
HaKosem on Shlomo HaMelech Street in Tel Aviv has fried falafel at the King George Street corner since 2001, now a queue-out-the-door institution.
Da Nerbone ★ 4.6
Da Nerbone in Florence's Mercato Centrale ground floor has poured the lampredotto panino since 1872, the bread dipped in the cooking broth and stuffed.
Le Delizie dell'Amico ★ 4.6
Le Delizie dell'Amico is a sciamadda on Via di Canneto il Lungo in Genoa, named Ligurian champion in Gambero Rosso's Street Food 2026 guide.
Pizzeria di Matteo ★ 4.6
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples sells pizza fritta and frittatine through the streetside window since 1936, the Bill Clinton 1994 lunch stop.
Friggitoria Chiluzzo ★ 4.6
Friggitoria Chiluzzo on Piazza Kalsa in Palermo is the canonical panelle counter, four-euro chickpea-fritter-and-crocche sandwiches eaten standing.
Mordi e Vai ★ 4.6
Mordi e Vai in Rome's Mercato di Testaccio is Sergio Esposito's market-counter sandwich stall, with the slow-braised allesso di scottona (beef shoulder).
Tellia Lab ★ 4.6
Tellia Lab on Via Maria Vittoria in Turin is Enrico Murdocco's Roman-style pizza al taglio by weight, plus daily-baked bread and maritozzi. Family-friendly.
Caffe Mulassano ★ 4.6
Caffe Mulassano under the Piazza Castello porticoes in Turin invented the tramezzino in 1926. Thirty-plus crustless-triangle fillings, eaten at the counter.
Perino Vesco ★ 4.6
Perino Vesco on Via Cavour in Turin sells pizzette and focaccia at the counter through the morning. Sourdough crusts, organic flours, baked on the half-hour.
Bacareto Da Lele ★ 4.6
Bacareto Da Lele in Venice's Santa Croce near Piazzale Roma is the canal-side bacaro the students fill on the Tolentini church steps, ombre and panini.
Nakasu Yataigai ★ 4.6
The Nakasu Yataigai is Japan's densest yatai stall row, lining the canal from 18:00-02:00 nightly. Ramen, oden, yakitori, gyoza and tempura per stall.
Daruma Kushikatsu Standing Counter Shinsekai ★ 4.6
The original 1929 Daruma standing counter in Shinsekai: kushikatsu from ¥140 per skewer, communal sauce, and the absolute no-double-dip rule.
Doña Mary Cochinita Pibil ★ 4.6
Doña Mary in Mercado Lucas de Gálvez Mérida slow-roasts pork in banana leaves overnight for cochinita pibil tortas, the morning stall on the meat side.
Wayan'e Itzimná ★ 4.6
Wayan'e in Itzimná Mérida is the city's morning Yucatecan taco stand, castakán, chaya eggs and chilibuul running from 06:30, lines down the block by 09:00.
Tacos El Califa de Leon ★ 4.6
Tacos El Califa de Leon in Mexico City is the San Rafael trompo-cut taqueria on Ribera de San Cosme, the world's first taqueria to earn a Michelin star.
Pasillo de Humo (Mercado 20 de Noviembre) ★ 4.6
Pasillo de Humo inside Mercado 20 de Noviembre is the smoke-alley grill where vendors over wood coals char tasajo, cecina enchilada and chorizo to order.
Itanoni memelas counter ★ 4.6
Itanoni's outdoor comal in Reforma sells memelas, tetelas and tlayudas hot off the wood-fired griddle with criollo-corn masa stone-ground in-house since 2001.
Memelas Dona Vale (Mercado de Abastos) ★ 4.6
Memelas Dona Vale at Mercado de Abastos is the famous comal counter with thick masa memelas topped with morita-chile sauce, asiento (pork lard) and quesillo.
Frens Haringhandel ★ 4.6
Frens on Koningsplein near the Bloemenmarkt is the Amsterdam herring stand locals queue at, raw soused herring with onion and pickles, served the proper way.
Fenix Food Factory ★ 4.6
Rotterdam's converted warehouse market in Katendrecht: stroopwafels, craft beer, Stielman coffee, and artisan cheese under one roof with Maas harbour views.