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Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle ★ 4.9

Bak chor mee (minced pork noodles)

bugis, Singapore, Singapore

Franklin Barbecue ★ 4.9

Smoked brisket

Austin, United States

Franklin Barbecue in Austin is Aaron Franklin's 2009 East 11th brisket pilgrimage, the James Beard-winning shop that codified central Texas...

Saltbox Seafood Joint ★ 4.9

south-durham, Durham, United States

Ricky Moore's counter-service seafood shack on Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. NC fish, no reservations and the Hush-Honeys, the most celebrated...

Chori ★ 4.8

Choripan with house sausage

palermo-soho, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pedro Pena and German Sitz upgraded the street choripan to chef-counter form: house-made sausages, ferments, pickled toppings and signature...

West End Vietnamese Foods ★ 4.8

Banh mi, pho, rice paper rolls

west-end, Brisbane, Australia

Tu and Giang's family takeaway under West End Central Apartments. Crispy pork belly banh mi, 24 hour pho broth, rice paper rolls...

Marrickville Pork Roll ★ 4.8

Pork banh mi

marrickville, Sydney, Australia

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...

El Jannah ★ 4.8

Charcoal chicken and toum

granville, Sydney, Australia

Sydney's canonical charcoal chicken on South Street, Granville. Whole chickens, garlic toum, chips and pickled turnip; open daily 10am till...

Bitzinger Wuerstelstand Albertina ★ 4.8

Kaesekrainer

innere-stadt, Vienna, Austria

Bitzinger on Augustinerstrasse in Vienna is the city's most famous Wuerstelstand, the chrome counter between the Opera House and the...

Schwartz's Deli ★ 4.8

Smoked meat sandwich

plateau, Montreal, Canada

Schwartz's carves hand-sliced smoked meat to order on Saint-Laurent in Montreal, the counter-and-queue benchmark for the city's defining...

St-Viateur Bagel ★ 4.8

Wood-fired bagel

mile-end, Montreal, Canada

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...

Carousel Bakery ★ 4.8

Peameal bacon sandwich

financial-district, Toronto, Canada

Carousel Bakery in St Lawrence Market is the home of Toronto's signature peameal bacon sandwich, the Biancolin family-run counter since the...

Hija de Sanchez (Torvehallerne) ★ 4.8

Tacos al pastor and ceviche tostadas

Copenhagen, Denmark

Hija de Sanchez at Torvehallerne is Rosio Sanchez's original taqueria counter, opened 2015, with hand-pressed tortillas and a tight menu of...

Friikabaar ★ 4.8

Belgian-style hand-cut fries

Tallinn, Estonia

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...

Chez Magali ★ 4.8

Panisses and chichis fregis

Marseille, France

Chez Magali on the L'Estaque port in Marseille's 16e has fried chichis and panisses since 1947, the Italian-imported chichis fregis recipe...

L'As du Fallafel ★ 4.8

Falafel sandwich

Paris, France

L'As du Fallafel in Paris is the falafel-pita window that has run the queue on Rue des Rosiers since 1979.

Kebapland ★ 4.8

ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany

Kebapland on Venloer Strasse in Cologne's Ehrenfeld is the city's most praised charcoal mangal address; listed on Cologne Tourism for...

Wurststandl Teltschik ★ 4.8

Weisswurst, Schweinswürstl, Leberkäs

altstadt-lehel, Munich, Germany

Wurststandl Teltschik at Munich's Viktualienmarkt serves Weisswurst and Schweinswürstl from a bar-table stand; Bavarian charm and a...

Bantis Bougatsa ★ 4.8

Cream bougatsa · €2-3

Thessaloniki, Greece

The city's best cream bougatsa eaten at the marble counter: fresh phyllo, cold pastry cream, cinnamon shaker, powdered sugar.

Trigona Elenidis ★ 4.8

Trigona panoramatos (cream phyllo triangle) · €2.50-3.50

Thessaloniki, Greece

The trigona panoramatos is Thessaloniki's defining pastry: a crisp phyllo triangle filled to order with cold cream. At Venizelou 12.

Mammy Pancake ★ 4.8

Egg waffle (gai daan jai)

tsim-sha-tsui, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Mammy Pancake on Carnarvon Road in TST is a Michelin Street Food recommended egg waffle stall, making custard, sweet potato, chestnut and...

Sing Heung Yuen ★ 4.8

Tomato instant noodle and crispy condensed milk toast

central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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...

English Market ★ 4.8

English Market Quarter, Cork, Ireland

The 1788 covered market at Cork's culinary heart, with stalls passed down through generations.

Galway Saturday Market ★ 4.8

Saturday market: crepes, empanadas, pulled pork and oysters at 40+ stalls

latin-quarter, Galway, Ireland

Galway Saturday Market at St Nicholas Church runs 130 stalls including hot food from Connacht farmhouse producers, the finest weekly food...

Luini ★ 4.8

Panzerotto fritto and al forno

centro-storico, Milan, Italy

Luini at Via Santa Radegonda, steps from the Rinascente, has fried panzerotti since 1949. Located in Centro Storico.

Pasticceria Attanasio Window ★ 4.8

Sfogliatella riccia and frolla

centro-storico, Naples, Italy

Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day.

Osteria All'Arco ★ 4.8

Cicchetti, polpette and sarde in saor

Venice, Italy

Osteria All'Arco near Rialto Pescheria in Venice's San Polo is the Francesco and Matteo Pinto father-and-son bacaro, the local benchmark...

Aizuya Takoyaki ★ 4.8

Takoyaki

Dotonbori and Namba, Osaka, Japan

Aizuya, the Namba birthplace of takoyaki, making the purist Osaka version: small octopus balls without mayonnaise, with a liquid-centre...

El Vilsito ★ 4.8

Tacos al pastor (night shift trompo)

narvarte, Mexico City, Mexico

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...

Boerenmarkt Haring Stand ★ 4.8

Verse haring (raw herring) with raw onion and gherkin

centrum, Utrecht, Netherlands

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

Hot dog in lompe potato flatbread

grunerlokka, Oslo, Norway

Syverkiosken near Alexander Kiellands plass is the last independent 1930s pølsekiosk in Oslo, with the classic hot dog wrapped in lompe and...

Kiełbaski z Niebieskiej Nyski (Blue Van) ★ 4.8

Grilled kielbasa from the night van

Kraków, Poland

The blue Nysa van outside Hala Targowa in Kraków has grilled kielbasa off the wood-fired grill since the 1990s.

Zapiekarnik ★ 4.8

Zapiekanka

Wrocław, Poland

Zapiekarnik on Ruska in Wrocław runs the city's most popular zapiekanka window: an open-faced baguette pizza loaded with mushrooms, cheese...

Frigideiras do Cantinho ★ 4.8

€1.50

Braga, Portugal

Braga's supreme street-food experience. The frigideira is a fried pastry pocket of custard egg cream, unique to the Minho and produced here...

Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice ★ 4.8

Hainanese chicken rice

chinatown, Singapore, Singapore

Outram Park Fried Kway Teow ★ 4.8

Char kway teow

chinatown, Singapore, Singapore

Txuleta at Bar Nestor ★ 4.8

Bone-in vaca vieja txuleta on coals

San Sebastián, Spain

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...

Bunyolería El Contraste ★ 4.8

Bunyols de carabassa (pumpkin fritters)

Valencia, Spain

Bunyolería El Contraste in Ruzafa is the rare Valencia bunyolería frying bunyols de carabassa (pumpkin fritters) and churros year-round...

Feskekorka Shrimp Stalls ★ 4.8

Centrum, Gothenburg, Sweden

The shrimp counters inside Feskekorka fish market serve Goteborg's most iconic street food: fresh West Coast prawns eaten standing up at...

Sternen Grill ★ 4.8

St. Galler Bratwurst with mustard and Buerli

Zurich, Switzerland

Bellevue's bratwurst window: grilled St. Galler Bratwurst with devilishly sharp Sternen mustard and a crispy Gold-Buerli.

The Frontier Takeout Window ★ 4.8

Green chile breakfast burrito

university, Albuquerque, United States

The Frontier on Central Avenue in Albuquerque has a takeout side window for the green chile breakfast burrito to go

Saw's BBQ counter ★ 4.8

Pulled pork sandwich with white sauce slaw

homewood, Birmingham, United States

Saw's BBQ counter in Homewood near Birmingham serves the Mike Wilson pulled-pork sandwich with Alabama white sauce slaw out of a...

La Michoacana Premium ★ 4.8

Paletas, elote in a cup, raspados

Chicago, United States

La Michoacana Premium in Chicago is the Pilsen paleteria on 18th Street with fresh-fruit paletas, elote in a cup, raspados and mangonadas...

Eli's BBQ Counter ★ 4.8

Pulled pork sandwich and cheddar grits

walnut-hills, Cincinnati, United States

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...

Steve's Gyros ★ 4.8

Hand-shaved beef and lamb gyro, jumbo size carries two pounds of meat

ohio-city, Cleveland, United States

Steve's Gyros inside the West Side Market on West 25th Street, the Steve Bistolarides counter since 1989, runs Cleveland's definitive gyro...

Supino Pizzeria (counter slices) ★ 4.8

Slice of wood-fired pizza

eastern-market, Detroit, United States

Supino Pizzeria on Russell Street in Eastern Market sells walk-up slices in Detroit, alongside its full pizza menu.

Maguro Brothers Hawaii Chinatown ★ 4.8

Sashimi-grade poke bowl

Honolulu, United States

Maguro Brothers Hawaii in Kekaulike Market in Chinatown Honolulu is the lunch poke counter brothers Junichiro and Ryojiro Tsuchiya stock...

Tacos Tierra Caliente ★ 4.8

Tacos al pastor

Houston, United States

Tacos Tierra Caliente in Houston is the West Alabama taco truck in Montrose, with al pastor from the trompo, carne asada and the West...

Mariscos Jalisco ★ 4.8

Shrimp taco dorado

Los Angeles, United States

Raul Ortega's Mariscos Jalisco in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles has fried the LA shrimp taco dorado from the same Olympic Boulevard truck...

Carnitas El Momo ★ 4.8

Carnitas mixto taco

Los Angeles, United States

Romulo Acosta's Carnitas El Momo in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles cooks Michoacan-style carnitas in a copper pot.

Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar ★ 4.8

Bucket of warm chocolate-chip cookies

saint-paul, Minneapolis, United States

Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar at the Minnesota State Fair has scooped warm chocolate-chip cookies in the Twin Cities since 1979.

Tacos Sinaloa ★ 4.8

Suadero and adobada tacos

fruitvale, Oakland, United States

Tacos Sinaloa runs the food truck dynasty Guadalupe Bueno started in 1999. International Boulevard at 22nd, suadero and adobada tacos to a...

John's Roast Pork ★ 4.8

Roast pork sandwich, cheesesteak

Philadelphia, United States

John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia is the 1930 South Philly counter at Snyder and Weccacoe, James Beard America's Classic 2006 with the...

Matt's BBQ ★ 4.8

Central Texas brisket and ribs

mississippi-williams, Portland, United States

Matt Vicedomini's pit-smoker on N Mississippi at Prost Marketplace in Portland, central Texas-style brisket sold from a cart since 2015.

The Holy Donut Commercial Street ★ 4.8

Maine potato donut

old-port, Portland, United States

The Holy Donut on Commercial Street is the Portland waterfront takeout counter for Leigh Kellis's Maine potato donuts in rotating seasonal...

Olneyville New York System ★ 4.8

Hot wieners 'all the way'

olneyville, Providence, United States

The 1946 hot wiener counter in Olneyville Square, founded by Greek immigrant Anthony Stevens and his son Nicholas.

Midtown Farmers Market Saturday Vendors ★ 4.8

Prepared-food stalls from the 200-vendor Saturday market

midtown, Sacramento, United States

Midtown Farmers Market on 20th Street, midtown Sacramento, runs Saturday year-round with 30 to 50 prepared-food stalls turning out...

El Chile Toreado ★ 4.8

Breakfast tacos and burritos with green or red chile

cerrillos, Santa Fe, United States

El Chile Toreado is Santa Fe's popular Mexican food truck, run by the Medina family since 2005; breakfast burritos and Polish-sausage hot...

El Guero Canelo ★ 4.8

Sonoran hot dog

south-tucson, Tucson, United States

El Guero Canelo on South 12th Avenue in Tucson is Daniel Contreras's James Beard America's Classic 2018 Sonoran hot dog flagship, started...

El Sanjuanino ★ 4.7

Salteña and tucumana empanadas

recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Recoleta empanada institution since 1976. Salteña, tucumana and cuyana empanadas baked or fried, tamales and winter locro; family-owned...

Banh Mi Factory Newstead ★ 4.7

Vietnamese banh mi

newstead, Brisbane, Australia

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...

Laksa King ★ 4.7

yarraville, Melbourne, Australia

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...

Phu Cuong ★ 4.7

Vietnamese banh mi

cabramatta, Sydney, Australia

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...

KK Bakery ★ 4.7

Marinated chicken Maryland banh mi

cabramatta, Sydney, Australia

Cabramatta banh mi counter on John Street, Sydney. The marinated chicken Maryland roll is the menu signature; open 7 days from 6:30am...

Wuerstelstand LEO ★ 4.7

Big Mama Kaesekrainer

doebling, Vienna, Austria

Wuerstelstand LEO on Doeblinger Guertel in Vienna's 19th district is the city's oldest Wuerstelstand, founded by Leopold Mlynek in 1928...

Der Wiener Deewan ★ 4.7

Pay-what-you-want Pakistani buffet

alsergrund, Vienna, Austria

Der Wiener Deewan on Liechtensteinstrasse in Vienna's Alsergrund runs a pay-what-you-want Pakistani buffet, with a daily curry-and-rice...

Petica Ferhatovic ★ 4.7

Cevapi 5 or 10 in somun with kajmak

bascarsija, Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Petica Ferhatovic on Bravadziluk opened 1984 for the Sarajevo Winter Olympics and the family has been pressing cevapi over coals for 50...

Buregdzinica Sac ★ 4.7

Burek under sac, meat and pita variants

bascarsija, Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Buregdzinica Sac on Mali Bravadziluk has been pulling burek under a metal lid covered with coals for more than 200 years, the Sarajevo...

Hija de Sanchez (Kødbyen) ★ 4.7

Tacos, salsa flights, agua fresca

Copenhagen, Denmark

Hija de Sanchez at Slagterboderne 8 in Kødbyen is Rosio Sanchez's Vesterbro taqueria, with hand-pressed tortillas, a small wine list and a...

Chez Etienne ★ 4.7

Anchovy pizza, no menu

Marseille, France

Chez Etienne in Marseille's 2e Panier has cooked wood-fired Marseillais pizza since 1943, no menu, cash only, the anchovy pizza the local...

Chez Alain Miam Miam ★ 4.7

Galette

Paris, France

Chez Alain Miam Miam in Paris is the cult galette window inside the Marché des Enfants Rouges.

Mustafas Gemuese Kebap ★ 4.7

Doener kebab with grilled vegetables

kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Mustafas Gemuese Kebap on Mehringdamm 33 in Kreuzberg serves Berlin's most-photographed doener, layered with grilled aubergine and...

Pommes Imperivm ★ 4.7

altstadt, Cologne, Germany

Pommes Imperivm at Heumarkt 59 in Cologne's Altstadt serves Currywurst mit Pommes from a late-night counter; open until 03:00 on Fridays...

Rievkoochbud ★ 4.7

altstadt, Cologne, Germany

Rievkoochbud at Vor Wieden in Cologne's Altstadt has fried thick, crispy potato pancakes for over 60 years; the most famous Reibekuchen...

Kostas Souvlaki ★ 4.7

Pork souvlaki pita with tomato sauce

monastiraki, Athens, Greece

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...

Joy Hing Roasted Meat ★ 4.7

Char siu and roast duck over rice

wan-chai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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...

Kwan Kee Clay Pot Rice ★ 4.7

Clay pot rice

sai-ying-pun, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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...

Mohammed Ali Road Ramadan Stalls ★ 4.7

Seekh kebab, baida roti, biryani, sheermal

mohammed-ali-road, Mumbai, India

Mohammed Ali Road runs as a continuous food street: kebab stalls, biryani houses, sheermal bakers and the Bohri community kitchens.

Tom Durcan Meats ★ 4.7

English Market Quarter, Cork, Ireland

Since 1990, the definitive source of Cork spiced beef in the English Market. Tom Durcan runs two stalls side by side - the butcher's...

Miyazaki Japanese Takeaway ★ 4.7

Barrack Street and The Lough, Cork, Ireland

A cult Cork Japanese takeaway counter from Chef Takashi Miyazaki, named Ireland's Best Asian Take-Out 2017.

McDonagh's Fish and Chips ★ 4.7

Wild Atlantic fish and chips

latin-quarter, Galway, Ireland

McDonaghs on Quay Street Galway has served the city fish and chips since 1902; the battered haddock and Dublin Bay prawns draw queues...

Friggitoria Vomero ★ 4.7

Fritti cuoppo (mixed fritti in paper cone)

vomero, Naples, Italy

Friggitoria Vomero in Naples is the funicular-station fritti counter (since 1938) serving the cuoppo di mare (anchovies, calamari, prawns)...

Pasticceria Poppella Window ★ 4.7

Fiocco di neve brioche with cream

sanita, Naples, Italy

Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche) the dish that turned...

Pani Ca' Meusa Porta Carbone ★ 4.7

Pane ca' meusa (spleen sandwich)

vucciria, Palermo, Italy

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...

Cantina Do Mori ★ 4.7

Cicchetti and ombre at the counter

Venice, Italy

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...

Demachi Futaba ★ 4.7

Mame mochi

demachiyanagi, Kyoto, Japan

A wagashi shinise on Kawaramachi north of Imadegawa in Kyoto, famed for its mame-mochi: salted black soybeans pressed into sweet azuki...

Wanaka Takoyaki Shinsaibashi ★ 4.7

Takoyaki

Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura, Osaka, Japan

A Shinsaibashisuji takoyaki counter rated among Osaka's best, known for its thicker dashi-rich batter and a tsuyu glaze instead of...

El Huequito ★ 4.7

Tacos al pastor

centro-historico, Mexico City, Mexico

El Huequito in Mexico City is the 1959 Centro Historico al pastor stand on Ayuntamiento, one of the earliest taqueria operations to plate...

Los Cocuyos ★ 4.7

Suadero and tripa tacos

centro-historico, Mexico City, Mexico

Los Cocuyos in Mexico City is the 24-hour Centro Historico taqueria on Bolivar since 1980, the Bib Gourmand counter known for melting...

Tlayudas Libres ★ 4.7

Tlayuda

centro-historico, Oaxaca, Mexico

Tlayudas Libres on Calle de Los Libres is Oaxaca's canonical late-night tlayuda stand, with cooking fires on the street and tasajo, chorizo...

Lechoncito de Oro ★ 4.7

Tacos de lechon (suckling pig)

centro-historico, Oaxaca, Mexico

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...

Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha ★ 4.7

Mechoui (slow-pit lamb) and tangia

jemaa-el-fna, Marrakech, Morocco

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...

Kaasboer Gouda Stall ★ 4.7

Aged Dutch Gouda, cumin Edam and Leyden cheese slices

centrum, Utrecht, Netherlands

Dutch cheese stall at the Saturday boerenmarkt. Wheel-cut Gouda aged up to four years, cumin Edam and crumbly Leyden; cut samples before...

Grimanesa Vargas Anticuchos ★ 4.7

Beef-heart anticuchos with corn and potato

miraflores, Lima, Peru

Grimanesa Vargas at Calle Ignacio Merino 466 in Miraflores Lima is dona Grimanesa Vargas's 50-year anticucho stand, now a fixed shop after...

Picarones Mary ★ 4.7

Picarones with chancaca syrup

miraflores, Lima, Peru

Picarones Mary at Parque Kennedy in Miraflores Lima is the family picarones cart of 25-plus years, the canonical Lima dessert fry-cake with...

Pampa ★ 4.7

Argentinian empanadas

Wrocław, Poland

Pampa on Podwale in central Wrocław is the city's only proper Argentinian empanada counter: hand-pinched dough, fillings rotated daily...

Pekara Trpkovic Slavija burek counter ★ 4.7

Burek sa sirom

vracar, Belgrade, Serbia

Pekara Trpkovic Slavija bakes Belgrade's most-queued burek from the Nemanjina counter. The 100-year-old family uses traditional methods...

Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow ★ 4.7

Char kway teow

east-coast, Singapore, Singapore

Odprta Kuhna (Open Kitchen) ★ 4.7

65 vendors, 280+ street food dishes

vodnikov-trg, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Every sunny Friday from late May to October, Pogacarjev trg fills with 65 vendors serving over 280 dishes, from Slovenian classics to...

Gwangjang Market Bindaetteok Stalls ★ 4.7

Bindaetteok (mung bean pancakes) and mayak gimbap

Jongno and Insadong, Seoul, South Korea

The bindaetteok stalls in Gwangjang Market are Seoul's most legitimate street food: mung-bean pancakes fried on cast-iron griddles...

Bar Pinotxo ★ 4.7

Catalan tapas counter

raval, Barcelona, Spain

Bar Pinotxo inside Barcelona's Boqueria market has run since 1940: a 12-stool counter and the chickpea-and-blood-sausage breakfast that...

La Cova Fumada ★ 4.7

Bombas (potato fritters)

barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain

La Cova Fumada in Barcelona's Barceloneta invented the bomba (a potato fritter with meat and spicy sauce) in 1944.

Tarta de Queso at La Vina ★ 4.7

Burnt Basque cheesecake

San Sebastián, Spain

La Vina on Calle 31 de Agosto invented the burnt Basque cheesecake in 1990 when Santiago Rivera baked a crustless cheesecake very hot until...

Carrillera at La Cuchara de San Telmo ★ 4.7

Beef cheek braised in red wine

San Sebastián, Spain

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...

Raan Jay Fai ★ 4.7

Crab omelet, drunken noodles, tom yum

Bangkok, Thailand

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...

Yaowarat night market street stalls ★ 4.7

Grilled seafood, dim sum, noodle stalls

Bangkok, Thailand

Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown is the city's most theatrical street-food strip after dark, with grilled seafood, noodle counters and...

L'Alba D'Oro ★ 4.7

Battered haddock and chips

new-town, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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...

Beigel Bake ★ 4.7

Salt beef bagel

shoreditch-spitalfields, London, United Kingdom

The Brick Lane Beigel Bake bakery in east London, trading since 1974, runs hand-rolled bagels and salt beef sandwiches from a 24-hour...

Mackie Mayor ★ 4.7

Multiple vendors: pizza, ramen, dim sum, mezcal

northern-quarter, Manchester, United Kingdom

Smithfield Market hall in Manchester, restored 2017. Vendors: Honest Crust pizza, Tender Cow burgers, Pico's tacos, New Wave Ramen, Reserve...

El Modelo Mexican Foods ★ 4.7

Carne adovada burrito on butcher paper

south-valley, Albuquerque, United States

El Modelo on Second Street SW in Albuquerque is the heritage Barelas takeaway counter since 1929, wrapping carne adovada burritos in...

Good Hot Fish ★ 4.7

Fried catfish basket, hush puppies

south-slope, Asheville, United States

Ashleigh Shanti's Good Hot Fish upstairs at Burial Beer's South Slope campus runs counter-style as a Black Appalachian fish fry.

La Barbecue ★ 4.7

Smoked brisket and house sausage

Austin, United States

La Barbecue in Austin is Ali Clem's Cesar Chavez post-oak barbecue, a Michelin-recognised shop with a James Beard-recognised owner, sliced...

Veracruz All Natural ★ 4.7

Migas breakfast taco

Austin, United States

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...

InterStellar BBQ ★ 4.7

Smoked brisket and house sides

Austin, United States

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...

Distant Relatives ★ 4.7

Modern African-American barbecue

Austin, United States

Distant Relatives in Austin is Damien Brockway's modern African American BBQ trailer at Meanwhile Brewing's South Austin yard, a James...

Mum Foods Smokehouse & Delicatessen ★ 4.7

Pastrami sandwich and brisket

Austin, United States

Mum Foods in Austin is Geoffrey Ellis and Travis Crawford's pastrami smokehouse on Manor Road, a Michelin-recognised deli serving the...

Faidley's Seafood ★ 4.7

Jumbo lump crab cake

downtown, Baltimore, United States

Faidley's stand inside Lexington Market serves the city's benchmark crab cake since 1886, almost all jumbo lump, eaten standing at a...

167 Raw Oyster Bar ★ 4.7

Lobster roll, oysters on the half shell, tuna burger

downtown, Charleston, United States

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.

El Milagro Tortilleria ★ 4.7

Hand-pressed tortillas, taco fillings

Chicago, United States

El Milagro Tortilleria in Chicago is the Pilsen tortilla shop on Blue Island Avenue, with stone-ground masa tortillas pressed for the...

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams North Market ★ 4.7

Brambleberry Crisp scoop

downtown, Columbus, United States

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at North Market downtown is the original 2002 Jeni Britton Bauer counter where the national ice cream brand...

Pecan Lodge (BBQ Line) ★ 4.7

deep-ellum, Dallas, United States

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...

Cattleack Barbeque ★ 4.7

plano, Dallas, United States

Michelin Bib Gourmand pitmaster operation open only Thursday and Friday plus the first Saturday each month, producing what many critics...

Shatila Bakery (pastry counter) ★ 4.7

Pistachio baklava, kunafa

dearborn, Detroit, United States

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

Garlic butter shrimp scampi over rice

Honolulu, United States

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

Falafel sandwich

downtown, Knoxville, United States

Yassin's Falafel House at Marble City Food Hall, Yassin Terou's downtown Knoxville counter, runs falafel sandwiches and shawarma plates for...

Leo's Tacos Truck ★ 4.7

Al pastor taco off the trompo

Los Angeles, United States

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...

Tire Shop Taqueria ★ 4.7

Al pastor and suadero tacos

Los Angeles, United States

Tire Shop Taqueria in South LA, Los Angeles operates from the lot of an actual tire shop on Avalon.

Payne's Bar-B-Que chopped pork ★ 4.7

Chopped pork sandwich

south-memphis, Memphis, United States

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...

Cozy Corner Cornish hen ★ 4.7

Smoked Cornish hen

pinch-district, Memphis, United States

The smoked Cornish hen at Cozy Corner on North Parkway Memphis is the city's most singular BBQ plate, hickory-smoked whole and...

Usinger's Famous Sausage ★ 4.7

Bratwurst on a hard roll

Milwaukee, United States

Usinger's on Old World Third Street has made Milwaukee bratwurst, knockwurst and Polish sausage since 1880, with a retail counter and a...

Hmongtown Marketplace food stalls ★ 4.7

Hmong sausage, papaya salad

saint-paul, Minneapolis, United States

Hmongtown Marketplace on Como Avenue in Saint Paul packs dozens of Hmong food counters in the Twin Cities since 2004.

Prince's Hot Chicken ★ 4.7

Hot chicken plate

south-nashville, Nashville, United States

Andre Prince Jeffries's Nolensville Road shop in Nashville runs the original 1930s hot chicken recipe in counter format.

Hansen's Sno-Bliz ★ 4.7

Sno-balls (shaved ice)

New Orleans, United States

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...

Tacos El Ultimo Baile ★ 4.7

Tacos al carbon

fruitvale, Oakland, United States

Tacos El Ultimo Baile in Fruitvale Public Market took its former taco truck queues into a brick-and-mortar.

Tommy DiNic's ★ 4.7

Roast pork sandwich

Philadelphia, United States

Tommy DiNic's in Philadelphia is the 1980 Reading Terminal Market counter that won Travel Channel's Best Sandwich in America 2013 with its...

Kin Thai Street Eatery ★ 4.7

Thai street food

midtown, Sacramento, United States

Kin Thai at the MARRS building on 20th Street, midtown Sacramento, is the city's Michelin Recommended Thai street-eatery counter with...

Tacos El Gordo ★ 4.7

Vertical-trompo adobada taco

chula-vista, San Diego, United States

Tacos El Gordo on Broadway in Chula Vista, San Diego, the canonical Tijuana-style adobada trompo carving handmade corn tortillas until 4am...

La Taqueria ★ 4.7

Carnitas burrito and tacos

San Francisco, United States

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...

Leopold's Ice Cream ★ 4.7

Hand-crafted ice cream, root beer floats

historic-district, Savannah, United States

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.

Pike Place Chowder ★ 4.7

Award-winning clam chowder

Seattle, United States

Pike Place Chowder in Seattle is Larry Mellum's 2003 Post Alley counter: eight national chowder cook-off wins, the New England with manila...

Wat Tampa Thai Noodle Line ★ 4.7

Pad thai and noodle soup

tampa-heights, Tampa, United States

Wat Mongkolratanaram's Sunday market runs Thai noodle counters under the live oaks, with pad thai, guay tiew and mango sticky rice cooked...

Tacos Apson ★ 4.7

Carne asada tacos and quesadillas

south-tucson, Tucson, United States

Tacos Apson on South 12th Avenue in South Tucson is the canonical Sonoran carne asada taqueria, mesquite-grilled and on house-made...

Phuong Trinh ★ 4.6

Vietnamese pho

inala, Brisbane, Australia

Inala's Vietnamese pho temple. Bone broth, brisket, tendon and tripe with the full plate of herbs, sprouts and chilli on the side.

American Doughnut Kitchen ★ 4.6

cbd, Melbourne, Australia

American Doughnut Kitchen at Queen Victoria Market has fried jam donuts in the same formula since 1950: hot, sugar-dusted and still sold...

Banh Cuon Ba Oanh ★ 4.6

Banh cuon

marrickville, Sydney, Australia

Hanoi-style banh cuon counter on Marrickville Road, Sydney. Steamed rice noodle rolls with pork and wood-ear mushroom, fried shallots on...

Trzesniewski ★ 4.6

Aufstrich-belegte Brote

innere-stadt, Vienna, Austria

Trzesniewski on Dorotheergasse in Vienna has served unpronounceable open-faced rye sandwiches since 1902, the 21-Aufstrich carte and small...

Banh Mi Vienna ★ 4.6

Vietnamese banh mi

wieden, Vienna, Austria

Banh Mi Vienna on Faulmanngasse in Wieden serves fresh Vietnamese sandwiches, pho and summer rolls from a small counter run by the Nguyen...

Maison Dandoy Waffle Counter ★ 4.6

Gaufre de Bruxelles and gaufre de Liège

Brussels, Belgium

Maison Dandoy in Brussels presses Brussels and Liège waffles in the queue line at Rue Charles Buls.

Cevabdzinica Zeljo ★ 4.6

Sarajevo cevapi in somun with raw onion

bascarsija, Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Cevabdzinica Zeljo on Kundurdziluk is one of Sarajevo's anchor cevapi rooms, grilling beef-only sausages over coals and serving them in...

Mekitsa and Coffee ★ 4.6

Mekitsa (Bulgarian fried dough)

centre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Plovdiv's only counter frying mekitsa to order, on the central pedestrian street. Classic with sirene and powdered sugar; modern combos...

Hali Banitsa Counter ★ 4.6

Banitsa (filo pastry with sirene cheese)

centre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The unnamed banitsa counter beside Hali market has worked the corner for fifty years. Marmalade banitsa is the local order; cash only and...

Fairmount Bagel ★ 4.6

Wood-fired bagel

mile-end, Montreal, Canada

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...

Romados ★ 4.6

Portuguese charcoal chicken

plateau, Montreal, Canada

Romados is the Plateau rotisserie and bakery in Montreal whose charcoal chicken and custard tarts pull a lunchtime line out the door onto...

Japadog ★ 4.6

Japanese-Canadian fusion hot dogs

downtown, Vancouver, Canada

Japadog's Robson cart since 2005 from owner Noriki Tamura is the Japanese hot dog that defined Vancouver street food, a brick-and-mortar...

Kruscic Bakery (Counter) ★ 4.6

Artisan bread, focaccia, pastry

diocletians-palace, Split, Croatia

Kruscic at Obrov 6 in Split sells artisan loaves and laminated pastries through the morning behind the Ribarnica, the city's best take-away...

Pho Tung ★ 4.6

Pho bo and pho ga

praha-4-libus, Prague, Czech Republic

Pho Tung in Sapa serves the city's most argued-over pho, by chef Sony and a three-person team.

Reffen ★ 4.6

International street food, 35 stalls

Copenhagen, Denmark

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...

Kebaboom ★ 4.6

Shawarma and falafel

Tallinn, Estonia

Kebaboom inside Balti Jaama Turg runs Turkish-style shawarma and falafel from the spit, one of the most-loved counters of the food-hall...

Maison Sibilia Salaison ★ 4.6

Saucisson de Lyon and Rosette

3e, Lyon, France

Maison Sibilia inside Halles Paul Bocuse is the canonical Lyonnais charcuterie stand, with house-cured saucisson, rosette and the saucisson...

La Mere Richard Fromagerie ★ 4.6

Saint-Marcellin and Saint-Felicien cheese

3e, Lyon, France

La Mere Richard inside Halles Paul Bocuse is the canonical Saint-Marcellin and Saint-Felicien fromagerie, supplying Bocuse and the city's...

Chez Theresa ★ 4.6

Wood fired socca

Nice, France

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...

Fenocchio ★ 4.6

Ice cream cones in 94 flavours

Nice, France

Fenocchio on Place Rossetti has scooped Nice's most enduring street ice cream since 1966, 94 flavours including rosemary, lavender, black...

Phở Bánh Cuốn 14 ★ 4.6

Phở

Paris, France

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.

Konnopke's Imbiss ★ 4.6

Currywurst

prenzlauer-berg, Berlin, Germany

Konnopke's Imbiss under the Eberswalder Strasse U-Bahn arch has cooked currywurst at this Prenzlauer Berg site since 1930.

Antep Mangal ★ 4.6

ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany

Antep Mangal on Venloer Strasse in Cologne's Ehrenfeld is a Turkish charcoal grill open until 05:00 on Fridays and Saturdays; authentic...

Habibi Falafel ★ 4.6

neustadt-sued, Cologne, Germany

Habibi Falafel on Zülpicher Strasse in Cologne's Kwartier Latäng serves fully loaded falafel wraps for under €5; best-value street food on...

Bruecke 10 ★ 4.6

Bismarckhering and Matjes Fischbroetchen

st-pauli, Hamburg, Germany

Bruecke 10 on the Landungsbruecken in Hamburg has run the canonical Fischbroetchen counter on the harbour boardwalk for decades, with views...

Bergwolf ★ 4.6

Currywurst with fries

glockenbachviertel, Munich, Germany

Bergwolf on Munich's Fraunhoferstrasse near Sendlinger Tor is the city's defining late-night currywurst counter; weekends to 04:00 with a...

Ladadika Tsipouradika ★ 4.6

Tsipouro plus meze relay · €5-8 per carafe round

Thessaloniki, Greece

The tsipouradika of Katouni and Doxis Streets operate the Thessaloniki ritual: cold tsipouro arrives in a small carafe, meze plates follow...

Lau Sum Kee Noodle (Kweilin Street) ★ 4.6

Bamboo pole pressed wonton noodles and shrimp roe lo mein

sham-shui-po, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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...

Yuen Kee Dessert ★ 4.6

Walnut paste and almond cream tong sui

tin-hau, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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...

Baejarins Beztu Pylsur ★ 4.6

Icelandic lamb hot dog

101, Reykjavik, Iceland

Baejarins Beztu Pylsur has sold Iceland's lamb hot dogs from a Tryggvagata kiosk since 1937, the most famous street-food window in...

Ashok Vaidya Vada Pav ★ 4.6

Vada pav (original)

matunga, Mumbai, India

The Vaidya family stall outside Dadar Station has sold vada pav at the same platform since Ashok Vaidya invented the format in 1966.

Sardar Pav Bhaji ★ 4.6

Pav bhaji

tardeo, Mumbai, India

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...

Savour Kilkenny Market ★ 4.6

medieval-mile, Kilkenny, Ireland

Savour Kilkenny fills The Parade each October Bank Holiday with 100 artisan food vendors, cookery demos, and a free Craft Brewers and...

Da Nerbone ★ 4.6

Lampredotto panino

san-lorenzo, Florence, Italy

Da Nerbone in Florence's Mercato Centrale ground floor has poured the lampredotto panino since 1872, the bread dipped in the cooking broth...

Pizzeria di Matteo ★ 4.6

Pizza fritta

centro-storico, Naples, Italy

Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples sells pizza fritta and frittatine through the streetside window since 1936, the Bill Clinton 1994...

Friggitoria Chiluzzo ★ 4.6

Panelle e crocche (chickpea fritters and potato croquettes)

kalsa, Palermo, Italy

Friggitoria Chiluzzo on Piazza Kalsa in Palermo is the canonical panelle counter, four-euro chickpea-fritter-and-crocche sandwiches eaten...

Mordi e Vai ★ 4.6

Roman braised-meat sandwich

testaccio, Rome, Italy

Mordi e Vai in Rome's Mercato di Testaccio is Sergio Esposito's market-counter sandwich stall, with the slow-braised allesso di scottona...

Tellia Lab ★ 4.6

Roman-style pizza al taglio, by weight

centro-storico, Turin, Italy

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.

Caffe Mulassano ★ 4.6

Tramezzino (30+ fillings)

centro-storico, Turin, Italy

Caffe Mulassano under the Piazza Castello porticoes in Turin invented the tramezzino in 1926.

Perino Vesco ★ 4.6

Pizzette and focaccia, sourdough

centro-storico, Turin, Italy

Perino Vesco on Via Cavour in Turin sells pizzette and focaccia at the counter through the morning.

Bacareto Da Lele ★ 4.6

Mini panini and ombre

Venice, Italy

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...

Nakasu Yataigai ★ 4.6

Yatai street stall menu

nakasu, Fukuoka, Japan

The Nakasu Yataigai is Japan's densest yatai stall row, lining the canal from 18:00-02:00 nightly.

Daruma Kushikatsu Standing Counter Shinsekai ★ 4.6

Kushikatsu

Shinsekai, Osaka, Japan

The original 1929 Daruma standing counter in Shinsekai: kushikatsu from ¥140 per skewer, communal sauce, and the absolute no-double-dip...

Doña Mary Cochinita Pibil ★ 4.6

Cochinita pibil torta

Centro Histórico, Mérida, Mexico

Doña Mary in Mercado Lucas de Gálvez Mérida slow-roasts pork in banana leaves overnight for cochinita pibil tortas, the morning stall on...

Wayan'e Itzimná ★ 4.6

Castakán tacos and chaya eggs

Itzimná, Mérida, Mexico

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...

Tacos El Califa de Leon ★ 4.6

Taco gaonera

san-rafael, Mexico City, Mexico

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...

Pasillo de Humo (Mercado 20 de Noviembre) ★ 4.6

Tasajo, cecina enchilada, chorizo

centro-historico, Oaxaca, Mexico

Pasillo de Humo inside Mercado 20 de Noviembre is the smoke-alley grill where vendors over wood coals char tasajo, cecina enchilada and...

Itanoni memelas counter ★ 4.6

Memelas and tetelas

reforma, Oaxaca, Mexico

Itanoni's outdoor comal in Reforma sells memelas, tetelas and tlayudas hot off the wood-fired griddle with criollo-corn masa stone-ground...

Memelas Dona Vale (Mercado de Abastos) ★ 4.6

Memelas with morita chile

centro-historico, Oaxaca, Mexico

Memelas Dona Vale at Mercado de Abastos is the famous comal counter with thick masa memelas topped with morita-chile sauce, asiento (pork...

Frens Haringhandel ★ 4.6

Hollandse Nieuwe haring

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Frens on Koningsplein near the Bloemenmarkt is the Amsterdam herring stand locals queue at, raw soused herring with onion and pickles...

Fenix Food Factory ★ 4.6

Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Rotterdam's converted warehouse market in Katendrecht: stroopwafels, craft beer, Stielman coffee, and artisan cheese under one roof with...

Fenaknoken ★ 4.6

Norwegian cured meat plates

sentrum, Oslo, Norway

Fenaknoken on the Akershusstranda waterfront below Akershus Fortress is the heritage Norwegian cured-meat counter, with fenalar, spekemat...

Anticucheria El Tio Mario ★ 4.6

Anticuchos and picarones beside the Puente de los Suspiros

barranco, Lima, Peru

El Tio Mario at Jr. Zepita 214 in Barranco is the 1987 anticucho and picarones stand beside the Puente de los Suspiros in Lima, the Sunday...

Endzior (Plac Nowy zapiekanka) ★ 4.6

Zapiekanka

Kraków, Poland

Endzior at the round former kosher slaughterhouse in Kraków's Plac Nowy has poured zapiekanka, the open-face baguette, since 1989.

Bar Pierożek ★ 4.6

Pierogi

Wrocław, Poland

Bar Pierożek in Wrocław's Nadodrze is a basic-seating pierogi room: handmade dumplings to a short list of fillings, kompot to drink, prices...

Docaria São Vicente ★ 4.6

€1.50-4

Braga, Portugal

The oldest active pastry address in Braga (founded 1829) and the only place where moletinhos de São Vicente, the city's rarest conventual...

Z Burger ★ 4.6

Dry-aged smash burger

stari-grad, Belgrade, Serbia

Z Burger on Cetinjska in Belgrade has won the Belgrade Burger Festival in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025.

Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice ★ 4.6

Soya sauce chicken rice

chinatown, Singapore, Singapore

Mr and Mrs Mohgan Super Crispy Roti Prata ★ 4.6

Roti prata

east-coast, Singapore, Singapore

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