Greek cuisine is a big part of the famously healthy and balanced Mediterranean diet, and that includes street food. Considering that street food is comfort food, Greek street food is remarkably nutritious and healthy on top of being absolutely delicious.
Koulouri is the quintessential morning street food for all the locals. It is a large round of narrow bread coated with sesame. Good koulouri is crunchy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside.
Bougatsa is a type of pie made with special bougatsa phyllo and can have several different fillings, both savory and sweet. Traditional bougatsa is the one with semolina custard cream filling, served chopped up in a thick sheet of paper and doused with cinnamon and powder sugar.
Cheese pie comes in several different variations, with roots in traditional pies from many regions as well as from 20th-century city life, all of them delicious and unique.
The world-famous “spanakopita” or spinach pie is yet another breakfast street food queen. Spinach pie is usually made with traditional layered phyllo and a thick lush filling layer in the middle.
Souvlaki kalamaki is eaten hot off the grill while still on its skewer. “Kalamaki” means “small reed” which is what the skewers were traditionally made of. Together with the skewers, you are traditionally given half a lemon and toasted bread drizzled in olive oil.