Street Food Guide Germany 2024: The Best Street Food Stands in Cologne
A small snack bar with a serving hatch in Cologne's old town guarantees the gold standard when it comes to potato pancakes. So you can enjoy the view of the Rhine with a portion of fried happiness in one hand and an Früh Kölsch in the other. For dipping, there's apple sauce and garlic cream.
Cologne is a potato pancake-free zone. However, those who articulate an appetite for Rievkooche are rewarded with divine cathedral city gold. The ones from Zimmermann's are particularly good: not too thick, not too thin, perfectly browned and deliciously crispy. Various locations.
Fresh from the fryer, straight to the heart: Rievkooche made from the best hand-peeled and grated potatoes can make many a Cologne resident or visitor to Cologne happy. At Heinz, you can get them, even as minis, from Tuesdays to Saturdays at the local weekly markets.
Fans swear by the lovingly rustic flair, the tasty Sünner Kölsch beer and the generously sized schnitzel, which - whether pork or veal and always from species-appropriate farming - is served crispy hot and in a wide variety of variations. Vegan is also possible.
On Thursdays and Fridays at lunchtime, fresh cod is battered and deep-fried in beer batter in the kitchen of the Salera tapas restaurant - a succulent and crispy lunch treat! Also on the menu: "Fish Curry 'n' Rice", "Chipirones 'n' Chips" and potato salad with cornichons.
Cologne is neither Berlin nor the Ruhrpott, but it is very close to the latter. And so the protagonists for one of the best currywurst stalls in the city also come from a supplier in Gelsenkirchen. In a supporting role: crispy fries made from happy potatoes.
Frieze, frieze, baby? Location, location, location! This is the place to refuel after a long day of shopping in the city with a portion of fries with house dips or poutine. The Canadian fast food specialty is nothing more than fries with cheese and (gravy) sauce. But it sounds twice as good in French.
A genuine, rustic corner pub with grilled chicken and other poultry dishes such as pulled chicken burgers, chicken soup or fricassee, the Kölsch way of life, quirky decorations and friendly service - all in a rather rustic style. The broiler with fries is served with a soda or Kölsch.
With seven different hand-rolled varieties - six of which are vegetarian - the rolling dumpling stalls aka food trucks take the "dumpling with gravy" out of the side dish corner. They can also be found in numerous farm stores. One of the crowd favourites is the spinach dumpling with a mountain cheese core.