Best Street Food in Paris

Everyone pictures long lunches and big bills in Paris, but a lot of the food we like best here costs a few euros and gets eaten standing up. This is where we eat the best street food in Paris, the falafel, crepes, market stalls and sandwiches we go back for. At VayCay Couple, we have spent a fair few trips eating our way round Paris on a budget. Every spot below comes with its address, what to order and the rough price. Search street food Paris and you get endless lists, so this is the short version we actually use. We checked these in September 2026.

What counts as street food in Paris?

Paris does not really do food trucks on every corner. Street food in Paris means the covered markets, the takeaway window at a good bakery, the falafel counters in the Marais, and the crepe stands near the big sights. You order, you pay a few euros, and you eat on a bench or as you walk. Most of it sits in three areas, the Marais in the 3rd and 4th, the market street of Rue Montorgueil in the 2nd, and the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10th. You can walk between them in a day.

Where to get the best falafel in Paris

The falafel counters along Rue des Rosiers, deep in the Marais, are the reason a lot of people search for falafel Paris in the first place. L’As du Fallafel, at 34 Rue des Rosiers, 75004, is the famous one. A falafel pita packed with fried chickpea balls, aubergine, cabbage and tahini costs around 8 euros from the takeaway window. There is almost always a queue, and it shuts on Friday evenings and Saturdays for Shabbat, so go on a weekday. A minute away at 22 Rue des Ecouffes, Miznon does Israeli-style pita instead. The pitas run 9.50 to 13.50 euros, and their whole roasted cauliflower at 7 euros is worth ordering even if you are not vegetarian. Nearest metro for both is Saint-Paul on Line 1.

The best crepes in Paris

For a proper sit-down galette, Breizh Cafe at 109 Rue Vieille du Temple, 75003 is the one we send people to. It is a Breton creperie, so the savoury buckwheat galettes come with cheese, egg and ham or smoked fish, priced about 7.50 to 17.50 euros, and the sweet crepes run 5.90 to 14.50 euros. Book ahead or expect a wait. If you just want a crepe in your hand, the takeaway stands around the Marais and the Latin Quarter fold a Nutella or sugar-and-lemon crepe for about 4 to 5 euros. That is the cheapest sweet thing you can eat in central Paris, and the simplest ones, sugar or Nutella, are usually the best crepes in Paris anyway.

Paris food markets worth a morning

The covered and open-air markets are where we spend the most time. Marche des Enfants Rouges, at 39 Rue de Bretagne, 75003, is the oldest covered market in the city, open since 1628. It is a row of small kitchens doing Moroccan tagine, Japanese bento and more, with most plates around 10 to 15 euros. The stall to find is Chez Alain Miam Miam, whose big filled sandwich is grilled on a crepe pan. The market shuts on Mondays, so plan around that. For an open-air market, Marche Bastille runs along Boulevard Richard Lenoir on Thursday mornings until about 2.30pm and Sunday until 3pm, with around a hundred traders selling cheese, oysters, rotisserie chicken and produce. You can read the official listing on the Paris tourist board site, and the City of Paris keeps a full timetable of every market. The third one to walk is Rue Montorgueil in the 2nd, a pedestrian market street lined with bakeries and cheese shops. Stop at Stohrer, at 51 Rue Montorgueil, a patisserie open since 1730, for the baba au rhum it invented. These are the paris food markets we would pick first, and the easiest food markets in Paris to reach on foot.

The sandwich to try, jambon-beurre

The plainest option is the one locals eat most. A jambon-beurre is ham and butter in a fresh baguette, and a good one from a bakery costs about 4 to 6 euros. Any decent boulangerie will do, but Du Pain et des Idees, at 34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010, near the Canal Saint-Martin, is worth the short walk for its bread, its escargot pastry and its pain des amis. Buy a sandwich and a pastry, sit by the canal, and you have lunch for under 10 euros.

Lebanese and vegan bites

Two more we rate. Man’ouche, at 62 Rue Rambuteau, 75003, near the Centre Pompidou, bakes Lebanese flatbread topped with za’atar, cheese or minced lamb for about 5 to 8 euros, folded and handed over hot. For plant-based food, Plan D Dwich and Glace, at 22 Rue des Vinaigriers, 75010, does vegan sandwiches for roughly 8 to 12 euros, again a short stroll from the canal.

Best street food in Paris at a glance

How much does street food cost in Paris?

Less than you would think. A crepe is about 4 to 5 euros, a falafel or man’ouche 5 to 8, a market plate 10 to 15. Two of us eat well for under 30 euros a day this way, which leaves room for one proper sit-down meal. Carry a few coins and small notes, because some market stalls and takeaway windows still prefer cash, though most now take cards. Lunchtime, roughly noon to 2pm, is when the markets and counters are busiest and freshest.

Eat this way on the walking days and save one evening for a sit-down meal. France has plenty more beyond Paris when you want it, and our notes on France pick up where the city stops. Bon appetit.

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