Pinczi hús-hentesáru bolt

Part butcher shop, part ready-to-eat meat paradise, Pinczi is a popular sausage shop in Budapest. This type of low-priced lunch-only eatery was popular in days of yore but currently nearing extinction. For good reason, some locals say, but Pinczi is an exception, as the ever-present line before the glass display proves. The customers are a cross-section of local residents with a notable concentration of middle-aged men carrying protruding bellies.

I usually go for a paprika-laced sausage alongside a small piece of the specialty of the house: roasted pork belly. Sauerkraut-filled pickled pepper and a slice of bread on the side, please. All this rarely comes out to be more than €6. You will have to eat standing by the high-top tables or find a seat on the busy street outside overlooking the Nyugati Railway Terminal.