The Greek sandwich is, above all, the pita: a soft round flatbread wrapped tight around meat shaved off a vertical spit or pulled from a skewer, with tomato, onion, tzatziki and, crucially, fries packed inside. Gyros and souvlaki are the twin pillars, eaten standing from a souvlatzidiko with the paper folded back as you go.
The catalog of 226 sorts along those forms. The largest force is the gyros in its pork, chicken, mixed and regional readings, and the souvlaki of skewered meat in the same pita. Around them stand the Greek burger bifteki, the kebab, the grilled offal kokoretsi and the big-skewer kontosouvli, the orange-and-fennel loukaniko, the cured Cretan apaki and Mani syglino, seafood folded into pita, and the vegetable keftedes. Separate from the sandwich proper is the great Greek phyllo-pie family, the tiropita and spanakopita and bougatsa eaten from the hand at breakfast, and the sesame koulouri ring sold from every cart.
The categories below capture how the catalog actually sorts. The giants are gyros and souvlaki; the pita, the pie family and the sauces carry the rest. Below the anchors, the full filterable catalog lets you browse every entry by name or category.
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Gyros
Greece's iconic rotisserie sandwich: seasoned pork or chicken shaved off a vertical spit, folded into soft pita with tomato, onion, tzatziki and fries. · 51 sandwiches
Souvlaki & Kalamaki
Skewered grilled meat in pita: cubes of marinated pork, chicken or lamb pulled off the stick into a wrapped pita, or eaten straight off the kalamaki skewer. · 22 sandwiches
Bifteki
The Greek burger: a seasoned ground-beef (or beef-pork) patty, often stuffed with feta or kasseri, grilled and served in pita or on a plate. · 10 sandwiches
Kebab & Lahmacun
Greek kebab: ground beef, lamb or pork formed around a skewer and grilled, served in pita, plus the thin meat-topped lahmacun flatbread. · 8 sandwiches
Kokoretsi, Kontosouvli & Soutzoukakia
The festive grill specialties in pita: offal-wrapped kokoretsi, the big pork kontosouvli skewer, lamb chops, and cumin-tomato soutzoukakia. · 7 sandwiches
Loukaniko
The Greek sausage in pita or bread: pork sausage flavoured with orange zest, fennel and leek, grilled, plus the pepper-stewed spetsofai. · 10 sandwiches
Apaki, Syglino & Pastourma
The cured and smoked meats in bread: Cretan vinegar-smoked apaki, Mani syglino, and the heavily spiced cured-beef pastourma. · 7 sandwiches
Θαλασσινά σε Πίτα
Seafood folded into pita or bread: grilled shrimp and octopus, fried calamari, sardines, smelt and battered salt cod. · 7 sandwiches
Κεφτέδες σε Πίτα
The vegetable fritters in pita: zucchini, eggplant, tomato and chickpea keftedes, fried crisp and wrapped with salad and sauce. · 4 sandwiches
Tiropita, Spanakopita & Bougatsa
The Greek phyllo-pie family eaten from the hand: cheese tiropita, spinach spanakopita, cream or cheese bougatsa, and the savoury pies. · 28 sandwiches
Koulouri Thessalonikis
The sesame bread ring sold from every Greek cart, eaten plain or split and filled with cheese, ham or chocolate. · 5 sandwiches
Toast
The Greek pressed grilled sandwich: sliced bread with ham and cheese, kasseri, feta or turkey, toasted flat in a press. · 6 sandwiches
Η Πίτα
The Greek pita itself and the meat-free filled pita: the soft round flatbread, plus pita with feta, halloumi, falafel or vegetables. · 19 sandwiches
Σάντουιτς
The Greek and international sandwich and egg breads: club, ham-and-cheese, tuna, turkey, plus the egg dishes in bread and the Asia Minor styles. · 14 sandwiches
Τοπικά & Διασπορά
The regional and diaspora styles: Cycladic, Ionian and Dodecanese island readings, Peloponnese, and the Greek-American and other emigrant gyro styles. · 5 sandwiches
Τζατζίκι & τα Συνοδευτικά
The Greek sauce and table that frames the pita: tzatziki, skordalia, tyrokafteri, taramosalata, ladolemono, and the tomato, onion and fries inside. · 23 sandwiches