Cork: Fab Food Tasting Trail
Enjoy a relaxed but highly-focused 2.5 to 3-hour stroll through the city center of Cork, stopping at a range of foodie hotspots. Discover local and Irish cuisine, meet...
Ross Bakery and Cafe is a bakery in Douglas And Blackrock, Cork.
Editorially verified May 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The morning pastry selection before 9am - arrive at opening for the croissants and pain au chocolat while the batch is still warm
Enjoy a relaxed but highly-focused 2.5 to 3-hour stroll through the city center of Cork, stopping at a range of foodie hotspots. Discover local and Irish cuisine, meet...
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Address: Churchyard Lane, Ballinlough, Cork
A family bakery in Wilton Shopping Centre, baking the full Irish bread range daily alongside cream cakes and freshly filled rolls for the lunch trade.
Order: Brown soda bread, fresh from morning bake - a reminder that Cork brown bread needs no improvement
The baking arm of Cork's iconic wholefood cooperative since 1982. The in-house bakery produces daily loaves of spelt, rye and seeded wholemeal for the deli.
Order: A spelt scone with the lunch special - the bakery's allergen transparency is Cork's best.
A family bakery in Wilton Shopping Centre, baking the full Irish bread range daily alongside cream cakes and freshly filled rolls for the lunch trade.
Order: Brown soda bread, fresh from morning bake - a reminder that Cork brown bread needs no improvement
Cork city outpost of the celebrated Midleton bakery, baking with organic flours from Shipton Mills and Oak Forest Mills via a 36-48 hour cold fermentation.
Order: Cold-fermented country loaf - the slow ferment produces a tang and crust that no high-speed bakery can match
Run since 1996 by classically trained pastry chefs Joe and Barbara Hegarty, this English Market stall brings French patisserie technique to Cork daily.
Order: A seasonal mousse cake slice - the Irish-butter pastry base with French-trained layering is unlike anything.
Established in 1997 by Sheila Fitzpatrick, this English Market stalwart claims the largest range of handmade bread in Ireland. Organic sourdoughs, Syrian.
Order: Organic wholemeal sourdough - baked daily, with seeds pressed into the crust for texture
Founded in 1992 by Frenchwoman Isabelle Sheridan, the stall has twice won Best Market Stall in County Cork. Daily savoury pastries, quiches and fresh breads.
Order: A freshly baked quiche with seasonal filling - a reminder that France shaped Cork's food culture more than.