Tom Durcan Spiced Beef ★ 4.7
The most distinctively Cork thing you can eat for under €5. Buy a portion of hot sliced spiced beef from Tom Durcan's dedicated counter, take it with soda.
Farmgate Cafe is an irish budget eat in English Market Quarter, Cork.
Upstairs in the English Market, lunch dishes run €12-18 - moderate for the quality. The daily specials use what arrived from the market that morning.
Address: English Market, Princes Street, Cork
The most distinctively Cork thing you can eat for under €5. Buy a portion of hot sliced spiced beef from Tom Durcan's dedicated counter, take it with soda.
The most distinctively Cork thing you can eat for under €5. Buy a portion of hot sliced spiced beef from Tom Durcan's dedicated counter, take it with soda.
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