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...
The most consistent Sunday family dish across Cork and Munster: a boiled gammon joint or rolled bacon shoulder with savoy cabbage cooked in the same liquor, served with a parsley white sauce and floury potatoes.
Bacon and cabbage was the daily protein of rural Munster cottages from the 18th century, the back rasher boiled in a single pot with a head of York cabbage, finished with a parsley sauce thickened with flour and milk. Cork city remained Ireland's largest pork curing centre into the 20th century, with Henry Denny's North Main Street smokehouse defining the regional style; the Denny brand still ships nationally. Cork pubs and traditional rooms (the Long Valley, the Mutton Lane Inn) keep the dish on the Tuesday and Thursday lunch carvery, often with mashed potato and a thick parsley sauce, the canonical Irish bacon-and-cabbage plate.
4 editor picks for Bacon and Cabbage with Parsley Sauce in Cork, ranked by editorial score. All Cork signature dishes · Bacon and Cabbage with Parsley Sauce across every city.
The Long Valley Bar ★ 4.5
City Centre · 10 Winthrop Street, Cork, T12 NW64
Established in 1842 and run by the Moynihan family since 1927, the Long Valley is Cork's most storied bar. The counter is famously long, the decor unchanged.
Greenes Restaurant ★ 4.3
MacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter) · 48 MacCurtain Street, Cork, T23 AE52
Greenes on MacCurtain Street turns a waterfall-backed 18th-century warehouse into a farm-to-table dining room, with menus built on English Market sourcing.
Jacobs on the Mall ★ 4.1
South Mall and Lancaster Quay · 30A South Mall, Cork
Cork's most evocative dining room occupies the former Turkish baths on South Mall with a soaring Victorian interior and seasonal Irish menu.
Cornstore ★ 3.9
City Centre · Cornmarket Street, Cork
A striking four-bay Victorian corn exchange on Cornmarket Street now housing Cork's standard steakhouse and seafood room, with a bold cocktail bar and late.
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