Cuisine['Irish', 'Artisan', 'Market food']
Price
NeighbourhoodEnglish Market Quarter

Must order: Sliced hot spiced beef from Tom Durcan's stall by the fountain - the benchmark of Cork food culture and Cork's oldest surviving street food

Location

Address: Grand Parade and Princes Street, Cork

Also in English Market Quarter

Tom Durcan Meats ★ 4.7

['Cork spiced beef', 'Irish butcher', 'Craft beef']English Market Quarter

Since 1990, the definitive source of Cork spiced beef in the English Market. Tom Durcan runs two stalls side by side - the butcher's counter and a dedicated.

Order: Hot sliced spiced beef from the dedicated counter - a fundamentally Cork experience available only here

O'Flynn's Gourmet Sausages ★ 4.5

['Gourmet sausages', 'Irish butcher', 'Street food']English Market Quarter

A fourth-generation family business since 1921, O'Flynn's is Cork's most celebrated sausage maker. Over 50 varieties, with the Cork Boi as the flagship.

Order: Cork Boi sausage in a roll - over a century of sausage-making expertise in a single bite, with Murphy's stout in the mix

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Tom Durcan Meats ★ 4.7

['Cork spiced beef', 'Irish butcher', 'Craft beef']English Market Quarter

Since 1990, the definitive source of Cork spiced beef in the English Market. Tom Durcan runs two stalls side by side - the butcher's counter and a dedicated.

Order: Hot sliced spiced beef from the dedicated counter - a fundamentally Cork experience available only here

O'Flynn's Gourmet Sausages ★ 4.5

['Gourmet sausages', 'Irish butcher', 'Street food']English Market Quarter

A fourth-generation family business since 1921, O'Flynn's is Cork's most celebrated sausage maker. Over 50 varieties, with the Cork Boi as the flagship.

Order: Cork Boi sausage in a roll - over a century of sausage-making expertise in a single bite, with Murphy's stout in the mix

Coal Quay Market ★ 4.4

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Order: A Korean BBQ bowl from Hana - one of few places in Munster to find authentic Korean barbecue technique on a street-food budget

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Order: Salmon zuke donburi - cured salmon over seasoned rice with Japanese condiments; the dish that put Miyazaki on the Cork food map

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Order: The signature Cork burger with house sauce and pickles - the combination of daily-fresh patty and fermented pickles made in-house is what Cork food critics keep returning for

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