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...
What to order at On the Pigs Back English Market Stall
- Must order
- A quiche slice and a piece of French bread - the most French experience Cork can offer without flying to Brittany
Cuisine['French-Irish deli', 'Charcuterie', 'Artisan bread']
Price€€
NeighborhoodEnglish Market Quarter
HoursMon-Sat 09:00-17:00
Phone+353 21 427 0232
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Must order: A quiche slice and a piece of French bread - the most French experience Cork can offer without flying to Brittany
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Location
Address: Unit 11, The English Market, Grand Parade, Cork, T12 PH6Y
Also in English Market Quarter
The Farmgate Cafe ★ 4.5
Perched on the balcony above the English Market since 1994, the Farmgate is Cork's most storied lunch destination. The market traders supply the kitchen.
Order: Drisheen on buttered toast as a side to the daily special - a Cork food that has nearly disappeared from restaurant menus; the Farmgate serves it with conviction
Heaven's Cakes Market Stall ★ 4.4
Joe and Barbara Hegarty's French-Irish patisserie stall in the English Market, trading since 1996. Classically trained pastry chefs making handmade mousse.
Order: Seasonal mousse cake slice - the West Cork butter in the pastry base is detectable and makes a difference
English Market ★ 4.8
The 1788 covered market at Cork's culinary heart, with stalls passed down through generations. Tom Durcan Meats and O'Flynn's Sausages are the anchor trades.
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
Tom Durcan Meats ★ 4.7
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
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.
More street food in Cork
The Farmgate Cafe ★ 4.5
Perched on the balcony above the English Market since 1994, the Farmgate is Cork's most storied lunch destination. The market traders supply the kitchen.
Order: Drisheen on buttered toast as a side to the daily special - a Cork food that has nearly disappeared from restaurant menus; the Farmgate serves it with conviction
Heaven's Cakes Market Stall ★ 4.4
Joe and Barbara Hegarty's French-Irish patisserie stall in the English Market, trading since 1996. Classically trained pastry chefs making handmade mousse.
Order: Seasonal mousse cake slice - the West Cork butter in the pastry base is detectable and makes a difference
Quinlan's Seafood Bar ★ 4.4
A Cork city outpost of the Kerry seafood family that has been fishing and selling directly since 1963. The Patrick Street counter serves hot fish and chips.
Order: Fish and chips with Kerry-landed cod or haddock - the freshness margin over a city chip shop using frozen.
English Market ★ 4.8
The 1788 covered market at Cork's culinary heart, with stalls passed down through generations. Tom Durcan Meats and O'Flynn's Sausages are the anchor trades.
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
Tom Durcan Meats ★ 4.7
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
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.