Cuisine['French-Irish deli', 'Charcuterie', 'Artisan bread']
Price€€
NeighbourhoodEnglish Market Quarter

Must order: A quiche slice and a piece of French bread - the most French experience Cork can offer without flying to Brittany

Location

Address: Unit 11, The English Market, Grand Parade, Cork, T12 PH6Y

Also in English Market Quarter

The Farmgate Cafe ★ 4.5

['Irish market food', 'Drisheen', 'Traditional Cork']€€English Market Quarter

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

['French patisserie', 'Irish cakes', 'Market pastries']€€English Market Quarter

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

['Irish', 'Artisan', 'Market food']English Market Quarter

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

['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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The Farmgate Cafe ★ 4.5

['Irish market food', 'Drisheen', 'Traditional Cork']€€English Market Quarter

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

['French patisserie', 'Irish cakes', 'Market pastries']€€English Market Quarter

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

['Seafood', 'Fish and chips', 'West Cork fish']€€City Centre

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 fish is significant and detectable

English Market ★ 4.8

['Irish', 'Artisan', 'Market food']English Market Quarter

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

['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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