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Boqueria
This tapas bar is a shining addition to Cork's wonderful eateries. In addition to the usual onion-garlic-tomato combinations, the chefs use local creations such as sourdough, Gubbeen cheese, and salmon to create tasty Irishified tapas. It's a dusky, intimate spot, favoured by couples in the evenings, and at lunch by friends seeking a civilised glass of wine.
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Café de la Paix
An unassuming red exterior hides this chilled-out wine bar backing on to the River Lee. Picture windows make the most of the view from the simple white interior and there's a fabulous riverside deck outside. Global favourites grace the menu, from Thai curries to daily pasta specials, and the food scores highly both on flavour and presentation. It's tapas only after .
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Café Glucksman
The café at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery has panoramic views of the university grounds outside its picture windows and is all stark modernity within. The food is modern European in approach, so expect dishes such as poached salmon in lemon-butter or tagliatelle with blue cheese on the menu.
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Café Gusto
Wraps, salads and pittas and a commitment to the finest fillings are the order of the day at this simple café. Gusto's assertion that it makes the best coffee in Cork is no idle claim either. You can sit in at high counter tops or take away, and there's a second branch at Lapps Quay.
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Crawford Gallery Café
An elegant blue dining room and exquisite seasonal and locally produced food make for high-class gallery grazing at the Crawford. It's also a quality place for a spot of eavesdropping.
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Currans
A retirement home for Cork's unwanted fixtures and fittings, Currans' interior is entirely made up of artefacts salvaged from the city's demolished buildings. The wood panelling comes from the GPO, the radiators from Linville Hospital, even the lift is reclaimed from the tax office. The menu is a similar hotch-potch of reliable favourites - pizzas, burgers, seafood and steaks - and there's a delightful rooftop terrace if you ever tire of the interior.
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English Market
Cork picnickers are a fortunate bunch. The wonderful market is a self-caterer's paradise with so many tasty delicacies to choose from it's hard to show restraint. The emphasis is on local produce, with cheeses, ham, buttered eggs, sausages, bread and smoked salmon on offer, but there are some imports such as olives and wine too.
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Farmgate Café
An unmissable Cork experience at the heart of the English Market, the Farmgate, like its sister restaurant in Midleton, has mastered the magic art of producing delicious food without fuss or faddism. We defy you to find fresher food in Cork; the Farmgate sources all its ingredients, from rock oysters to the lamb for an Irish stew, from the market. Its location, perched on a balcony above the stalls, makes for great people-watching too.
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Ivory Tower
Hiding behind an unpromisingly shabby entrance is this delightfully eclectic place done up like a granny's parlour - albeit a granny whose tastes run to upright pianos, safari hats and moon-and-star motifs. The menu is equally intriguing - chef Seamus O'Connell's 'missions' to Japan having influenced the accomplished cuisine, and few concessions are made to the timid (the speciality is blackened shark with banana ketchup).
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Jacques Restaurant
With more than 25 years in the business, Jacqueline and Eithne Barry have built up a terrific network of local suppliers to help them realise their culinary ambitions - the freshest Cork food cooked simply. The menu, served in an elegant dining room, is dictated by what's available and in season - if it's on, the roast duck with apricot stuffing is a particular pleasure.
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Scoozi's
There's lots of exposed brickwork and burnished wood inside this hugely popular café-restaurant. Snug alcoves add intimacy as the fast and friendly young staff dish up breakfasts, pizzas, pastas, grills and a fair selection of wine. It's a great place for families too.
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Triskel Café
Attached to the Triskel Arts Centre, this cool, confident café is often quiet during the day, when you can scoff veggie lasagne, salads, panini and the finest carrot cake known to mankind peacefully. Wine is by the glass, or go for a healthy smoothie.
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