The Menu: Re-thinking, re-locating and re-positioning for real and refreshing food options
The English Market, source of one the finest do-it-yourself picnic hampers in the land. Picture: Brian Lougheed
New dining era in Cork
The pandemic has wreaked too much havoc, personal and professional, for it to be viewed as anything other than one of the great horrors of the century to date, and from a professional perspective, the global hospitality sector has suffered as much as any other. Yet responses in the face of adversity have been extraordinary — not least from Irish chefs and restaurateurs who have fought back with a combination of courage and innovation allied to a dogged refusal to surrender. To walk the many now-pedestrianised streets of Cork since the grand re-opening for open air dining has been an inspirational and moving experience, wrestled back from the machines and rendered unto the citizens, all eating, drinking and celebrating on outdoor tables as if to the manner born.
