The menu: Start-up stalls in the English Market, Cork

The Menu recalls a time, a few decades ago, when the English Market was on its uppers, seemingly in terminal decline. 

Some years after that, a fresh influx of traders, in particular Toby Simmonds (Real Olive Co), Sean Calder-Potts (Iago), Isabelle Sheridan (On the Pig’s Back) and sisters Maróg O’Brien and Kay Harte (Farmgate Café), gave a new lease of life to the venerable institution.

Working nearby as a chef, The Menu’s daily shopping expeditions took on a different, and most inspiring dimension.