Michael Moynihan: Cork city is now on the menu and  Idaho had a seat at the table of change

Now people come into the city  for the whole day to see the Rembrandt exhibition in the Crawford, have some lunch, then do the shopping

Richard and Mairéad Jacob may have called it a day with Idaho Cafe, Caroline Street, Cork but in their 20-plus years in business, they have seen a city transformed, more or less. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Twenty years in the city all came down to half an hour.

Richard and Mairéad Jacob’s announcement that they were be shutting their Idaho Cafe in Caroline Street surprised people all over Cork. For the pair themselves, the transition became real with a gift.