Cork in Top 5 cities in the world for sickos/weirdos

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Is there a Supermacs in Cork?

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I dont know ā€¦Couldnā€™t think of one off top of my head anyway

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ā‚¬30 a head. This young lady is in for the night of her life.

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There is on North Main Street.

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:joy: she will just be happy to be out of the hostel dorm for a few hours

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@Tank

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Great spot, but youā€™d just about get a main course and a side for 30. Market lane next door might be a better option, much bigger menu, not as cramped and takes reservations.

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Yeah. He has no chance of getting a table there without a reservation tho at this late notice Id have thought

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Last of the big spenders :smile:

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Hungry nordie fucker literally goes hungry.

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Breast in a bun @Tank youā€™ll even have change out of the ā‚¬30 to buy her an ice cream

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Itā€™ll be the only breast heā€™ll be seeing if thatā€™s the grub heā€™s bringing her out for

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City no( AFAIK)

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One beside the opera house

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A lot of very mean spirited replies here

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All billy bog bollixes. Were happy with the two for ten euro deals recently enough

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Mean culpa,by the cinema

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How did you get on @Tank ?

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Thank you for asking CP.

Cork is a great city. Itā€™s a genuine small European little city. In contrast with Dublin itā€™s not trying to be a little London; in fact itā€™s not trying to be anything at all that itā€™s not. The view when you drive in from the M8 and see the Lee for the first time is genuinely beautiful. In contrast there isnā€™t a genuinely beautiful view in the whole of Dublin city.

Every shop and every citizen has real character. The window shopping is much better than Dublin because there are so many interesting little shops. Thereā€™s a shop on Patrickā€™s Street that just sells antique sewing machines because, like, what else would you be selling. In this regard it is also far far better than Limerick which, if Dublin is just trying to be a mini-London, is just trying to be a mini-Dublin. Cork is like if Capel Street or Thomas Street was all of Dublin, without the immediate danger. In other words itā€™s great.

My Italian associate commented that she felt like she was in a real European city and was in fact reminded of Bordeau. She loved the place immediately. There are many great pubs where you would actually want to go in and have a drink, in contrast with Dublin where there are almost no good pubs that youā€™d genuinely want to have a drink in left anymore.

I was struck by the business on the streets and I felt like I was part of a community. My associate was impressed that the local women werenā€™t tarted up like the Dublin women and relied on what natural prettiness they had. She could immediately appreciate that they were an unpretentious bunch. Following the forumā€™s advice, I kept my buttocks clenched tight at all times and I always felt safe.

We had dinner in Orsa and it was very nice. Dessert in fact was fairly unbelievable. Like everything else in that city it was great value and came in at exactly ā‚¬30 per person, perfectly in line with our budget.

The Crawford Art Gallery, recommended by this board, was also great and I bought a book illustrated by Harry Clarke. We also had a pint in the Oliver Plunkett and some other random bar. Murphyā€™s is a genuinely good drink but it lacks the complexity of Guinness. Beamish is shite.

Today we went to Cobh, which is a beautiful drive and a good place to spend 60 minutes.

Lonely Planet has gotten it right. I think that if I ever want to abandon my high-flying CEO-style lifestyle and open a coffee shop I would do it in Cork and not Dublin.

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Cork like Bordeaux :smile:

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