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      Open Monday to Saturday 09:30 - 15:30.
      *Always closed on the Tuesday after bank holiday weekends.

      Cafe Hours
      Open Tuesday to Saturday.
      Breakfast 09:00 - 11:30
      Lunch 12:00 - 15:30
      *On the Tuesday after a bank holiday weekend we open 11:30 to 15:30 for lunch only.

      🎄🎁🌲 Christmas and New Year Hours
      Cafe: We will be open for breakfast on Monday 23rd December (We are fully booked for lunch).
      We close after breakfast on Christmas Eve and will remain closed until January 9th 2025 when we will open again for breakfast.

      Stall: Last day of the stall is Monday 23rd December.

      Please keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram accounts for updates.

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View of the Prince’s street entrance of the English Market seen from the balcony of The Farmgate Cafe
Kay Harte – Farmgate Café Cork
Kay Harte
Rebecca Harte, Pamela Kelly, Ruth Feely – Farmgate Cafe Cork
Rebecca Harte, Pamela Kelly, Ruth Feely
Staff photo taken on the balcony of the Farmgate Cafe in the Englishin Market Cork
Breakfast service at the Farmgate Cafe upstairs in the English Market in Cork city
Diners on the balcony area of the Farmgate Cafe in the English Market in Cork city
View of the Prince’s street entrance of the English Market seen from the balcony of The Farmgate Cafe
Kay Harte – Farmgate Café Cork
Rebecca Harte, Pamela Kelly, Ruth Feely – Farmgate Cafe Cork
Staff photo taken on the balcony of the Farmgate Cafe in the Englishin Market Cork
Breakfast service at the Farmgate Cafe upstairs in the English Market in Cork city
Diners on the balcony area of the Farmgate Cafe in the English Market in Cork city

Far­m­gate was estab­lished when Maróg O’Brien opened her restau­rant and coun­try store in Midle­ton, Co. Cork in 1984. Ten years later Maróg’s sis­ter Kay joined her, and so the Café in the Eng­lish Mar­ket in Cork city cen­tre was cre­ated. Far­m­gate Café is located in the heart of Ireland’s old­est and most his­toric food mar­ket, with an indus­tri­ous excit­ing view over­look­ing stalls and fel­low traders. The Café, which in 2019 cel­e­brated 25 years at the Eng­lish Mar­ket, embraces much of what is unique and tra­di­tional to Cork, along with new influ­ences in this dynamic mul­ti­cul­tural food mar­ket and port city.

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