Farmers Market

Mahon Point Farmers' Market is Cork's largest Farmers' Market, bringing together a diverse range of local farmers and artisan food producers in one large weekly market held outside the west entrance of Mahon Point shopping centre every Thursday morning from 10am to 3pm.

Check out the Farmers Market website on http://www.mahonpointfarmersmarket.com/

Mahon Point Farmers' Market is now in its seventh year, with over 50 stalls of high quality foods available, much of it organic, lovingly grown, produced or sourced by small producers across the county. It is providing a vibrant and exciting shopping experience for the people of Cork and enables the public to meet their local food producers and celebrate the exceptionally high quality of locally produced food.

Some Endorsements:

 Good Food Ireland Awards 2010

• Winner of the Good Food Ireland "Best Farmers Market Award 2010": The Good Food Ireland Awards honour people and places for their commitment to using local Irish food. The objectives of the awards are to highlight places committed to local Irish food so that consumers can find out and make informed choices on where to go to eat out or stay.
• Blas na hEireann, National Irish Food Awards 2010: Many of the Mahon Point Stall holders recognised, click here for more.
• Named John & Sally Mc Kenna's Best Farmers' Market in "The Best of Ireland"  in the Irish Independent Weekend Magazine, 30th Jan 2010:
  There are now superb farmers' markets all over Ireland but Mahon Point scoops the gong for several reasons. Firstly it is superbly well organised, and the diversity and variety of stalls is second -to-none.The market is so charismatic and is a great place to eat. Come noon, most people are here to get lunch; brilliant vegetarian curries, the best steak sandwiches, Mexican tortillas to die for and the coffee is as good as it gets. They even bring in musicians to play as you enjoy ginger beer and a falafel or two.
• Bridgestone "Best in Ireland" Award Winner 2008, 2009, 2010: Mahon Point is an awesome farmers' market, with an atmosphere unlike any other market. The best of Cork's gastro artisans are here every Thursday and the food to eat is as outstanding as the food to buy and fill up your bags. A meeting point of local farming produce, the finest fish, meat, cheese and the freshest fruit and vegetables. To understand the avant garde of Cork artisanship you only need to come to Mahon Point.
• Recently named on The Sunday Independents Ireland's Most Stylish List 2008 (31st Aug 2008): Their " list of the most chic people, places and things." Cork cute-hoor foodies know better than to miss the market at Mahon Point every Thursday. The large forecourt of the shopping centre is where the best producers from east and west Cork get to strut their stuff in front of the city cousins. Office workers, shoppers, builders and yummy mummies gather to get the best in fresh vegetables, cake, coffee, fish, meat and cheese while enjoying a bit of on-the-hoof lunch from the hot-food stalls. If that isn't enough, you can always eyeball the Munster rugby players such as Donnacha O'Callaghan or Ronan O'Gara, who regularly use the place for a healthy refuel after training.