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Good Things Café

Chef Carmel Somers is a disciple of Jane Grigson, and her food is similarly straightforward and deeply flavorful, with a touch of whimsy, like a pizza of Swiss chard, nutmeg, and the local Durrus cheese. The restaurant doors remain wide open, with mattress-ticking curtains, slate tables (some of whose bases are old iron sewing-machine trestles), and modern Philippe Starck chairs. Try the West Cork fish soup: a fragrant fish stock spiked with saffron, chock-full of scallops from Ahakista and haddock, and served with a dollop of garlicky rouille - the liquid equivalent of a sun-drenched, sea-breezy day.

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From Food & Wine , AUG 2005

Owner Carmel Somers serves specialties like Swiss chard pizza at this seaside restaurant....MORE>>

– Howard Jacobson Why Irish Chefs Love County Cork

Last updated August 2005