The 22 Best Restaurants in Cork, Ireland | Eater

"This world-renowned vegetarian restaurant has been going for a quarter-century but remains as vital as ever. Chef-owner Denis Cotter’s cookbooks have guided generations of novice vegetarian cooks, and Paradiso and its farm, Gort na Nain, won Collaboration of the Year at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards in 2018 for Cotter’s partnership with Gort na Nain’s gifted grower, Ultan Walsh. A seasonal menu, constantly evolving, offers dishes such as stunning ewe’s milk cheese (award-winning Cáis na Tíre) cappelloni with sweetcorn, jalapeno, and lime butter. Grilled cauliflower has been refined to perfection in a big, punchy dish enhanced by cashew korma, spinach, mustard, and pickled raisins. The advent of Walsh’s Crown Prince pumpkins sees the return of one particular winter menu favorite: pumpkin gnocchi with king oyster mushrooms, chanterelles, black kale, lemon thyme butter, walnuts, and Cratloe Hills sheep’s cheese. [$$]" - Joe McNamee