Category Archives: Location

Old Ebor

The Old Ebor was built in the latter half of the 19th Century and used the ‘Old’ epithet to distinguish it from the various other houses in the city with ‘Ebor’ in their names. Nowadays, the only real characteristic that … Continue reading

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Bay Horse, Marygate

One of the finest pleasures York has to offer, especially on a fine summers day or a crisp winter morning, is a ramble through the Museum gardens. As you wander merrily around the potted borders, you can cast your inquisitive … Continue reading

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Oscar’s

Oscar’s used to be situated where Stonegate Yard now resides and after a bit of a fight over naming rights (see that review for brief details), Oscar’s set up shop next door to it’s alcohol purveying sister, the Biltmore. It … Continue reading

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Vudu Lounge

Come on, be honest, you’re probably thinking that thepubsofyork.com must have looked as out of place in the Vudu Lounge as Delboy and Rodney did when they turned up at a wake dressed as Batman and Robin in the 1996 … Continue reading

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York Arms

This pub is managed by Sam Smiths and subsequently serves up the very affordable and tasty offerings from the Tadcaster based brewery. York’s most up-to-date pub review website quite likes Sam Smiths pubs, but like the Hansom Cab, one of … Continue reading

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1331

1331 is York’s only bar with actual digits in its name (apart from pubs such as the Three Cranes and Three Tuns etc who are refered to in the more traditional alphabetical way). So why this numerical moniker thepubsofyork.com hear … Continue reading

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