Category Archives: Within the city walls

Pubs that are located within the historic city walls.

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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Biltmore

The Biltmore sits on Swinegate in a lovely part of central York that seems to be home to trendy hairdressers and lots of cobbles. It is close to Vudu Lounge and (the “new”) Oscars and if you know these other … Continue reading →

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Blue Fly

Here are some facts about flies; there are 1,100 known species of blow flies. The housefly is the most common of all domestic flies accounting for about 90% of all flies that humans come into contact with. An adult stable … Continue reading →

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