A quintet of eating and drinking houses. The Lamb and Lion at Bootham Bar strikes me as gloomy, more bare wood than I ideally like, and an unimaginative lunchtime menu. c.f. The Guy Fawkes, reviewed a few weeks ago, which is much nicer.
Lo Spuntino on Blossom Street — cheap and cheerful Italian. Good variety.
Meltons Too. A favourite, well revamped. Good locally sourced food nicely presented. One waiter didn’t know how to pour wheat beer.
The Brigantes, Micklegate. Wonderful range of beers, and they do know how to pour a wheat beer. Good pub food. Particularly excellent chips. Their fish is good too.
York Spice. The best Indian restaurant I’ve ever been in. The food does all taste different. I love the Macher Jhool — fish curry, and the pasanda is good too. Maybe I prefer Kingfisher to Cobra, but they have the latter on draught.
Have I ever mentioned the Exhibition on Bootham. It’s on the pseudo-Victorian plush end of décor but always has at least one real ale, usually two, and does exceptionally good, if conventional, pub food.
So, actually, it’s six.
