Shoulder of Mutton, Heworthback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Now the Heworth Arms - following refurbishment.
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Following mountainman's good report, I tried out this pub for the Pork Pie and Cider Festival this holiday (Sat. 27th Aug. 2011). The pub was humming with pie afficionados and we had a great time nibbling the pastry, sampling the jelly, checking the meat and the overall scoffability of 10 pork pies by local butchers. I found a great ale to wash them down with too, but there were loads of ciders on for people to sup their way through. Jack Merry, the landlord, has plenty to do here renovating the place but he's made a great start.
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Well, over three years on since my last review of this place and I'm pleased to say things have changed for the better. This venue closed for a couple of months and underwent extensive renovation and reopened about six weeks ago. The new owner is Jack Merry, who has a fine reputation for running a tight, efficient and friendly ship - previously he has run the Tap & Spile (Monkgate); Guy Fawkes Hotel (High Petergate) and most lately the Lamb and Lion (Low Petergate).
There is now a fine range of very well kept cask beers (4 during the week, moving up to 6 at the weekend and during busy periods). There is a varied selection, which turns over well. I've visited several times over the last month and have always enjoyed a decent pint. Service is second to none, and although I've yet to try the food; it comes highly recommended from a number of fellow patrons. The beer garden at the back has been restored to its former glory; and I'm glad to say that this is a pub working its way back to the former glories of the 70's and 80's as referred to in the previous reviews.
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I should have pointed out that my first visit was in 1971!
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I agree with MountainMan. This was the first York pub I ever visited - stayed at, even - and it was great. There was a highly eccentric, almost Basil Fawlteyesque landlord with a disarming habit of answering all his own questions before you could get a word in edgeways! It's still a most attractive building, both inside and out ... with a huge garden, but it just doesn't have tyhe same atmosphere, somehow. Enormous potential.
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Was once a fantastic pub, now frequented by some more undesirable types. Had a refit a couple of years back, but it's still no great shakes.
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