Golden Ball, York

Another heritage pub on which CAMRA has bestowed *** with good reasons; the tiling looks lovely, the terrazzo floor too, less so the lino and carpet. There were six pumps, but all low ABV brews, my Rudgate Ragnar though was very nice.

An excellent community pub, just on the right side of tatty. It has several rooms, including two large ones and a side room with a bar billiards table (no right-handed shots though!). There is a nice courtyard garden at the rear. It had a good range of Yorkshire ales on, including a house beer from Ainsty. I had the Yorkshire Heart Blackheart which was excellent. It is in one of the more obscure residential parts of the city centre, although it falls nicely between the Ackhorne and the Slip.