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The Black Bull, Ripon

Old Market Place
Ripon
HG4 1EQ

Phone: 01765601369

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Ripon Central

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Graham Coombs left this review about So!

A much tarted-up town pub, as mentioned below, divided into "Bar" and "Eats" sides which probably tells you what you need to know. It feels very much like a first project for a newly-qualified interior designer, i.e. a discordant collection of random 'trending' features with no overall style or theme. There is an intriguing floor window to view barrels in the cellar below though. It is still pretending not to be a Greene King house by not selling any of their beers, with TT Landlord, Black Sheep Best, Old Peculier and Ossett Blonde on handpump. OK to pass through but didn't really attract me at all.

On 7^th January 2023 - rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about So!

Reopened 15th March 2018 under the management of Greene King. No Greene King beers to be seen in spite of the ownership. Not much change from before, three out of four pulls at work with Yorkshire beers in the right hand bar only, eight kegs taps on a horseshoe and two more on a serve yourself setup in the right hand bar. The left hand bar is more of a restaurant.

On 18^th March 2022 - no rating submitted
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Old Boots left this review about The Black Bull

Reopened as SO! Bar & Eats 24th July 2013 as the third in the group, an expensive (£200k) gutting and refurbishment has turned a dingy, past its sell by date, pub into a sparkling new bar and eatery. The two room layout remains but nothing else of the former interior. The larger room to the right on entering has a seating area in the corner with the new counter in the same place as the old down the side, the rest of the room has a mix of furnishing mainly tables and chairs. Four hand pumps serve a reasonable local selection, Leeds Pale, Copper Dragon, Theakstons Best and Thwaites Wainwright on this occasion, the smaller room has a further three pulls with the same beers. Keg drinkers have a fairly standard choice of national brands plus Budvar and Moretti. Wine drinkers can choose from a wide selection. Laminated floors and a trendy grey paint job to the plain unadorned walls, apart from a blackboard of the cask beer choices, complete the decor. The smaller room has some sofas and a more discreet and intimate area at the back. All in all a good refurbishment and one that is popular with women, certainly a bar to watch in future as it settles down into city life.

On 27^th July 2013 - no rating submitted
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