The Habit, York

Small busy pub well situated to pop in on a crawl of York's real ale pubs. Enjoyed the Yorkshire Heart Blackheart Stout here. There are 2 floors and a roof terrace I wish I had gone up to see as it is said there is a good view of the Minster from it.

Tiny bar with a lively music scene several nights of the week. When we called in there was an open mic night on and the acts ranged from poor to bloody awful. It gets cramped even when there's about 20 in the place and there must have been about 30 during our visit. Surprisingly there are 2 handpumps on the bar serving changing guests. My pint was pretty decent as well. I'm not sure we'll call again, at least not unless I have earplugs :-)) But I'm glad we called in this once.