Pavement Vaults, York

Trendy new bar by the people who own the Pivni round the corner. This pub has much more of a bar feel to it and is more for the young professional types. Still they have a great beer range that is kept very nicely but their pricing on some of the big branded ales is scandalous. £3.90 for a landlord is just not on, the Jaipur is over £4!! instead i opted for a pale ale i cant remember the name of for a much more reasonable £3.20 that was quite nice. All cask ales are served in their own style beer jugs a bit like the new Greene king IPA ones. There are seven cask ales in total with a good few Yorkshire brewery's. Quite a nice bar for evening drinking but on the expensive side and a bit to trendy for my liking but worth a visit.

Official site of Pavement Vaults - pavementvaults.co.uk

Official site of Pavement Vaults - pavementvaults.co.uk

The ground floor of the old White Swan Hotel building has now been reopened as a bar, borrowing the name of another pub that was previously nearby and demolished for road widening. Unfortunately, it's a modern cafe-bar type of place which, despite the availability of real ales and a cider on eight hand pumps, is not my idea of a pub. The décor is an interesting combination of glazed tiles, bare floorboards and a stamped tin ceiling. Service is brisk and efficient, rather than friendly and welcoming - maybe that will develop over time. Toilets are downstairs - there's a choice of a spiral staircase at the front or a more conventional one to the rear - and well worth a visit for the brickwork in the cellars.