Duke of York, York

First time visit to this pub and found a variety of Leeds beers available, plus some guests. We chose Leeds New Moon and Collingham Artisan's Choice and enjoyed both. Same couldn't be said for the music which if in the good old days I would have thought the needle was stuck on the record due to the repetition of the same beat over and over. Food was being served, and the sandwiches brought out to customers looked really good. What I found interesting in there was the decor of framed items on the wall in the room we were in. Everything related to the Duke of York throughout the decades. Stamps, ships, royalty, trains, cigarette cards, musical score for the Grand Old Duke of York. Someone has really gone to lot of trouble with this. Great to look round.

Recently opened pub owned by Leeds Brewery, well descibed by OB which saves me the trouble. The 2 banks of 4 handpumps on the left and right were selling Leeds beers whilst the 4 in the middle were having a Yorkshire vs Lancashire competition. This was part way through a week long competition and the contenders during our visit were Marble vs Ilkley with 2 beers from each on offer. A blackboard on the wall showed the score from previous rounds as one all. The bar staff were young, chatty & knowledgeable about the beers. It was a great place to while away an hour talking about beer related things between the staff serving other customers. A very good addition to the York scene and I suspect we'll visit regularly from now on.

New pub not been opened long nice enough place but dimly lit place on a night which puts me off a bit but will call back good range off hand pulls from Leeds brewery portfolio

Official site of The Duke of York - www.lbdukeofyork.co.uk