On our recent trip to the historic city of York we ate in some really lovely laces. whist there i fell in Love with the independent eatery's and cafes and there uniqueness you don't get in a normal town. i have decided to highlight some of these places in hopes help anyone visiting this Beautiful City find the perfect places to rest and unwind and devour some amazing food.
Bills- 12 Coney Street, York YO1 9NA
I know this is a popular chain but we ad never been before and kept meaning to try it and we were not disappointed.
The atmosphere was lovely on arrival, not to busy and we asked to sit towards the back where it was quieter. It was lovely with it's British eclectic style it's cosy and simple yet rustic ambiance
We ordered drinks i went with the Watermelon, peach and raspberry juice, very Moorish but so refreshing just what was needed after a day sight seeing.
For starter i went for the Roasted tomato soup with cotted cream and warm pesto flat bread. it was amazing the clotted cream in the soup just added a really nice creamyness to the tangy soup.
For main i went for the Halloumi burger with tomato hummus, sweet chili sauce roasted red peppers, pea shoots, red onion, garlic lemon mayo, in a sesame bun with fries on the side. I had to try this after hearing Zoe Sugg rave bot it and it was really nice could do with more halloumi but that's my preference. Sadly i did not get a photo of this was clearly too hungry.
Dessert followed and we both went for the crumble with peach and raspberry drizzled with a salted caramel sauce and a scoop of ice cream. It was lovely and comforting as the evening drew in and the end to a lovely experience.
Brew and Brownie Bakeshop 99 museum Street, York, YO1 7DT
After a morning walk around the minster we headed to this small independent cafe after seeing posts on instagram, you walk in noticing the lovely cakes they have in the window and were hit by the aroma of freshly made coffee, the staff welcomed us and we asked for if we could just sit down to which she said yes and would be right over. We ordered caramel lattes, large ones. They came in a large mugs and was an amazing cup of heaven. It is a smallish place with white walls, art on the wall and all different cakes and breads displayed on a table and in the window and black boards listing the drinks behind the counter It seemed a popular place, a bunch of middle aged women sat next to us all having breakfast and people kept popping in for a coffee some i think were regulars, it was nice to see and added to the atmosphere. We decided to order pancakes i wet for banana and nutella and my partner went for the specials menu that had some lovely options on too. When they came we were surprised at the portion a really big stack of 4/5 fluffy American pancakes. Sadly they defeated us and we could not finish them much the waitresses amusement. Definitely be visiting here again.
Cut and Chase- 39 Goodramgate, York, YO1 7LS
When we entered there were no staff around so we just sat down and when someone came she was apologetic, it was quiet inside but there seemed to be a lot sat outside in the small beer garden which explains no one being there initially. we ordered drinks a lovely and cold refreshing bottle of strawberry and vanilla cider. We then decided to order from the fixed price menu.
I opted for the fish and chips, a beer battered haddock fillet, twice cooked skin on chips, pea puree and a home made lemon tartar. The batter was lovely with slight crunch, the haddock was light and flaky and tasted wonderful and the tartar sauce just added to it all nicely. For dessert i went for the Banoffee Pavlova layers with layers of meringue with banana, toffee sauce, honeycomb and Chantilly cream.
There was quite lot of meringue for my liking or not enough cream? but it was light and still an indulgence and really lovely end to the meal in this modern yet quaint independent restaurant.
Crumbs Cupcakery- 10 college Street, York, Y01 7JF
I booked this weeks before our trip as i had seen so man reviews on instagram about it. As we rushed in from the rain we waked into vintage shabby chic heaven, teacups hung from cupboards, flowers and bunting dotted around the cakery cupcakes of a variety of flavours lined the display case. We were seated on a sofa with coffee table reserved for our afternoon tea, ideally we would have preferred a table as it was quite low down and right near the counter and with a large group of staff doing food prep it didn't feel very private. But the food made up for it.
They then brought over our afternoon tea. Again keeping in theme on a floral cake stand we had finger sandwiches, cucumber, ham and mustard, beef and cheese with chutney and accompanied by a bowl of salted crisps, then we had the scones with cream and jam and on top 4 different mini cupcakes, chocolate orange flavour, lemon, raspberry swirl cheesecake and brownie. all were amazing! The place and food were amazing quaint and a lovely ending to our trip.
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