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YORK’S FOR TOURISTS
Book favorite B&Bs in advance

HIS WAS Brian’s first visit to York and it

has become one of his all-round favorite
sities. A word to the wise — York, even in

off-peak season is full of tourists.

by Barbara McCreadie

It's not a good idea to ar-
rive without a B & B reserva-
tion - we did, and were lucky
to find a hotel at all. To make
matters worse, they could on-
ly take us for one night and
we had to move the next day.
Set us back £28, too!

Mind you, the Lady Anne
Middleton is quite nice - it
has an excellent buffet
breakfast with the only de-
cent coffee | had the entire
trip. It’s on Skidegate St.

While we were there, -we
made three excellent finds.
First - the best fish and chips
I've ever eaten. | can’t give
you the name or address of
the place - it’s just called Fish
and Chips to the best of my
knowledge.

To find it, stand in front of
the L.A. Middleton Hotel
Turn left and walk a few feet
to a tiny alley Walk up the

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alley until you come to the
next street - look ahead of
you and you'll see a big F & C
sign. That's it! Can you
belheve that they're so good
that Brian and | pigged-out
on three orders? And mushy
peas - split peas cooked until
mushy and stasoned with
mint (or maybe sage).

Try the Victoria Vaults
Pub on Nunnery Lane. Be
prepared - York pubs close
after lunch and don’t open
unul 6 p.m., the latest we
found anywhere in England
and Scotland.

But the best find of all is a
new restaurant, about a
block from the pub, also on
Nunnery Lane. Is this a suc-
cess story' Four young
graduates of a catering
school - two married couples

got together again and
opened their dream
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well that you’ll never get in
without a reservation - and
it’s so new that it isn’t in the
phonebook. It’s called ‘‘The
Pines’’, then like an idiot, 1
didn’t ask for the phone
number when we were there.
We found The Pines while we
were walking around waiting
for the damn pub to open
and were able to get a reser-
vation for the next night.

The food is great - and the
prices incredible! We had two
large vodka to start. Brian
had Cock-O-Leekie soup and
I tried the house pate. Then,
along with an excellent bottle
of red wine, Brian had rack
of lamb (the biggest rack I’ve
ever seen) and I had the
seafood shell - prawns and
scallops in wine sauce. We
finished up with two coffee
and kahlua instead of
dessert. Total bill? Thirty-
two dollars!

I always hesitate to recom-
mend restaurants in far-away
places - unless you get there
P.D.Q. any number of things
can happen. If it’s a while
before you’ll get to York,
check and make sure the
restaurant hasn’t changed
hands - and check the prices
on the menu in the window. |
still can't believe $32.

Since we had to move to
another hotel the next day,
we did a bit of searching and
found a better - and cheaper
place although £23 is almost
double what we paid in most
other places. The Priory ts at
126 Fulford and has the best
beds we found anywhere and
more bathrooms than you'll
normally findina B&B

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guest registers in B & Bs
mainly to see if anyone from
home Is staying there. At the
Priory, | was waiting with the
bags while Brian settled the
account. While I waited |
scanned the guest book - and
found the names of a couple
we've known almost all our
lives - Brian and Jack went to
school together in Victoria
and Jacquie and | lived down
the block from each other as
kids in Medicine Hat. They
were still in the hotel! We got
together for half an hour’s
chat.

And it was a darn good
thing for. Jack and Jacquie
that we did - while we were
chatting the upstairs maid
came fiying downstairs with
Jack’s money pouch - he’d
forgotten it under his pillow.
If we hadn’t been there,
they’d have been long gone.

One final ‘‘touristy’’ bit:
Don’t miss the castle
Museum. Although the

building looks like a castle, it

never was how about a
prison?
Anyway, the Museum

depicts everyday life in York
from about the 1700s - whole
streets of shops and
businesses have been moved
inside the building. It
features furnished rooms,
complete in every detail from
each period of history. There
is also a debtor’s prison, a
farming and crafts display,
an entire wing devoted to the
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history. The 18th century
adult clothes are so smali that
they are displayed on pre-
teen sized dummies.

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to York, the Jorvik Viking

Museum and the Castle
Museum are particularly in-
teresting for them. They are
just a couple of blocks apart
and you could easily visit the
two in half a day.

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