The Last Drop Inn
Pub: The Last Drop Inn
Address: 27 Colliergate
Average pint price: £3.00
Review: ***
Assuming they would have the inside track, I approached two policemen and asked which of York’s three thousand and twelve pubs they recommended. By the time they had replied, I was in too deep. It would now be illegal for me not to visit the Last Drop Inn, property of the York Brewery, on Colliergate.
On first impressions I questioned the Law’s advice. But having crossed the initial mustard-coloured cavern, beneath a ceiling disfigured by unnecessary beams, past a kitsch outcrop of beer-barrel tables, I reached the bar; the engine-room. Now, this is a true drinking pub. And, more specifically, a beer pub.
There are six real ales, eleven draught lagers, fourteen bottled beers and eighteen malt whiskies (all you Japanese whisky enthusiasts must try the Yanazaki). The man pulling the strings and pints is Dave, who drew my attention to the pie and pint deal. Minimal persuasion was required.
The menu nods half heartedly in the direction of nachos and lasagne and stuff, but is basically a jingoistic affair. Steaks, ale, mash, token peas. The gravy was unctuous.
Being a Saturday lunchtime, the place was full. An ageing racist settled down to a keg of wine and the obituaries; students tittled and tattled. There was not a hint of judgement in the air – if you have a minute, drop in.
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