The Market Cat

You'll find The Market Cat tucked right on Jubbergate, that stretch of York that actually feels like it belongs to the city rather than the tourist trail. Walk in and you're met with the kind of pub interior that doesn't apologise—exposed brick, proper timber, the sort of place where the regulars nod at each other and the staff know what people are drinking before they ask. It's the kind of neighbourhood local that's been doing its thing quietly whilst everyone else flocks to the bigger names. The ale selection is taken seriously here, and the food doesn't pretend to be anything fancier than it needs to be—just well-executed pub classics that actually taste like something.