York

[squirmelia]

York Minster

The smell of chocolate drifts around York, between the city walls and the snickelways and through the Shambles, the Shrine of Margaret Clitherow and the birthplace of Guy Fawkes.

Last year, I visited Hull for the first time and found that the overwhelming scent of cocoa filled the air there also (even if it is said to be more sinister). I wonder how many other towns there are that smell of chocolate as you roam the streets? I imagine there must be lots of other chocolatey towns and villages, that I am unaware of and do not even vaguely suspect.

In York, I ended up searching for drinks (to take to renegade_badger's party) in the Evil Eye Bottle Shop. Inside the shop were tiny bottles of absinthe and a variety of cigars, beers of many flavours and a cobwebbed and dusty bottle of Rochester Rum and Raisin. One of the bottles had two stickers, each containing the words "forever changes" and different prices, but later I felt the need to stick the labels on my arm as a reminder to myself.

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[velvetvandal.livejournal.com]

The Evil Eye shop is associated with the Evil Eye Lounge, a bar which is excellent for drinks and ambience but pretty slow on service when it comes to food (the stuff at the Star Inn next door is stodgier, but arrives quicker). Forever Changes is the store next door, I think the same people own both businesses which is why you see Forever Changes stickers on stuff. It's quite funky, Mrs V and I often pop in when we're down in York.