‘We have been ridiculously busy’: York Gin reopens shop – and supplies lots of outdoor bars and restaurants

Chin chin! York Gin’s Jo Hird in front of the Covid-safe Puss & Mew sampling machine with Susannah Baines serving

York Gin is not only reopening its Pavement shop today – it’s also supplying lots of new outdoor bar and restaurant areas in the city.

“It has been ridiculously busy,” co-founder Emma Godivala told YorkMix Radio.

“We’ve got lots of exciting places where you can go and have a have a G&T or something else today in the sunshine.

“So please go out and support our fantastic local and independent places.”

Among the places you can get your York Gin today are Middletons Hotel, Gray’s Court, Pairings, Kennedys, the new Sophie’s Bar on Lendal Bridge, the Minster Inn, the Marcia in Bishopthorpe.

In the shop, York Gin has reinstated it’s puss’n’mew machine, where you can sample the drinks in a Covid-safe way. Read more about that here.