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de'Clare - A Deli Serving Top Yorkshire Nosh and Great Takeaways

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St Mary's Abbey - York

St Mary's Abbey, York - The perfect place for a picnic

©Valerie France

The Bottom Line

The ultimate carry-out deli – cool and stylish with helpful, friendly staff. Stunning sandwiches and gourmet treats with a real Yorkshire flavor. And there's a park for picnics close at hand.

Pros

  • Close to Museum Gardens, York Minster, everything
  • Genuine Yorkshire produce
  • Excellent coffee

Cons

  • Only two inside tables
  • Lunchtime queues

Description

  • Tempting sandwiches, cheeses and treats in a cool, modern setting
  • Address: de’Clare, 5 Lendal, York YO1 8AQ, England
    Telephone: +44(0)1904 644410
    Email
  • Open 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday

Guide Review - de'Clare - A Deli Serving Top Yorkshire Nosh and Great Takeaways

One of the frustrations of being a visitor is having to sit down in restaurants, day after day, when sometimes you just want a nice picnic lunch. The trouble is, finding the ingredients for a good picnic when you want one, in a strange place, can be tricky. Valerie France, our occasional reviewer in the North, found a solution in this tasty little deli:

Yorkshire is home to delicious produce and de'Clare's deli in the heart of York is a great place to sample some of it. How about the famous York ham on locally made bread, or creamy blue Shepherd’s Purse cheese?

Have you ever known the cows your cheese came from? Well, if you’re lucky, you might be able to sample Calderdale Crumbly cheese - it's made from the milk of a tiny herd of 11, named cows!

The deli also has a good choice of selected Spanish and Italian cold meats and a range of salads.

The chocolate brownies made on the premises are perfect partners for some local Yorvale dairy ice-cream. And after that you definitely should sample de'Clare's excellent coffee - cappuccino, Americano, mocha or latte – made with two shots of espresso for great coffee taste.

Clare and her helpful team will make up a picnic for you to enjoy – perhaps while you sit in nearby Museum Gardens by the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey. Travellers have been resting there for nearly a thousand years.

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