Alys bakery york

alys bakery does pastries properly, and that already sets it apart. gillygate isn't the most tourist-trampled stretch of york, which means the people who find their way to 81 tend to be the kind who looked for it. regulars here aren't an accident of footfall. the loyalty is consistent, vocal, and says more than any summary could. if you're coming for coffee alone, you'll leave fine. but the pastries are the reason people talk about this place, and probably the reason they come back before the week is out. york has no shortage of places to sit with something warm, but alys has clearly figured out what it's good at and stayed there. start with whatever's fresh from the case.