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The original York Gin shop has won the title of the best shop in the city for 2022.The shop won the Best Shop category at the Visit York Tourism Awards at York Racecourse on 3 March.It previously won the title in 2020.The shop is in the Grade 1 listed Sir Thomas Herbert's House on Pavement opposite the famous Shambles.Since opening in 2019, the shop has become an iconic feature of York, with thousands of visitors a week, and photos of the shop appearing on countless social media accounts.York ha …

The York Gin railway station shop has officially opened - with the Lord Mayor, Sherif and Town Crier all in attendance.The Town Crier made a proclamation to celebrate the opening to an assembled crowd of 40-plus humans and two York Gin dogs, Inigo and Sonny (both looking dapper in York Gin coats).In his proclamation the Town Crier said it had been a ‘true York effort’.Dignitaries, craftspeople who helped to create the beautiful shop and the York Gin team wrote on a selfie wall to mark the occasi …

This was our announcement in November 2021 when we opened the York Gin shop in York Railway Station.York’s railway station is getting a beautiful brand new gin shop for Christmas this year.York Gin’s new shop has just opened in between the station’s main entrance and the main concourse.It marks the start of LNER’s efforts to give York station a more local feel. More independent local shops will open in the coming months.York Gin marketing director Emma Godivala said: ‘We’re crated a stylish and …

The Puss & Mew vending machine first used illegally in the 18th century made a comeback in the York Gin shop to keep customers safe from the coronavirus.The Puss & Mew vending machine (in the shape of a cat) first appeared on the side of a London house as a way to evade the Gin Act of 1736 (which tried stop the people drinking too much during the ‘Gin Craze’).A drinker asked if the ‘puss’ had any gin. If it ‘mewed’, they put a coin in its mouth - and the person inside the house woul …