Multicultural York

York is a major tourist destination for visitors from across the world, and at York St John University we have students from almost 60 countries studying with us. York’s restaurants cater for a huge range of international cuisines: from North African food at Los Moros to Persian dining at Topoli and Italian at Lo Spuntino. For authentic Indian dishes as well as all the usual curry options, The Viceroy, just down the road from campus, is a great choice. There are several oriental supermarkets in the city, including Regency Supermarket and Oriental Express. For other international food shopping Amma’s Oven is round the corner from campus and sells whole and ground spices, pulses and other ingredients which can be hard to find in supermarkets. Jojo’s Afro-Carribean Shop in Acomb stocks specialist food, while Makkah International Food on Hull Road specialises in providing halal meat. Identity Salon can provide afro-caribbean haircuts, whilst Hair City stocks hair pieces and products for every type of hair. Mo The Barber is a Turkish barber which also offers afro-caribbean haircuts for men as well as traditional Turkish shaves.

YUMI Intercultural York (York Unifying Multicultural Initiative) is a voluntary intercultural network supporting people with different cultural roots, languages and life expriences to share skills, learn from each other and celebrate tradition. They run projects in York including the YUMI community garden at Fulford Cross Allotments.