This pub began life as a coffee house in 1860, when it took its present name. There were many such other esablishments surrounding the area both preceding and post-dating this time, giving alternate sustenance to those visiting the Minster.
It's another York pub that's said to be haunted:
"The visible ghost is supposed to be a grey lady who appears as a blur. It is said to be the ghost of nun
who gave birth and was punished by being bricked up in the walls of earlier church buildings which had stood there.
She wanders through the pub and through nearby buildings searching for her baby."
There is also supposed to be a poltergeist, having the spirit of a playful child, which on one occassion tipped ashtrays over a landlady.
Extract reprinted with permission from Pete Coxton's York's Historic Inns