Good choice! I think they could do with getting their seating arrangement sorted as it soon gets busy and there's nowhere to stand. A few ledges here and there wouldn't go amiss.
I've enjoyed a few places this month. The Sportsman in Huddersfield, Pivni in York (prior to the York vs Southport game - friendly football fans in a pub can really boost the atmosphere plus anywhere that serves cake with beer is on to a winner), the continually improving Fox and Newt brewpub in Leeds, Fernandes in Wakefield.
However now the outside drinking season is upon us I will have to nominate Midnight Bell in Leeds. Leeds Pale has turned a corner recently going from something exceptionally bland to much more hoppy, and I'm informed the Midnight Bell stout and 2nd stout they had on (forget the name) were both on form. Good food at reasonable prices and a nice grassy knoll to lounge around on in the sun!