A burger joint and dessert parlour in Reading has been allowed to stay open later during the weekend.
Kaspa’s and Fat Twins took over the Granby Tavern at Cemeter Junction in East Reading in December 2021.
The old pub has been divided in two, with Kaspa’s selling a range of ice cream, waffles, shakes and sweets.
Meanwhile, Fat Twins sells burgers, bagels, chicken sandwiches, fries and sides.
Swiss Bubble Ltd, the company that runs Kaspa’s and Fat Twins as franchisees, has won permission to stay open until midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Opening hours will remain between 11am and 11pm the rest of the week.
Swiss Bubble was granted permission for the later hours after applying for a premises licence from Reading Borough Council.
No one objected in a statutory consultation into the midnight closures, with permission being granted following its end on Sunday, August 31.
The business was previously embroiled in the ‘burger wars’ after neighbouring Smash N Grab complained that Swiss Bubble had put up an outdoor pergola without permission.
The rival business, located in a food hut next door, specialised in smashed burgers.
Eventually, a planning application establishing the pergola was approved in July 2023.
Street imagery shows the covered area being more modest than the one put up in 2022, with no seating provided.
Smash N Grab closed in January 2024 and was replaced by CozzY Bites, which lasted just under a year before the hut was taken over by Mallu Nest South Indian takeaway in May.
The Granby, which had a reputation as a gay friendly pub, closed in 2013, with the building being taken over by Sprinkles Gelato from 2017 to 2020.
