Reading takeaway Rancheese applies to sell food until 4am
A takeaway in Reading has applied to keep selling food until 4am each night. The business, called Rancheese, is on Caversham Road and specialises in pizza, burgers and desserts.
Other menu items include loaded fries, wraps, doner kebabs, mozzarella sticks and chicken wings.
The owners have submitted a licensing application to Reading Borough Council. In order to keep on selling food and soft drinks past 11pm, businesses require a premises licence from the council for late-night refreshment. A statutory consultation into the application is currently live.
You can respond by emailing licensing@reading.gov.uk. The deadline for responses falls on Friday, February 27.
Until recently, the premises was occupied by ‘Smash N Grill’, which appears on streetview imagery from September 2024 to May last year. A photo uploaded a week ago shows the premises with new ‘Rancheese’ branding.
The business was incorporated as Orbit Taxis in December 2024, before being rebranded as Rancheese last December.
Caversham Road is a busy thoroughfare leading to Caversham Bridge and Richfield Avenue, which is home to Rivermead Leisure Centre, River Academy secondary school and Reading Festival, which is held annually in August.
James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporter
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