UPDATE - reports that it will be refurbished and re-opened, thouh no mention (yet) of a bar element - https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/readings-3bs-cafe-to-reopen-this-year-as-town-hall-work-begins/ Subterranean cafe-bar run by the council which was an integral part of the local music scene. Wound down in the late 2000's ostensibly on 'money saving' grounds.