Starting gun sounds for second Son-of-a-Bun burger restaurant in Cork

Cork City Council approved the renovation plans for the former bar on Western Road

Reidy's Wine Vault will be a new Son-of-a-Bun burger restaurant.

The owners of Son-of-a-Bun have been approved to move ahead with the renovation of Reidy’s Vault Bar in Cork City.

Cork City Council approved the planning application, lodged under the company name NALGEC West Ltd, to change the building's use from a former public house to a restaurant, on the condition it is not used as a "hot-food takeaway" premises.

Husband-and-wife team Niall and Amanda O’Regan, who opened their first Son-of-a-Bun burger restaurant in Cork on MacCurtain Street in 2015, will now be able to reconfigure the internal layout of the property, remove the existing gallery at the back of the building and build a new rear annex for a preparatory kitchen in the rear yard.

Minor alterations to the front of the protected structure, such as repair, painting and installation of a new entrance awning and signage, and the installation of rooflights, have also been approved.

City planners imposed standard conditions on the grant of permission, such as to avoid noise and waste pollution during construction and operation of the restaurant.

Reidy’s Vault Bar, located at 15 Lancaster Quay along Western Road, is a former bonded warehouse and operated as a bar for several decades, run by the family who own and operate Le Chateau bar on St Patrick’s Street.

This will be the second Son-of-a-Bun restaurant to open in Cork City and will be allowed to open until 10.30 pm each night.