##VIDEO ID:QRetazafnTQ## good morning thank you all for joining we will get started in just a moment I will make sure the waiting room is cleared as a reminder when you are entering from the waiting room please do remain on mute unless or until you are presenting or providing testimony before the board good morning this is a hearing before the licensing board for the city of Boston today is Wednesday January 8th 2025 today's hearing is being held pursuant to Temporary amendments to the open meeting law that is what allows us to meet virtually today's hearing is being recorded and will be posted to the city of Boston's website before I review procedural matters I will introduce chairwoman of the board Kathleen Joyce morning Danny my name is Kathleen Joyce I'm chair of the Boston licensing board today I'm joined by commissioner Kiana Saxon and commissioner Liam Karan thank you very much please ensure that your audio and visuals are working properly if you are presenting or providing testimony before the board I will call each item in the order that it appears on this morning's agenda I will then ask who is present on behalf of the applicant you'll make a brief presentation regarding your proposal followed by questions by the chair and Commissioners following questions there will be an opportunity for Testimony beginning with elected officials or their representatives for members of the public wishing to provide testimony please limit your testimony to two minutes and please state your name address and affiliation if any begin with the first item on this morning's agenda calling item number one Prime yogurtti Inc doing business as hey I am yogos located at 147 Brighton a in Alon has applied for common vit license to be exercised on the above a 500t yogurt restaurant for takeout only located on one floor with a basement in the back has one employee bathroom and two entrances manager pan Wang hours of operation 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. attorney gar Chang attorney Chang good morning Commissioners my name is k Chang I'm representing Prime yogati um uh we had gone through the process we had all the inspections and I uh had several conv conversations with the neighborhood services who was very helpful extremely helpful and uh they connected me with the local organization I think there a Civic organization that's have an upcoming meeting of which we plan to attend so I'm here helping my uh client to hopefully get uh the final approval so that they can launch a yoga business in this C- weather thank you thank you um when is the Civ meeting and could your client tell us a little bit about the business uh my client uh I don't know let me try to find them hello Miss Wang or how about Miss Tang um hi I'm here um yeah can you tell the commissioner a little bit about your business and limited not more than five minutes um so I don't know if you guys um have ever like tried yuger before so um it's it's very simple it's hold on second he's also baby sending two kids more interested in the actual space it says that there's no seats it's going to be takeout only yes yeah so tell me a little bit about that and when is the civic association meeting and which civic association is it Civic let me answer the civic association uh I wrote to uh uh Mr ad uh I think ad Doro I wrote him email I also left a message for him to get back to me about Civic meeting uh sometime in January so I'm waiting to hear from that uh Miss Wang can you tell the commissioner just a little bit about your space 500 square feet there a take out go for it yeah 500 um square feet roughly and it's only for take out um and I think we do not have any conflict business with our neighbors and um I think um the business will really like give um altic and um diversify the business opportunity for um Austin city okay um let me think what is it built out yet the space yeah it's already it's already go commissioner uh also uh the propriety Miss Wang also has a couple other bubble tea places in other areas of the city so it's not the first uh Enterprise they they they are young they're energetic and uh they they're ready to do do it okay thank you very much um I don't have any questions for you or your client um I'll see if the other Commissioners do commissioner SA or commissioner kin I have no questions thank you none from me thank you than are there any individuals who would like to testify in this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board call or Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office unaware of any concerns can confirm that the appin is in touch with the Alon civic association uh has been in communication with them about attending uh it sounds like um the meeting this month which is the third Wednesday of the month uh with that will beer to the board thank you thank you are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing on the board will take this under advisement thank you right thank you so much thank you very much calling item number two fered LLC doing business as Turkish laouri Cafe located at one North Beacon Street in Alon has applied for a common vler license to be exercised uh at the previously licensed location an 1800t first floor has full kitchen two bathrooms and 60 seats the basement is for storage and includes an office space along with one bathroom there is no outdoor patio manager rat canka hours of operation 10: a.m. to 11:00 p.m. who is present on behalf of the applicant hi it's me Rafa great thank you uh Mr K for joining us if you could please just briefly present the proposed Concepts to the board yeah um so we were actually uh this is in the Austin Austin uh City uh we had a restaurant before two doors down um we're not something new we just got a much bigger space um this location previously was a another restaurant uh grasshopper was the name and um we were able to you know get a bigger space and we're able to um you know move into 1800 space so we have uh no out there ped patio it's a 60 seats um we're open seven days a week uh we were previously actually open from 10: a.m. to 3: a.m. but now we're changing it from 10: a.m. we want to change it from 10 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. this time um yeah previously we were just two doors previously we just two doors down um we were there for four four years now and we just moved over to a bigger bigger uh bigger spot to doors that the um agenda today says 10: a.m. to 11: p.m. okay yeah so we were trying to do it until 10: a.m. to 3: a.m. actually uh we had a temporary CV uh listed at 10: a.m. to 11 11: p.m. so that's what we're doing but we were trying to get until 3:00 a.m. we stopped we don't wanted to get into 3:00 a.m. now we're our new proposed hours from 10: a.m. to uh 12:00 a.m. if that was possible I don't believe that's possible today based upon the fact this was noticed as 11: p.m. and did you talk to the community about 11: PM uh we talked to community well we talked to Aca about uh 3: am. this was like last month uh we didn't talk about the to to the city of Boston about 3: amm no okay all right um commissioner sax commissioner K any questions uh none for me thank you none for me either thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes madame chair members of the board clor new with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office like to defer to the Judgment of this board on said the applicant circulate Flyers to a BL within 300 feet uh we only heard back from one resident who was supportive of The Proposal um and they were connected with the Austin civic association we're unaware of any concerns at this time that will defer to the board thank you thank you Connor do you know what was the closing hour on what was flyer in the neighborhood um this has changed a few times um since the application was filed with us certainly let me sorry let me take a look real quick sorry I have a right here I don't have the hours I'm afraid sorry um um all right if we can circulate back after this to figure that out so we can make sure the board's aware of what was advertised certainly great thank you very much are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing on the board will'll take this under advisement thank you all right thank you guys calling item number three djm Group LLC doing business as L he takaria of Kenmore Square located at 533 Commonwealth AV has applied for a common vict license to be exercised at a previously licensed location 2432 foot fast casual restaurant with 25 seats inside a full kitchen in the back and a cook line and serving line in the front there are two unisex bath rooms one of which is ADA Compliant a private seasonal patio used from April to October offers 16 seats and operates during the same business hours as the restaurant manager John Shaw hours of operation 8: am to 3: am who's present on behalf of the applicant good morning Danny this is Chris Tracy from onean Associates morning Mr Tracy uh good morning Madam chair members of the board uh and members of the community who could make it this morning my name is Chris Tracy from onean Associates with a business address of 18 Tremont Street in Boston with me uh in my office is the founder of CEO as the founder of lfas and the manager on site uh John Shaw and his son Justin Shaw is joining us virtually as well we are here respectfully asking uh permission of this board to Grant a CV and for us to open and operate until 3:00 am we held an abutters meeting hosted by Neighborhood Services on December 2nd it was extremely sparsely attended uh but we showed our plans and how we plan to manage uh both the in in dining in customers and deliveries as well on October 29th we had a call with councelor Durkin director of operations Tony bayz shortly after we spoke to Boston police uh area D4 CSO Sergeant Joe Nardi to brief them all on the plans as well uh yesterday we presented almost 2,000 signatures of support of this application as well as six letters from local businesses in the Kenmore Square Benway Park area uh this is an operation that has been before this board before we have proven ourselves as an operator that can operate late at night until 3: in the morning we operate until 3 in the morning at 269 Huntington AV our nor Eastern location and our bu com app location as well uh and we are proud to say that we've had a a good bill of Public Health when it comes to Public Safety at both those sites since we've been open late night we take Public Safety of with Paramount importance as well the quality of life in the communities that we are a part of um we want to acknowledge that there are some folks who are who are opposed to this uh and we want to say that we have a tremendous amount of respect for those folks uh we met with them yesterday afternoon and they are pillars of the kinmore square Community uh but some of the things we heard from them were were around how this isn't the norm we understand and and acknowledge that this is not the norm we think that if Boston wants to be a world-class City we need the amenities convenience and vibrant night life that attract young talented people that's why here that's why we're respectfully asking your permission and that's why we take this uh very seriously we plan on working cohesively with BTD on parking and delivery and management of all scooters Mackin from on was nice enough to reach out to me from his vacation and said that BTD would prefer our parking take place on Deerfield Street we're happy uh to accommodate that and work cohesively with the city on that um a bit about deliveries you know we acknowledge that scooters cause problems in the city of Boston okay we understand that we have an exclusive agreement with door Dash that agreement allows us uh a personal contact with door Dash to discuss these issues and how to mitigate and minimize the issues whenever possible in fact if a bad if a driver has behaved badly done something rude done something out of line then we actually ban that driver um from doing deliveries from L heas and ban them from our stores so we're trying to be proactive and do the right thing again here respectfully asking your permission we're going to keep working cohesively with the community no matter what uh and with that said I'll hand it over to John thank you Chris um as Chris said we've been before the board before our first store in in Boston opened um in August of 2020 um our second store opened in March of 2021 and our third store at Buu on comav opened in March of 2022 during this time we've done $43 million in sales um for the city of Boston we've generated $3 million in sales tax um 320,000 of that has gone to the city of of of Boston um I I would around the sort of the salaries of four or five police officers have been generated um by those sales tax we've generated over $3 million in wages to um the over 200 employees that work in these um three atin area Stores um it's generated another $650,000 in state income tax but I don't want to talk about the total um operation of Al hepes I want to focus on the time between 2 and 3 a.m. um because after we opened each of these stores we came back to the city um with proposals to extend our operating hours at our Boston comp common store we were originally only awarded a midnight um opening or closing um the northeastern store had a 2 a.m. closing and the Boston University store had a 1 am closing around 18 months ago we came back to the city and were awarded a 3 amm closing at both our Northeastern store and our Buu store um and so we have roughly 18 months of experience now with operating in the city of Boston to 3:00 a.m. and I just want to give a little bit of results of that experience during those 18 months we've served over 56,000 customers between 2 am and 3:00 am there is a tremendous demand for food during that time um we've generated over $850,000 of sales during that one hour um we've paid over $250,000 in wages just during that one hour over the two stores we've already um that already have that we've generated $60,000 in sales tax during that one hour essentially we've we're paying the annual salary of one Boston police officer um by the sales tax we're generating just during that one hour um the both councelor Durkin um and um and the owner of cornwall's Pam Beal have um have said that they're concerned to about issues um operating late night um they've talked about scooters they've talked about um delivery issues they've talked about noise complaints um and I just want to sort of point out that [Music] um if you look at the scooters outside of 533 com abar store is located 99% of those St scooters are Buu students going up and down the street the scooter issue should be addressed with bu overwhelming um it's not delivery drivers that are the source of those scooters delivery isn't um is an issue and we have dealt with the delivery issue at way more complicated locations at both our Boston Common and Northeastern store our Northeastern store has a on Lane um traffic outside of our store that we've had to address um the Boston Common store the corner of Boyston and Tremont is an incredible busy intersection we've had to address the delivery issues there and we have successfully addressed those outside of our comav store um at the 533 comav in kenmor square it's a four-lane road with with um as Chris pointed out Deerfield street that essentially has nobody on it um late night so we're going to be able to have a way more successful delivery operation um even though we've already addressed it um in in a more complicated way um at our other stores um we have had as Chris pointed out um almost 2,000 signatures asking us um um supporting us to be open till 3 a um we have six businesses um wrote letters in support of our opening till 3:00 a.m. um the the other issue that um I wanted to raise is um both councelor Durkin and Pam um have talked about the concern with noise outside of our store opening late one of the things I just want to point out is that there isn't any issues that happen between 2 and 3:00 am. that don't also happen between between 10 p.m. and 11: p.m. between midnight and 2 p.m all of those are issues that occur during that time and as a responsible operator we've addressed those issues and all the stores that we've opened in in the Boston um in the city of Boston um we have not had one noise complaint um since we've been open between 2 and 300 a and either our Northeastern or bu Stores um so the kind of issues um that we've that have been expressed um as a concern we've we've already addressed those and we'll continue to address them and we'll work with both the neighborhood and um with the local counselors um to take care of whatever issues occur the best way to address um the issues of late night is by having responsible operators operate late night um the more late night becomes a common place the safer and the better late night experience will be for everyone um and we're asking the city um and the licensing board to approve our 3:00 am closing time um and to know that we will work with this with the both with the city with the neighborhood and with the city counselors in the area to address any of the issues that arise um as our late um with any late night operation or any operation as I said because the issues that occur at late night occur earlier in the evening earlier in the day so we would appreciate the board approving our 3: a closing [Music] time thank you um just a a quick question um so do you have a plan for people to park on Deerfield street it's not completely ironed out I'd say we we have some space in front to accommodate uh scooters and then we were planning on using an adjacent public alley BTD reviewed that plan and said they'd rather the cars park on Deerfield and we gave our full endorsement of whatever BTD and on and the counselor want us to do we'll work hand and glove with them on that for parking and hours or for what for parking of the scooters y okay commissioner Saxon or commissioner Karin questions uh not at this time I'll wait for comments thank you none right now thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Connor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office of defer to the Judgment of this board some background information in the community process as you heard from the applicants representation and a Butter's meeting was held on December 2nd by on and CES uh there was uh some residents in attendance uh concerns were voiced regarding uh pickup drop off for deliveries as well as the uh the closing hour the applicant went on to meet with the uh Kenmore Business Association uh which was supportive of The Proposal with the closing time of 2: am um they felt that at 3:00 am sets a precedent uh for new businesses to just immediately start with the later hours as well as concerns regarding um noise potential disruption uh and just Gathering uh late in the evenings um the applicant sent over uh petition with uh 1,400 some signatures uh in support of The Proposal uh they also on that petition delineated between those who are strictly just residents and those who are be students um we don't have any other additional letters uh in opposition at this time um but if we receive them we'll make sure they get forwarded to the board uh that we'll defer to the board at this time thank you thank you very sorry 1900 signatures not 1400 okay thank you Mr Char um I do see councelor Durkin is with us and has a hand raised counc derkin if you would like to provide your testimony thank you so much um dear chair Joyce and members of the board as District a city councelor representing Kenmore in most of the Fenway neighborhood I would respectfully like to go on record and opposition of the applications offer operating hours until 3:00 a.m. 2: a.m. closing time would be more appropriate for the Kenmore neighborhood even McDonald's across the street on the non-residential side is not open to the public from 2: a.m. to 3:00 a.m. and went for 3:00 a.m. pickup window only after 10 years of operation at their Kenmore location supporting local businesses is one of the best parts of my job and Al Hees takaria is an adored Mexican restaurant chain that got it start in the Boston area however the plans for this Kenmore Square location leaves me and other community members with many questions um also this application mentions a seasonal patio dining which will operate during the same business hours as the restaurant with the requested closing time of 3:00 a.m. outdoor dining late into the night will undoubtedly serve as a disruption to the residential buildings of the area and is unacceptable the proponent has not resolved this question um we did have a call with the proponent yesterday um and we didn't reach an agreement on these two issues um or um and specifically on the patio I didn't receive an answer on when the patio would be open till um so on behalf of residents I'd like an answer to that question I do believe that an 11:30 patio closing is appropriate as of now I would hope that the licensing board would support the community and recommend to more appropriate in standard standard C War closing time time of 2: am. and a patio closing time of 11:30 p.m. um that's not to say that the community isn't open to more discussions after they're open but I think that would be appropriate at this time um my letter that I um sent to the chair um is co-signed by Pam Beal the Kenmore Business Association Terry North from the Kenmore residents group Chris Strang from KCC which is the Kenmore community and Economic Development Corporation Louie thurmer who is a nearby a butter on Bay State Road and Marissa and Paul Marino a nearby a butter on Bay State Road thank you so much thank you very much Council jurkin for your testimony um are there any other elected officials or the representatives who would like to testify on this matter before we move to members of the public we will now move to members of the public who wish to testify there are some folks with hands raised already I will call in order um if you are wishing to provide testimony please do use the raise hand function it will call on you in the order that I see your hand raised and you will have two minutes to provide your testimony the first hand I see raised is Dolly I will ask you to unmute and you may have h two minutes to provide a testimony yes thank you so much good morning uh my name is Dolores banan I live on Park Drive in the Autobon Circle neighborhood and um I am um pleased to hear the counselor's response to the proposed closing hour of this um new business or this business at this location and I would just encourage and and urge the commission members to deny this applicant's request for a 3:00 a.m. closing for the reasons that I believe have been expressed regarding the likely disruption in the early morning hours it's wonderful to have vibrant streets in Boston but not when it means uh disrupting people who are trying to sleep obviously this is an intent to capture the late night crowds leaving local area bars and entertainment venues in the and so um you know a 3:00 a.m. closing means between 3: and 4:00 a.m. people are dispersing through the ab budding neighborhoods they're not using the tea and so it's likely to be disrup itive and if I'm woken up by noise and I can't identify who scooter and for what business then who am I going to Lodge a complaint with so I think that it is ill advised and I would um just Echo those who have expressed the opinion that this is um much too late an hour and especially um operating an outdoor patio until 3:00 a.m. which is which is I would say rude so thank you very much for the opportunity to speak and good wishes to you all thank you very much can I can I just interrupt um can I get a a very simple like one-word answer when it when do you propose to operate the outdoor patio this might help with some of the testimony that we get we were we were going to we were going to close the outdoor patio at midnight thank you thank you the next from Pam Beal uh Miss be I'm going to unmute you and you may have two minutes to provide your testimony thank you um and good morning chairman Joyce and board members my name is PM Beal and I'm president of the Kenmore Association and I just want to give a little bit of History first I want to thank Council Durkin for all her hard work on this and for also the applicants for meeting with us so many times trying to resolve this as we do not want to oppose this application we our issue is simply the closing hours so um by way of History there were quite a number of businesses as people may or may not remember that were open until 3:00 a.m. we had all kinds of problems and um lots of meetings with the Boston Police Department hours were rolled back businesses were closed and there was a agreement between the community the Boston Police Department in the city that we would sort of stick with a 2 amm uniform closing anybody of course could close earlier than that but with a uniform 2 a.m. closing the police could keep everything under control the qu the square is much quieter it's much better it's much safer late in the evening now and um it is a result of that we understand if the city and applicants want try to revisit this and move to a later closing hour however we feel that people should have to earn a later than 2 a.m. closing hour um granted this applicant has operated in other neighborhoods but every neighborhood is different not everybody has the same history as kenmo square and um as I said we're willing to work with them we would be happy to um meet with them as often as we can I'd be happy to stay late into the night as I used to do to work with them and monitor everything and make sure that we have all the right pieces in place so that we could feel comfortable about setting a new president of later hours till 3:00 a.m. because we know once we allow this being a democratic organization we will approve others so this is an important test case for us I'm sorry if they don't want to be the test case but they are the first one out of the box to make this application and I think as if they're willing to be a good hardworking and responsible member of the community they should be willing to work with us on getting them from this 2 amm closing to a 3:00 a.m. closing that everybody understands and feels comfortable with and is completely under control so we don't s off another Domino that takes us years of people being afraid of the square and things just going back to where they were when it was an unpleasant experience to be into the square into the evening so I appreciate that um the board's time and attention on this and all the effort that everybody has put in and um respectfully we ask that you give them a 2 a.m. with the understanding that we as a community are willing to work with them to get them to a good place and to ensure that everything that changes is a good change for the square and that later hours mean something that we can all Embrace thank you thank you Miss Beal the next hand I see raised is Jim Travers Mr Travers I'm going to ask you to unmute and your two minutes will start now uh thank you uh good morning everyone uh my my experience with um El heas is based on uh their their location in Harvard Square because I live near Harvard Square in Cambridge and I just wanted to say that in my experience with them uh the it's it's a restaurant that I believe uh has a a positive influence on the Harvard Square area it's not a place where where people get Rowdy it's not a place where people get drunk uh in uh a lot of the businesses I think in both uh Cambridge and uh and Boston uh the kind of places that tend to be open late at night are places where people uh drink a lot they get drunk they get Rowdy and I think that it's it's probably a good idea to have some businesses open at that point at that period of time uh that will be full of people that are that are not getting drunk and Rowdy I think that can have a a a peaceful calming effect on uh on the area and it can make some people uh you know less afraid to be walking around at that time of night um I uh it's a place that offers um uh good healthy food at at good prices uh there's a a significant demand for that I believe in uh areas uh like Harvard Square and in Keno square and I really think that um a place like El heas would be uh a positive influence uh on the area and uh that's all I have to say thank you all very much thank you uh the next hand I see raised is from Mark manassian I'm going to ask you to unmute and you will have minutes starting now great uh thank you um I think in in looking at this we have to look at the the um the track record of of el hee and what they have with their locations not only in the Boston area but it looks like they have locations in the Northeast as well um all around college campuses they're all open late there haven't been any issues in those other areas particularly no who's in the Boston area so I think this is going to be a positive for for the Community pos positive for the area they have a history of being able to do this in a controlled manner with no issues so I think that uh having something open later for this would be uh beneficial to the area beneficial to the city and uh I think this should be approved thank you thank you very much the next hand I see raised is um from police chief low um you may please provide your testimony good morning chairwoman Joyce and members of the Boston licensing board my name is Rob low the police chief F Boston University Police Department thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning at this time we respectfully support a 2 A.M closure for the proponent new location in kenmo square this time frame represents a balanced approach that aligns with other closing times in the area while prioritizing the well-being of all of our stakeholders we believe this new location starting out with the 2 a.m. closure reflects the shared interest of our businesses residents students and visitors it ures consistency with existing establishments and promotes effective management of kenmo square contributing to its repesent reputation as a safe and Vibrant Community Hub thank you for your time and consideration we look forward to welcoming the proponent to the Kenall square area in the near future thank you thank you Chief FL the next hand I see raised is from Justin Shaw Mr Shaw I will ask you to unmute you'll have two minutes to provide your testimony starting now thank you very much um i' just like to point out um that I agree in general with the policy that the city has of acting new businesses to have an earlier closing time and to earn a later closing time um and we have now done that three times in the city of Boston um we have passed each time with flying colors um and I I would just like to sort of say well I I understand the policy I feel like we have earned the right to um to be open till 3:00 a.m. because we have now on three occasion gone through this process um and if Boston is going to continue to sort of uh say that they want to be um have this you know this nightlife economy committee and have a vibrant um it it helps if if we sort of back those up by supporting the the those businesses that have proven themselves so I hope you will support us I'd also just sort of like to say I know there's a lot of people here maybe not everybody wants to speak but if we could just take a minute and by a show of hands let us know how many people that are here and on this call support Al he staying open till 3:00 a.m. I think that's impossible with the various screens we have but I appreciate your attempt we'll continue with Danny managing the hearing thank you thank you chairman Jo thank you Mr Shaw there's one remaining hand raised that is Matt McDonnell uh oh and another hand was raised Mr mcdonell um you will have two minutes to BR testimony starting now thank you so much Mr Green um hello board my name is Matt McDonald I'm an employee of Live Nation um I work over at the MGM Music Hall over on l Street I just want to show my support um for L is staying open until 3:00 a.m. as someone who stays at late nights um usually not leaving the venue until about 2:30 in the morning and it' be great to have a healthy option for food on the way home from work um be able to support a local business thank you thank you very much um I see two more hands raised the next is lilan tyak Miss tayak I'm going to ask you to unmute you may provide your testimon you have two minutes great thank you so much good morning everyone I just wanted to talk um from an perspective of someone who's a transplant who moved here five years ago to attend Boston College and I work in Boston College now um I just want to say that I know amongst a lot of younger people a lot of students that it's really important for us to have places that are open late uh for people that get off work late for students that are studying late to be able to actually eat to continue you know studying and working um I want to say that amongst us it's kind of one of the big reasons why people leave Boston is there's not a lot of places open late and so for us it's really helpful to have more restaurants open I think I'm totally in support of this decision I think it's great for lfas which is cheap affordable and actually really good food and really healthy to St open later I've never seen an issue at any of their other locations I've eaten in the Harvard one tons of times people I agree with Jim really don't get Rowdy there they're dare to just get their burritos their burrito bowls tum Changas they just want to be satiated and go home um I really don't see this being a huge issue with noise um that's all I want to say thank you thank thank you very much um the final hand that I see raised is Hillary Flores Hebert uh you may provide your testimony you will have two minutes to do so hi thank you for um this opportunity to speak so I've been a uh employee in Boston for a major university for um seven years in the alustin area and one of the biggest complaints first of all I support Al he is staying open at 3:00 a.m. they have a good reputation amongst the student body including Master student Executive Education attendees who knows L he is because they go across the river to um to Harvard Square but a major complaint I get from lots of these guests throughout the the whole academic year is that Boston never has anything open late and I feel like the city is losing such a huge opportunity for uh Revenue um by mitigating times and I understand they need to respect res concerns but the city also has to find a way to modernize and I think alah Hees is a perfect safe um uh restaurant location where you're not having Rowdy drunk people and it's a place that has a good reputation that's opens you know visitors eyes to you know what Boston is what our community is the type of food we serve um so to me I just wanted to emphasize that you know it's not just about the residents but it's the employees that go home commute late they need access to food that's safe and good and I think Al Hees has a wonderful reputation the food is great and I I think they really should have more um the ability to open more locations including the one in Kendall Square um Kenmore Square um to 3: amm thanks thank you very much um one more hand was just raised so uh VJ kenbar you will have two minutes beginning now thank you very much uh VJ canabar I'm a professor at Boston University for 30 years I've seen that whole area change a lot and evolve it's finally looking civilized um uh I I I'm just in favor of keeping uh this place open a little bit longer uh students during the exam period um definitely are up 24 hours uh they um students wake up late I see students waking up at 12: in the afternoon so um they really need a change they need they need an opportunity so thank you very much for my 30 seconds uh again I'm Dr lej gabar from Boston University thank you very much for your testimony are there any other individuals who would like to provide testimony who have not yet done so any remaining questions from the board following the testimony that we've heard if there if there are none then the board will take this matter under advisement as well thank you very much thank you moving on calling item number four KCl Boston LLC doing business as F1 arcade located at 81 to 91 Pier 4 Boulevard holder of a common vit or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the corporate name of the license business from KCl Boston Inc to RaceWay Boston sorry from KL Boston LLC to RaceWay Boston LLC attorney Elizabeth pasano attorney pasano good morning Madame chair members of the board Elizabeth Pisano from Upton conell and Devin on behalf of the leny um KCl Boston LLC is just changing its corporate name to RaceWay Boston LLC um the Ein the operations management members owners everything is remaining the exact same it is just a change of the corporate name um and I'm happy to answer any questions that you have thank you very much I have no questions Commissioners do I do not thank you from me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter C FL would like to go record on support of this proposal good morning managers and members of the board thank you Laura are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter the board will take this under advisement thank you thank you calling item number five Poseidon Enterprises Inc doing business as The Barking Crab located at 88 sleeper Street holder of a restricted comit or 7-Day alcoholic beverage license has petitioned for a change of officers directors attorney Dennis quilty attorney quilty good morning attorney green Madame chair members of the board Dennis quilty attorney representing the uh lcen E before you this morning I Believe Miss Morris uh is with us today this is an application to add two directors to the existing uh three uh present directors the two new directors are proposed to be Alexander B Morris and Beverly a Garvey there are no other changes to the uh structure of the business or operations or any other such thing this is a uh internal housekeeping matter and we certainly hope the board will approve us and happy to take your questions thank you I don't have any questions none for me thank you okay thank you thank you very much are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter Lord will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number six zaz restaurant and Catering corporation located at 1238 River Street in Hyde Park holder of a restricted common VI or 7-Day Wines in malt beverage's license has petitioned to change the closing hour of the license business from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. who is present on behalf of the applicant do we have anybody on on behalf of zaz yes my name is Sher L I'm one of the managers is at zaz we also have the owner um of the business OE Roberts Chef o on the line oh okay if you could please uh present what what it is you are trying to accomplish and the reasons for it to the board yes um hi good morning everyone um we are looking to extend our hours of operation from a 900 p.m. close to a 1:00 a.m. close um our original petition was for a 2 a.m. close however we had a meeting um a community meeting on the matter and um got community support for a 1: a.m close to be in alignment with the other restaurants in our um in our area in our direct area great um some of the reason could you you know give the board some of the reasons why you want to stay extend your hours from 9: to um one yes um so we we are we have um a space where we like to have or community members like to be able to have events um birthday parties small events small meetings um and it would provide them an opportunity to do so in a space that is open later than 9 p.m especially for after hours dinners or what have you um we have a community of people who who look for later food options um and it will also provide the business with a competitive Advantage um again to be just an equal space with the restaurants that have um came into into the community after um our we have already been there for about 12 years over 12 years now um and we have newer locations in the community that have later opening hours thank you I have no other questions commissioner sax and commissioner curin I do not have any questions thank you none for me thank you Han are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of neighbor Hood services this time the mayor's off to defer to the Judgment of this board some background information in the community process on had hosted an a Butter's meeting on September 26th uh it was lightly attended the applicant went on to meet with the Hyde Park neighborhood association which was supportive of uh later hours but requested a 1: am closing time as you've heard today um overall the community's been uh extremely happy with everything that zaz does uh for the neighborhood uh with that we'll defer to the board at this time thank you thank you Conor are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number seven 121 cport Boulevard LLC doing business as Museum of ice cream located at 121c Port Boulevard holder of a common Vitor 7-Day wines and M beverages license has petitioned to change the classification of its license to a wines M beverages in L cor's License pursuant To The Authority contained in chapter 481 of the acts of 1993 attorney Dennis WIIL attorney quilty good morning again attorney green Madame chair members of the board Dennis quilty attorney representing the l e with us this morning from the Museum of ice cream is Gabrielle yakub uh we're here this morning to request the allowance of the addition of cordiales to the existing one and Mal beverages license which this board approved sorry about that my my daughter's dog is staying the night no worries so this is every time somebody enters the building this is what happened sorry about that um the so I'm sorry the um you may have read recently there was a big featured article in the globe about this exciting new business in the seaport um it is a an international uh nationally known uh operation they are uh a a fun Pleasant neighborhood place to go uh the uh addition of this we think would add to their ability to attract people to keep people uh to create exciting and interesting drinks for people to uh enjoy as they go through the museum and enjoy the various sites and sounds um we did reach out uh to the seport neighborhood association board uh they were supportive of this application as a result of that on did not require Butter's meeting so we believe as we come before you this morning we are uh supported by the folks in the community and believe that this can be done in a way that will be helpful to the business and not disruptive in any way to the community so uh we certainly hope you will take uh consider this positively and we're happy to take any of your questions thank you very much thank you attorney and thank you to miss yaku for joining us I have no questions at this time commissioner Saxon or commissioner curan I have no questions thank you none from me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office defer to the Judgment of this board some back information on the community process as you heard from the applicants representation uh they connected with the uh cport neighborhood association which was supportive of this proposal uh I guess the civic's only request is that there be no valet uh parking connected uh with the business uh but beyond that we're unaware of any concerns this time thank you thanks Conor good morning mad chair and members of the board Laura here from Council fen's Office at this time ccil F would like to go on record in support of this proposal thank you thank you you Laur are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number eight Brothers Super Liquor Inc located at 740 to 742 Blue Hill AV in Dorchester holder of a retail package store all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license from the above to 740 Blue Hill Inc doing business as brothers Wine and Spirits at the same location meal Patel manager 11: p.m. closing hour the applicant has also petitioned to pledge the license and inventory to Rockland Trust Company Attorney John meran attorney meran yeah uh good good morning Attorney joh meran democ Law Offices I'm here on behalf of uh 740 Blue Hill Inc with me is uh on Kip Patel the sole shareholder officer and director and his wife meel Patel who'll be the manager of record um they're buying um um Brothers W Spirits at 740 Blue Avenue we're seeking a transfer of the license um approv of meel pel's manager of record and a pledge of the license inventory to Rockland Trust Company as Rockland Trust is financing the acquisition a transfer of the license to the same location we're not um altering any Footprints or anything like that there are no changes the closing hour remain 11m um meel is a US citizen Mass resident um she is tip certified and familiar with the rules of the abcc in city of Boston for alcohol sales and she does have experience as a clerk in a liquor store uh for the past several years um so with that a welcome end the questions the board has uh with the application thank you attorney thanks for covering the manag of record questions and the reason for the pledge at this time I have no other questions for you or your client commissioner sax or commissioner Cen uh no questions for me thank you none for me either thank you thank you very much are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives are there any members of the public who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number nine Landsdown Boston restaurant LLC doing business as House of Blues located at 15 to 41 lands down street holder of a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license from the above to Aramark sports and entertainment services LLC doing business as House of Blues at the same location Derek Schwartz manager 2 a closing hour attorney Elizabeth Pano attorney Pano good morning Madame chair members of the board Elizabeth Pano from Upton conell and delin on behalf of the applicant Aramark sports and entertainment services LLC with me today is Derek Schwartz he is the vice president of operations for arar uh this transfer is just to um change the ownership over to Aramark um from lown Boston restaurant LLC uh to continue to be used at the House of Blues at 15 landown Street um all operations are going to remain the exact same Aramark is just um going to take over the liquor license as they are expertise in food and beverage operations um as you guys know andark has several licenses in their name in Boston Massachusetts across the country um both as liquor license holders and management companies um as management company um for licenses um and Derek is also going going to be the proposed manager of record for the time being um he's a US citizen Massachusetts resident is familiar with the rules and regulations relating to the sale of alcohol um he has over 20 years of experience he has been with Aramark since 2003 um he is going to be a placeholder for now they're in the process of hiring a permanent qualified GM so we will be before you again to have a changer Manager application her heard um so just for the time being Eric drik is going to be um a placeholder um and that is all I'm happy to answer any questions or concerns that you guys may have thank you attorney um at this time I have no questions or concerns Commissioners I have no questions thank you none for me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives any members of the public who would like to testify on this matter seeing n the board will take this under advisement thank you thank you thank you thank you calling item number 10 kbg Inc doing business as kellerer Bar and Grill located at 1410 to 1420 Center Street in Rosendale holder of a common VI 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license and the location from the above to flick International Corp doing business as flick located at 200 Clarendon Street the premise consists of 8,132 Ft located on the third floor of an office building with two entrances exits in a space known as the 200 club with various meeting function rooms lounges and an art gallery with a total occupant load of approximately 445 persons Cory templehof manager 12:00 a.m. closing hour secondly the applicant has petitioned to pledge the license to bpts Services LLC lastly the applicant has petitioned to change the license type from a section 12 restaurant to a section 12 club uh the board may recall this application was previously heard and the vote was deferred to clarify the license type being changed to a private club that application has been filed and that is the uh subject of the hearing this morning who is uh present on behalf of the applicant you have call Min here from Steam moam on behalf of slick International cour great thank you very much we previously did come before oh sure excuse y go ahead yeah just gonna say we did previously come before the board on December 11th um it seemed that the board was in favor of this transfer uh we just needed to amend our filing to include the change of license type as you mentioned from a restaurant to a club since this license will be used um in a private amenity space at 200 Clarendon uh Street um on the third floor who only tenants and guests um of the building it will not be open to the public thank you with that we'll see if there are any uh questions from the board regarding the change of license type um chairman Joyce uh thank you very much that was a great explanation um I don't have any questions thank you no questions for me thank you none for me thank you thank you are there any individuals uh who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office Neighborhood Services uh as we previously testified I will defer to the board on this matter uh Flyers were circulated to a Butters within 300 feet no concerns were raised from Ab Butters uh they reached out to the neighbor uh the neighborhood association of Back Bay uh which was not opposed to this proposal uh with that would refer to the board thank you good morning M and members of the board this time C would like to go record of in support of this proposal thank you thank you are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you item number 11 has been previously heard by the board and is only on uh the agenda pre reprinted this morning to correct a defect and illegal notice that went out the first time it was heard calling item number 12 Boston Lodge Number 10 benevolent protective order of elks located at one moral Street in West Roxberry has applied for a club all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above approximately 17,9 64t two-story building two main rooms on first floor entrance lobby with bathrooms room a to the right one large banquet room approximately 5,000 square ft with commercial kitchen bar no seats and room divider to make into two smaller rooms room B to the left is a member's Lounge approximately 2500 ft with bar of 20 seats and seating for approximately 100 people second floor is for storage offices and Conference space George kayas manager 2 a.m. closing hour um just for the board's information this is an existing lensee who was unable to timely file their renewal due to the unavailability of any approved uh managers directors or officers um with that who is present on behalf of the applicant Good morning George Gus how you doing today yeah just here to try updating uh the existing Leal license that you know we had in the past and try getting all that duck in a row great thank you um Mr cus you're going to be the manager of record yes ma'am someone's gonna ask you the standard manager record questions um are you a citizen yes ma'am you a resident in Massachusetts yes ma'am do you have experience in the food and beverage industry yes I do and are you familiar with the rules and regulations of our board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the sale and service of alcohol yes ma'am okay thank you for your help getting this cleaned up um I have no further questions Commissioners do you thank you I do not thank you no questions thanks thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's offic defer to the Judgment of this board um given that this establishment has in operation for a long time in West Roxbury and with no real operational changes we did not require uh Community process uh we're unaware of any concerns regarding this establishment um with many members of West Rock many members being from the West rockbury neighborhood uh with that will defer to the board thank you thank you are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter or will take this under advisement thank you very much thank you very much have a good day and you calling item number 13 jpbbq Inc doing business as BBQ chicken located at 654 Center Street in Jamaica plane has applied for a common VI or 7-Day wines and M beverages license to be exercised on the above 2200t restaurant in a single story building with one entrance two exits main dining area with seating for 16 in the front of space ordering station in middle of space along with kitchen and two restrooms in rear of space basement for storage only manager purita Jong chaler chai Closing Time 10 p.m. attorney Russell chin attorney chin uh thank you attorney green good morning our members of the board chair of the board um my name is attorney Russell chin 400 Hancock Street quinsey Massachusetts representing the applicant I'm joined today with um by purita Jong chalen chai as well as wayi Jang uh Bita is uh the manager proposed manager of record for the liquor license attorney green has already described the uh premises um this is a a barbecue chicken restaurant and uh the applicant has a number of them already uh operating in Kenmore Square North quinsey quinsey Center and Central Square and Alon um many of those have liquor licenses already uh Gita uh is present can answer questions she is a United States citizen she resides in the carth of Massachusetts she is familiar with the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth as well as the city of Boston and uh this board as well as the abcc um she has experience as a manager of the at the symphony Sushi and she's also uh had a number of years of experience at fins Sushi as well uh we'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have uh thank you um kirita your attorney said you have you have an interest other liquor liquor licenses yes how many and where are they I missed that you mean like experiences um no ownership interest ownership did Mr Chin did you say she owns other liquor licenses no I did not I didn't if I if I did I didn't mean to say that she does not she has no no interest in any liquor licenses okay and how long have you had this barbecue chicken place for this location yeah how long have you okay for this location I have managed this store for four for five months now the store open on the 20th of uh August but then previous I mean before I used to uh manag um Japanese restaurant where they also serve alcohol uh via wine license and they close at 10 p.m. okay um so this place just opened up in August right okay um see so you have um only six seats inside 16 16 yes and so tell me a little bit more about how a liquor license will help you do your business um how you know how your vision yeah so what happened is at first we don't really plan to do the uh liquor here in this store but um as we open the restaurant a lot of our customers request uh to have beer for that chicken and then we see this like okay this and also like any other stores of the uh BBQ chicken they also serve alcohol and then um they do pretty well and also here at the jica plan location I see that it will be like a very good opportunity uh for our store to boost some sales and also like uh I've been to this location for uh 3 4 months and then I see like uh uh the residential area uh this is in the residential areas it's not in the students area so people here in um in the area pre uh behave very well they're very nice they're very responsible and they have a very strong sense of community so I feel very certain if I serve alcohol in the in the in this store right um I see a lot of customer request for alcohol uh for actually uh specifically they uh request beer for for uh to drink with the uh Fried Chicken okay um commissioner Saxon or commissioner car do you have any questions at this time yeah not at this time thank you none for me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes madame chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of neighborhood Serv this time the mayor is offing to defer to the Judgment of this board some back information on the community process on had hosting a Butter's meeting on October 16th uh it was not well attended uh the afcan went on to connect with the Jamaica plane neighborhood Council uh which eventually they received their support that information will defer to the board at this time thank you thank you very much um I do see a hand raised from Michael Riskin Mr rkin do you may please provide your testimony uh my name is Michael Riskin I live at 4 25 South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica plane member of the Jamaica plane neighborhood Council and chair of uh Public Service committee we had a neighborhood hearing on this issue on December 3rd of 2024 and again yesterday on January 7th uh we urge you to uh pass this application uh the applicant is a uh franchise owner the uh Corporation is a franchise owner of about five or six six uh BBQ chickens in the area uh BBQ chicken is a large International chain um the restaurant has been a restaurant uh for many years uh under Cafe Bay rout and has been about five months in Jamaica plane as BBQ chicken with a CV only um doing very well we think this is an appropriate uh addition to this location uh and we think purita J chanchai is an appropriate manager for this location um the U there was a lot of questions about uh takeout this is a very busy area of Jamaica plane right across the street from the post office um but there hasen't been uh any issues over the uh 20 or so years that there was a restaurant here um as cafe bayroot or uh under BBQ chicken there are a few um short-term parking spaces at the post office directly across the street and across the street in front of the uh uh Health Center so we think this is an appropriate uh use and location uh for this restaurant in Jamaica plane thank you thank you very much are there any other individuals who would like to to testify on this matter seeing n the board will take this matter under advisement as well thank you very much thank you calling item number 14 Blue Mountain Jamaican restaurant LLC doing business as Blue Mountain Jamaican restaurant located at 1301 Blue Hill AV in matapan has applied for a common V or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above 150t restaurant on the first floor of a mixed use building with one entrance and egress dining area with seating for 24 located in the front of the space kitchen office and storage located in rear of the space one restroom in front right side of the space Also to include a 300t seasonal May to October outdoor dining area on public and private property with seating for 20 additional closing hour 1:00 a.m. manager Marcia Satchel Closing Time 1: a.m. who's present on behalf of the applicant um good morning everyone I'm Marcia Satchel how is everyone doing today great thank you for being with us this morning oh thank you so much so we're located at 1301 Blue Avenue as you have stated and we're here applying for an on premises Li license to enhance the dining experience of our patrons by offering a variety of alcoholic beverages that complements our authentic Jamaican Cuisine a lior license will allow us to serve a range of drinks including tropical cocktails local and imported bears and wine in spirits the addition of alcoholic beverage um to our menu will not only meet our customers demand but also increase our Revenue contributing to sustainability growth of our business it is important to note that we are fully aware that obtaining AAL license comes with responsibilities such as adhering to regulations regarding the sale of and service of alcohol ensuring the safety of our customers we are dedicated to familiarizing ourselves with the local laws and regulations governing liol license and Massachusetts additionally I am currently a part of a bear management boot camp a bar management boot camp rather facilitated by Nick Korn and his team everyone at Blue Mountain Jamaican restaurant will be tip certified it is also important to note that the community along with our State Rep Russell Holmes City Council ran warwell the greater M greater mapen neighborhood association Wellington Hill neighborhood association as well as other businesses are fully um supporting us to get this liquor license also there are two um restaurants in metapan area that serve alcohol this license will give the Community Options uh as well as a sense of inclusion in the distribution of this license that other restaurants can be encouraged um to apply if they um choose to do so thank you in advance for granting Blue Mountain Jamaican restaurant El license thank you very much Miss Satchel we'll see if there are any questions from the board at this time starting with ter Joyce thank you very much um at this time I have no questions none for me at this time thank you thank you thank you are there any idual who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of neighborhood services at this time the mayor is OB to defer to the Judgment of this board so background information the community process on had hosted in a Butters meeting on December 4th uh it was lately attended but uh the resident that was an attendant uh spoke vocally in support of this proposal uh citing The Great Character of the owner and the establishment uh the applicant um sent us in several letters in support uh including one from the Wellington Hill neighborhood association local Civic that was very supportive of this proposal thinking this would be a positive addition this liquor license to this part of the neighborhood especially tied to this business uh with that we'll defer to the board and state once again that we're unaware of any concerns thank you thank you very much Connor um I see a hand raised from Nick K uh Mr porn you may unmute and provide your testimony you'll have two minutes to do so uh Nick are you with us I'm just ask you to unmute I do see your hand raised there we go hi uh my name is Nick Corin I'm a resident of Boston and an advocate for the hospitality Community I want to go on the record in support of this application to testify as to the character and fitness of the operator I've had the pleasure um of spending time with Marcia and with her team and I've been continually impressed with the extent of their Hospitality the quality of their food and their tireless efforts to engage with and collaborate with their neighbors and with their community Blue Mountain is a new blackowned community-minded small business investing in mapan the nature of this business is one that addresses A desperate public need and I defer to the Judgment of the board who I have no doubt will see this um and Grant this applicant a license thank you so much for your time thank you very much are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter or will take this under advisement as well thank you very much calling item number 15 fresh food generation LLC doing business as fresh food generation located at 191 Tabet AV in Dorchester has applied for a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above 1800t restaurant consisting of two spaces on one floor with one entrance and one exit to include a 600t retail space and 1200t production kitchen which is separated by a residential Lobby retail area includes dining area with seating for 18 as well as an additional annual weather permitting outdoor patio on private property with seating for 12 closing hour of the patio is 9:00 p.m. manager Carla cassandria Campbell Closing Time 9:00 p.m. attorney Stephanie budro attorney Bud good morning thank you madam chair and members of the board Stephanie budro from R law on behalf of fresh food generation LLC uh here seeking one of the five new liquor license issued this year in accordance with the recent legislation allowing the issuance of licenses to underserve neighborhoods um fresh food generation opened it stores in the first floor of a mixed in housing and commercial space at 191 talbet Avenue in um 2010 the neighborhood is less than a two-minute walk to tedav uh commuter rail stop Perkins Community Center and H harami Park um they opened originally as a small takeout restaurant with four indoor counter seats and a single table serving healthy affordable farmed plate locally sourced American fair with a Caribbean twist around that time they opened they sought a liquor license but none were available they then sought and obtained a BYOB license which they've exercised at the premises without incident for the past several years in addition to the restaurant uh fresh food Generations also operates a catering business out of the space serving the city of Boston and many colleges and universities in the area the business continues to operate out of the proposed license premises in this past year the applicant has done considerable renovations to increase the seating capacity and plans to have 18 indoor seats and 12 on a seasonal patio with the goal of transforming the restaurant to enhance the experience for diners many of whom come from the local community the proposed hours are 11: to9 for both the restaurant and the patio a legal ad was placed and a Buton notified the proposed manager of record who is here this evening is also the owner of the business cassandria Carla Campbell she's the manager of the LLC and a majority owner she's a US citizen a Mass resident has been qued and is tip certified Miss Campbell has prior experience selling and serving alcohol as in addition to the BYOB which she managed she was awarded an RFP for a mobile beer garden which operated in six different neighborhoods around Boston all without incident Miss Campbell so far conducted four different neighborhood meetings all of which Garner terrific support and is here this morning to answer any questions uh currently we have the neighborhood meeting scheduled for January 29th and the Longwood area civic association meeting scheduled for um oh I'm sorry strike that we've already had all of our meetings uh both with the civic association and the neighborhood and again have all garnered support as far as Community need there is an abundance there are very few other sit down restaurants in this area driving business elsewhere and depriving local neighbors of the opportunity to have a real Neighborhood Restaurant in which to come eat and drink um fresh food um currently has 29 employees 15 of which are full-time and 80% of which are locals and are able to work able to walk to work uh the applicant expects uh the update to the restaurant and additional addition of the liquor license to add at least another five jobs and finally the menu options are both affordable and healthy providing a great alternative to the fast food chains nearby again miss Campbell is here to answer any questions the word might have thank you for your time thank you attorney Buro thank you for joining us today miss Campbell um your attorney did a great job describing um your concept and the reason why you're requesting um us to consider you for one of the uh new liquor licenses the only question she didn't cover in her description of your qualifications of manager record um was the last one about whether or not you familiar with the rules and regulations of our board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the sale and service of alcohol just a yes or no answer yes I'm familiar all right thank you very much uh with that I have no questions commissioner sax no Commission car I have no question thank you did I just take two minutes to describe our experience in my own words of how we got here sure I'm sorry I didn't know there was more to your presentation but go right ahead I I'll be very brief um just want to provide some a little bit more background um so we've been in business officially for 10 years we started at Commonwealth kitchen we were there for eight years we moved into this space in 2021 when there was an ordinance by the city of Boston um not to allow people to um sit inside of restaurants because of covid and um our restaurant was sort of designed around that rule and the time um the past two years we have um gotten to know the neighborhood more and what their needs desires are and they have said that they want full service sit down seating and so we recently um renovated our restaurant to be such so now we have 18 seats um and we have had a great time using our BYOB people have come in um and have hosted events at the restaurant um and they've gone really well um as Stephany said earlier this year we did a mobile bear Garden um in conjunction with the local Brewery um and that was a great experience for us of getting to see people to gather eat laugh connect around food and so we're really grateful for the opportunity to be here and really grateful that this is potentially a moment where we renovated our restaurant and the city at the same time has worked really hard to um get more liquor licenses available and we'd be very thankful to be one of those applicants to receive one thank you very much Miss Le with that I'll see there any questions from the board before we move to testimony no questions thank you sure are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's also to defer to the Judgment of this board some background information the community process uh on had hosted an abage meeting on October 3rd uh it was lightly attended but there were no concerns raised regarding this proposal uh the applicant went on uh to receive a letter of support from the Codman Square neighborhood Council um our office is unaware of any concerns from the broader community at this time we've heard nothing but support uh with that would refer to the board thank you thank you are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you calling item number 16 F and H Inc doing business as meito restaurant located at 333 border Street in East Boston has applied for a common vit or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above the premise includes a 2565 foot restaurant on one level with two entrances and three exits this includes both indoor and enclosed outdoor patio dining the indoor dining area consists of a dining area for 49 patrons a kitchen two restrooms and storage the year round patio is accessible from both outside and inside the restaurant with the same closing hour as the indoor portion and can seat up to 48 manager Ferdie arua Closing Time 11: p.m. attorney Len scatino attorney scatino um good morning attorney Lauren scatino and just for the record with the business address of 245 Sumer Street um sweet 110 in East Boston um here on behalf of f&h Inc doing business as meito restaurant they have been in operation in the neighborhood for um over 18 years now it's a Latino owned and operated business they do also own the building that the restaurant um has been in for the past 18 years it is basically the only sitdown restaurant located along um border street so there is a high need for this they do currently hold a um Beale wine and cordales license but they are looking to upgrade their license to a full alcohol license to better serve the needs of the community um this I I would like to just state that this is exactly the type of restaurant that I believe the leg lure was thinking of when they were releasing these new licenses to the neighborhood um Freddy did try to get a license early on and there was no licenses AA available um this is a true neighborhood um establishment and frequented by the neighborhood residents um Ferdie has also been the manager of record for quite some time now and he is a US citizen he um is a resident of the Commonwealth he's familiar with the rules and regulations of the city of Boston Li board and the abcc and he does have um extensive experience in the food and beverage industry as I mentioned it has been open for 18 years with um no issues thank you very much attorney scatino uh with that we'll see if there are any questions from the board at this time sorry about that [Music] um is ferdy here I'm sorry I just didn't see him he is I'm sorry ferdy is um on the call as well as um I think he may have just clicked off um Alex agto the um one of the other owners of the of the business okay um do they want us add anything to your presentation before the Commissioners ask questions or frie would you like to speak yes good morning yeah my name is fer ARA and the owner of restaurant in East Boston border Street it is a family restaurant it's been for many many years 18 years and uh we like to have a f will be very Community lot um sorry cut out there and s for many years in East Boston and it is Family Restaurant you know a lot of family lot of kids coming and uh we've been for many years we have experience um okay so you've been operating at this location for 18 years have you had your beer and wine license for all 18 years yes okay um I don't have any additional questions commissioner carer commissioner Saxon the your beer and wine now is it unrestricted I'm sorry the beer and wine license you have now is that an unrestricted license yes okay and you would you're pursuing either one of the neighbor ones for all alcohol or the theoretically the the the unlimited ones right correct okay it just to cover it if you somehow got the unlimited one would you be turning in your unrestricted beer and wine um we fully aware that we can't hold two licenses at once so um you know either try to sell it to another neighborhood business or turn it in but we are fully aware that we can only hold one license at a time okay so if you got a neighborhood uh all out all alcohol I would expect you to Market and sell the one you have now correct I'm I'm sorry you're breaking up a little bit sorry um if you if we uh awarded one of the neighborhood all ALC alcohol licenses you would uh be marketing and selling your current beer and bl right if if we could yes yeah okay I just wanted to be clear about that thank you nothing additional thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's off to defer to the Judgment of this board some backround information the community process uh on had hosted M Butter's meeting on November 26th uh there were no concerns expressed in that meeting um the applicant was then in contact with the eagle Hill civic association which did not require them to meet uh with the Civic group and their members uh citing that they are a good neighbor they've received no complaints about the establishment since it's been operational uh with that we'll defer to the board at this time thank you thank you Connor are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you very much and calling item number 17 Cabana LV Inc doing business as Cabana Grill located at 254 Bennington Street in East Boston has applied for a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above 3,122 ft of restaurant function space on three floors with two entrances and two exits restaurant on the first floor includes dining area with seating for approximately 34 two restrooms and kitchen function space on second floor includes bar with seating for five and various dining standing areas and three additional restrooms basement includes office walk-in cooler storage and additional kitchen manager Pedro Lopez Closing Time 2 a.m. um I don't see Attorney Richard Linds here who's present on behalf of the applicant I am attorney Len scatino great I I will be taking over of this um for the attorney of record now um but for the record again attorney Lauren scatino 245 suar Street in East Boston here on behalf of Cabana lb Inc doing businesses La Cabana Grill in East Boston again um another neighborhood business that's been at this location for 12 years with the same owners um they do own the building we aren't seeking any other changes other than T um changing their bar and wine to an all alcohol license um this is another business um that we feel that the legislator was truly looking at um when releasing these new licenses um it's been located in East Boston as a family run business and um when they did actually a few years back seek to have an all alcohol license with n available I believe they were even before this board but they were not available um so they're here today to seek that um on the call is FL raia um and Pedro Lopez who is the manager of record um he is a US citizen and he is a resident of the Commonwealth he's familiar with the rules and regulation of the city of Boston licensing board and the abcc and he has over 12 years experience at this point running the food and in the food and beverage industry um running this exact location your clients want to talk a little bit about their business Laur Pedro would you to discuss the business at all or there commitment to the neighborhood or um yes I'm here can you hear me now yes we can hear you all right yes my name is Pedro Lopez I'm been owner for 14 years but but I've been work before for but it was a friend of mine who used to own this this this business so I worked for him for like two years and then I buy it from him and I've been here for like 14 years already thank you so essentially the business um it's actually one there's not very many function spaces either in the neighborhood um and it is actually one um a very few function spaces left over um in East Boston um so it does serve a valuable need to the neighborhood as well um allowing for some of that and again it's a Latino owned business um that has been established in the neighborhood this is actually located in a business district in day Square so also a perfect location um to have a full alcohol license thank you very helpful appreciate that um I have no questions commissioner car no commissioner Saxon I have no questions thank you none for me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives yes madame chair members of the board Connor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office to defer to the Judgment this board some background information the community process it was a lengthy one uh there was the first and abad's meeting on October 18th of 2023 uh they then went on to meet with the eagle Hill Civic twice uh January 31st of 2024 and March 27th of 2024 as well as connecting with Maverick Central meeting before that membership on February 20th of 2024 our office is unaware of any concerns at this time with that will defer to the board thank you thank you very much if there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you very much thank you very much thank you those are all the items before the board this morning the board uh is scheduled to vote tomorrow morning at 10: a.m. notice has been posted on the city's website that will adjourn this morning's hearing thank you you all and enjoy the rest of your day thank you thank you