good morning Thank you all for joining We're just going to give a quick moment to clear the waiting room Good morning This is the voting hearing of the licensing board for the city of Boston Today is Thursday April 17th 2025 Today's hearing is being recorded and will be posted to the city of Boston's
website While the public is encouraged to attend there will be no additional testimony accepted this morning Begin with the licensed premise inspection hearing which occurred on Tuesday April 15th 2025 Item number one Boston Ballroom Corporation doing business as Royale located at 279 Tremont Street
Date of this incident November 23rd 2024 Assault and battery employee on patron in violation of Mass General Laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A Thanks Danny Um one
second We were provided with a bunch of videos [Music] um clips of videos from different angles and at different moments After reviewing them I was not able to find a violation Yeah I didn't think we had enough for
this one I agree I didn't see anything Danny Um so I I see no violation but I would request that the Lency submit evidence or proof of deescalation
training of the door staff Um it it not it's not because I think they did anything wrong necessarily but these are highly like tense situations anyone put into that situation um would be challenged
um as far as keeping their composure and following the rules and doing the right thing I just think that they could they it would be valuable to their staff to have an in-person deescalation training
I I totally agree I mean we've been saying this a lot lately Um we're just look I think we're looking for more structure you know something more documented that we can refer to Yeah Like I I think I I I believe that this uh license does review responsibilities
and roles and expectations with staff but I think it needs to be more than that I think they need to put themselves into these situations where you know emotions are high and it's tense and um and discuss the ways and uh be and
demonstrate ways to properly deescalate situations So no violation and you're asking for all door staff to be trained in deescalation and for them to provide us evidence that that training has occurred Yes please Great
Item number two the Boston Lecho Corp located at 71 to 79 Warrington Street Date of the incident November 10th 2024 Assault and battery patron on patron in violation of Mass General Laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A And assault and battery patron on staff in violation of Mass General laws
chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A Again we received um videos provided by the Lency Um I don't see a violation It was difficult from the
videos were very clear but it's hard from our perspective to determine what was being said and what led up to it I did see the patron charge at the staff Um but I didn't I didn't see a violation Right That was a a different is um item
where the what was that This is where the algation Okay Sorry about that This is the allegation where the bartender um Okay I I I see no violation for that as well Sorry I got those two confused Yeah So the one the one we're on I had I had no violation
Yeah no violation Sorry My notes are all over the place No violation on item two Item number three I switch Entertainment Inc doing business as Loretta's last call located at one Landown Street Date of the incident October 20th 2024 Overserved patron passed out requiring
EMS transport in violation of Mass General Laws chapter 138 section 64 I see no violation I agree Yes I agree I This is where he was just kind of standing Um yeah I actually um
thought his friends could have done a better job Just to put that on the record um with getting him help sooner Thank you No violation Item number four Concord Entertainment Inc doing business as Bill's Bar the Landown Pub located at
9 Landown Street Date of the incident December 7th 2024 Fight between staff and customers in violation of Mass General Laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A I see no violation here Um there was a
series of events that I think the victim the alleged victim caused um the escalation Um I see no violation Uh I agree Um but I did have concerns
because we there's a recent history here We in December of 24 we ordered them uh a similar to the first one about deescalation training um and documenting that and all Um my issue here was
uh he they were they were in a tough situation and the alleged victim I think injected himself in a situation he didn't you know shouldn't have been involved in Uh but I I did feel there was a lack of you know it seemed like
the deescalation was very aggressive or the talking to and even for one moment it looked like they were kind of essentially daring the the first guy who did do the rush to come in like they were like kind of opening their arm and like yeah basically I dare you to come
in and then when he did that's when they jumped him So I I just had my I had concerns that uh in watching the video we already had previous concerns about their deescalation tactics and so seeing it again I'm kind of bothered by that So
I don't know what we might want to do but have we heard from them regarding our order from January I mean December of 24 No Nothing has been received at this point Yeah I mean for me I I'm not willing to say nothing happened here What I what I might
suggest is leave the record open and if they can show us that they've trained these individuals who were involved in this I'd be I'd be open to not imputing their conduct on the bar
But if they haven't because this was two months after we we ordered this um if they hadn't done that in the intervening two months then I'd be inclined to vote to find them in violation for this one I I think it the the the reaction of
their staff was quite aggressive and maybe given the benefit of the doubt and not playing too much of Monday morning quarterback but in light of the fact that we had just ordered them to train these people I think they need to show that they took some action between uh
December of 2024 and February of 2025 That's that's where I would be but I'm open to Sorry I believe this in Sanford in December uh in December of 2024 This incident occurred in December of 2024
Yes this incident This is item number four correct This was December 7th 2024 One second I'm sorry December 7th The incident before us right now
occurred on December 7th Yeah looking at the Okay I was looking at the docket So maybe I think you know what this did I'm very sorry No
worries This pre this predated our order So I have no violation then Well Well yeah We've already warned them So I'm not gonna impute that order on what happened here So I'm sorry I have
the date wrong I I was looking at like the bottom of our docket sheet and this is the February 9th one is schedu for May 5th We haven't even gotten May something So we haven't even gotten there yet Correct I was just looking at the bottom line and I got the I'm very
sorry No I understand that too Not to interrupt not to jump in front of Commissioner Saxon I I just I I um am weary of concluding that it that the patron that they dared the patron
because this is I I want to encourage these lences to cooperate by providing the video It's really hard to not without sound and without understanding what's going on at the time It's hard to to draw that conclusion for me that
perhaps they were daring them to come in and they shouldn't have been But just want to note that for the record because um the cooperation in the providing a video goes a long way with me um as far as
um making sure as far as doing our job to make sure that these licences follow our rules and regulations So I I wouldn't I'm I'm going on way too long about that one clip but um that's all I wanted to say Yeah Yeah
I'll I'll agree with the the no violation like I think if we start seeing a pattern and if we if we can get all of these violations um within their context and um and find out the timeline maybe there's a maybe there's a separate
conversation that we can have But for now I'll say no violation Right Um Danny given the fact that we haven't gotten proof of this training that's on their docket um that we asked for back
in December I'd like to request that training be done within the next 30 days and proof of that submitted to the board I think we asked for confirmation to include at a minimum the training who participated in the curriculum covered
That's right So sounds like no violation Board will remind the LE of their obligation to train their staff and to provide us documentation that will need to be done within 30 days Item number five Concord Entertainment Inc doing business as Bill's Bar the Landown Pub located at 9 Landown Street Date of this incident
November 1st 2024 Assault and battery employee on patron in violation of mass general laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A See um one second This is This is the one where that they
exit through the kitchen Yes Um I see no violation here I agree Yeah I would actually give the the uh Dorman a a compliment because I I felt like he
was he was punched quite a few times and didn't respond for a while Yeah I I think they kind of even failed to defend themselves as far as how it all started on the dance floor The patron was very aggressive even at the very very beginning in the other video
on the you know on the main floor So they talked a lot about what happened outside but I mean the start the start of it this this patron was clearly very you know combative So no violation Item number six Stark
Hospitality LLC doing business as Hugh located at 90 Exit Street Date of this incident no uh January 19th 2025 Assault and battery patron on patron in violation of mass general laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A
I see no violation I agree I agree Item number seven the next place LLC doing business as the greatest bar located at 262 to 266 Friend Street Date of the incident January 8th 2025 assault and battery patron on patron in violation of Mass
General laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A while the patrons were in the license premise earlier the actual altercation occurred down the street so I can't see find a violation there I know violation
as well violation the next two items wereformational hearings license C on item eight was Newre Boston LLC doing business as newsret steakhouse house located at 100 Arlington Street Informationational hearings regarding the legal right of the lency to occupy the license premise
the execution and filing of the annual renewal application and the non-use of the license in violation of Mass General Laws chapter 138 section 16A 23,64 and 77 and board's rule 1.07A and I and 1.15A 3 and 4
I'd like to um schedule a cancellation hearing for 30 days from today or in 30 days I agree Um do we have to state the the issues for the cancellation hearing just the the the potential violation of of
the the sworn statement on the renewal Yes Yes And they lost their right to occupy So I agree Sounds reasonable So cancellation hearing to be scheduled for the filing of the annual renewal for losing the right to occupy and also for
non-use Yes And should we get a purchase and sale or an application before us we'll um cancel the cancellation hearing Right Cancellation hearing to be scheduled in 30 days um unless the board
uh receives a application to transfer prior Item number nine uh also anformational hearing The license is Thornton Companies Inc doing business as Thornon Fenway Grill located at 100 Peterborough Street Similarly informationational hearing regarding the lences legal right to occupy the premise the execution and
filing of the annual renewal application and non-use of the license They told us at the hearing that they signed to PNS last Thursday until we see an application Um I think we should also schedule a cancellation hearing for 30 days out
I agree Sense Did Now with this one I did Did we have the same issue about the renewal I I think at the time of the renewal they would have been okay right It's not the same previous when they filed to renew there was there was a an
issue right this that their their issues were after their renewal right Am I wrong I don't remember hearing that Yeah I don't believe that testimony was gotten on the record We didn't probe into that Oh is it potentially an issue I don't
think we know when the lease actually expired We just have correspondence from the property owner that as of February there was no longer a lease Yeah that that was my understanding that it would have been after that they had problems with their leasing So they like there's no issue that they falsify the statement that they did have a premises not to the
board's not as far as we know Yeah So this would this this would just be non-use and and after the renewal there would have been a loss of illegal legal premises So cancellation hearing on the grounds of uh legal right to occupy the premise
and non-use to be scheduled within 30 days unless an application to transfer is filed prior Thank you Moving on to the transactional hearing which occurred yesterday Wednesday April 16th 2025 Item number one the Linux Hotel LLC located at 65 Exit Street has petitioned to change the
DBA to Willow and Ivy and the Irving at the Linux I agree I agree Item number two the Linux Hotel LLC doing business as Linux Hotel located at 61 to 69 Exit Street has petitioned to change the DBA to the Linux Hotel and Sweenies on Boilston
I vote to approve I agree I agree It number three Barcelona South End LLC doing business as Barcelona located at 525 Tremont Street has petitioned to change the manager to Alexander Falconer I vote to approve the change of manager I believe Mr Falconer has the
appropriate character and fitness to serve I agree I agree Item four Wonder Boston LLC doing business as Wonder Museum located at 2 Avenue de Lafayette has petitioned to change the manager to Skyler Mussy
I vote to approve the change of manager I believe Miss Mussy has the appropriate character and fitness to serve I agree Item five Bonchon Alustin LLC located at 101 to 103 Brighton A in Alustin has petitioned to change the classification
of its license to a wine small beverages and Laor's license has petition for a change of officers directors LLC managers and has a petition to change the manager to Jose Pasha Vasei I vote to approve the change of classification Um I vote to approve the
petition for the change of officers directors and managers and to approve the change of manager to Mr Vasigi I believe he has the appropriate character and fitness to serve I agree Item six Dining Innovation Massachusetts
Inc doing business as Turu Tantan located at 512 Commonwealth A has petitioned to transfer the license to NVAG Kenmore LLC at the same location Michael Jamon manager 2 am closing hour Um I vote to approve the transfer excuse
me at the same location and to approve Mr Jam as manager of record I believe he's the appropriate character and fitness serve and we've already approved him in my notes I agree Item seven Su and Saboo Market Inc doing business as Santu and Sabuj Market
located at 1595 to609 Blue Hill A in Madapan has applied for a retail package store wines and mall beverages license manager Sabuj Barua closing time 10 p.m Uh the testimony at the hearing was that um the Lency plans to bring in offerings
for the neighborhood that complement his Caribbean groceries I believe there's a public need for this Um I would request should this be approved that the Lency um that we put a condition on the license that the Lency keep a floor plan on premise at all times that's available
for inspection and to come back to this board should they want to expand their offerings beyond what's been approved today alcohol offerings I agree across the board Uh approved with these standard package
door conditions that there will be no change in the amount of floor space dedicated to alcohol or change in floor plan without board approval and that they must have a floor plan on site at all times Yes And I forgot to mention I approved Mr Barua as manager of record I believe he has the appropriate character and fitness to serve
Thank you Um the remaining items on the transactional agenda 8 through 13 are new applications uh for uh on premise section 12 liquor licenses Chairman Joyce would we like to hold deliberation until after May 23rd Yes Items 8 through 12 are deferred until
after all the applications uh in the May 23rd uh round have been heard Moving on to non-herenting transactions The following are applying for a new common vicular license at a previously licensed location Item one Dorchester Fried Chicken LLC Doing business as Dorchester Fried Chicken located at 855 Washington
Street in Dorchester Manager Fazal Kadir Hours of operation 10:00 a.m to 11:00 p.m I vote to approve I agree Item two Edward Raone German Sanchez as a sole proprietor doing business as Ratatimi Restaurant located at 888A
Morton Street in Dorchester Manager Edward Raone German Sanchez hours of operation 8 am to 12 a.m I vote to approve I agree I agree Item three Cocoa Coffee Causeway LLC doing business as Cocoa Coffee located
at 222 Causeway Street Manager Todd Kiarizov Hours of operations 7 a.m to 11 p.m I vote to approve I agree Item four Make Life Sweeter LLC Doing business as Flower Bakery and Cafe located at 1B Charles Street This is
within the Boston Common Uh manager Carol Oldm Hours of operation 7:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m I vote to approve I agree Item five Laabra Restaurant Inc doing business as Laabra Restaurant Inc located at 1296 Blue Hill A in Madapan
Manager Alejandro Quell Hours of operation 7:00 a.m to 11:00 p.m I vote to approve I agree I agree Item five Noodle Lab LLC doing business as Noodle Lab at 100 Handover Street within the Boston Public Market Manager
Audrey Yap Hours of operation 8 a.m to 8:00 p.m I vote to approve I agree And item number six Changfa LLC doing business as New Golden Kitchen number one located at 1495 Doorchester A in
Dorchester Manager Wenjing Jiang Hours of operation 11:00 a.m to 10 p.m I vote to approve I agree Following the applied to make changes to their existing common victular licenses Item number one Swaste Handover LLC
doing business as Sushi Roll located at 2227 Handover Street Has petition to change the DBA to Matcha Loves Boba and has petition to change the manager to Ming Hong Hack I vote to approve I agree
Item two Cocoa Seapport LLC doing business as Coco Da located at 53 Northern A has petitioned to change the DBA to Love Art Sushi I vote to approve I agree And item three China Sea Restaurant Inc
doing business as China Sea located at 1202 Blue Hill A in Matapan has petition to change the manager to Xi Gang Lelay A vote to approve I agree Following has applied to make changes to their existing bowling alley license
Central Park Lanes Inc located at 10 Saratoga Street in East Boston has petitioned to change the closing hour from 9:00 p.m to 11 p.m About to approve I agree And the following has applied to make changes to their existing dormatory
license New England Conservatory of Music at 255 St Pat Street has applied for an increase in capacity from 251 residents to 304 residents Um some rooms are converting from doubles to triples About to approve I agree
Following the applied to make changes to their existing lodging house licenses Uh items 1 through 4 Commonwealth Land Trust Inc doing business as Bowden Manor Housing at 3741 Bowden Street at 698 Massav as 123 Crawford Street at 123
Crawford Street in Dorchester and at 523 Massav in Roxberry have all applied to change their manager to Monica Juen about to approve I agree and item five MIT alumni of Tao EF student aid Foundation Inc doing
business as MIT at 253 Commonwealth A has applied to change the manager to Shawn Josephson I vote to approve I agree Following have applied for one-day amendments to their existing licenses Uh item one the Catered Affair Inc doing
business as the Catered Affair at the Boston Library 700 Boilson Street has applied to extend their hours their closing hour to 1:00 a.m with all guests out by 2 a.m for a wedding on May 10th I vote to approve I agree
Number two the same lency that catered a favor at the Boston Public Library has applied for a later closing hour of 1:00 a.m with all guests out by 2:30 for a wedding on June 21st I vote to approve I agree Item three same lency again Cater affair
at the Boston Public Library has applied for a later bar closure of 1:00 a.m with guest out by 2:30 for a wedding anniversary party on July 12th To approve I agree Item number four High Street TRS LLC doing business as High Street Place
located at 100 High Street has applied to extend their existing license onto High Street between Federal Street and High Street parking garage and into the 100 High and 160 Federal Street lobbies for the Big Queer Food Festival on May 4th and 5th from 11:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m I
vote to approve I agree And item five Notch Brighton Tap Room LLC located at 1420 to 1440 Soldiersfield Road in Brighton has applied to extend their license into Garage B for a bar mitzvah on April 26th from 6:00 to 10 p.m Vote to approve I
agree I agree Board has before them a list of applicants for special one-day alcoholic beverage licenses which have been administratively reviewed by staff for approval by the board And we have one item on old and new business for acknowledgement The board is in receipt of correspondence from
SelfUp LLC doing business as Self-Up Cooking Classes at 19 to 21 Kingston Street and Goggle Mogle Inc doing business as Seab Biscuit at 256 Marginal Street in East Boston Notifying the board of the mutual intent to revoke the transfer of the license which the board had approved on September 26th 2024 as
the transa transaction had not been closed in time to meet the purchase and sale agreement They're asking for the board and the ABCC to revert the license back to the seller Approve I I agree Thank you With that um those are all the items before the board this morning that
will adjourn this hearing Thank you all very much and enjoy the rest of your day Thanks Thank you