good morning thank you all for joining we will get started in just a moment I want to make sure we give a chance to clear the waiting room and make sure that folks have connected to audio 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 we give just another moment to clear the waiting room and then we'll get started e good morning this is a hearing before the licensing board for the city of Boston today is Wednesday February 12th 2025 today's hearing is being held
pursuant two 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 chair of the board Kathleen Joyce good morning thank you Danny my
name is Kathleen Joyce I'm chair of the Boston licensing board today I'm joined by commissioner Liam curan and commissioner Kiana Saxon thank you very much please ensure that your audio and visuals are working properly if you are presenting or providing testimony 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 the questions there will be an opportunity for Testimony beginning with elected
officials or the representatives for members of the general public wishing to provide testimony please limit your testimony to 2 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
Jamaica me Hungary LLC doing business as Jamaica me hungry located at 289 Devonshire Street has applied for a common vict license to be exercised on the above 3580 Square ft a full surfice restaurant with takeout across two floors restaurant has a kitchen on the
top floor and restrooms on the first floor with seating for 20 people and refrigeration and storage located in the basement manager Ernie Campbell hours of operation 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. who is present on behalf of the applicant Ernie C right here thank you uh if you could please briefly
present the proposed concept to the board yes so my name is and um m can you hear me we can hear you there's a there's quite a lot of echo behind you yes so we're trying to open
this restaurant at um 289 dentur Street and um it's gonna there's no Leal license it's just 're going to open from 9 to 3:30 we're going to see how that
goes if we want to extend with time we not sure about that yet dep do you have another phone or computer op we're getting an echo I think I think both um of the speakers are on you need to mute
one we can't hear you we turn are you logged on to the hearing on two different devices no it's I think you have two devices going maybe a phone and the computer is this
better we we'll try to move forward but it's really hard to hear you because I think you have two devices going at the same time I turn it down I don't understand why it's that's a little better um so why don't you proceed you're applying for a
CV license yes so um we're it's a 20 seat and we're going to do lunch and um we're trying to like open from 9 to
3:30 and from Monday to Friday but we still be um open on the weekend for catering so we still do catering from there just like a pick up and drop off and kind of thing so we still be there on the weekend still but not open to the public
so that's kind of where we at with that okay um and you're you're Mr Campbell I'm Ernie Campbell okay uh thank you very much commissioner commissioner Saxon do you have any questions I do not
thank you no questions from me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or the representatives yes Madam 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 uh we had the appc circulate Flyers to a Butters within 300 feet and they were in contact the local civic association our offic is unaware of concerns at this time that would prefer to the board thank you thank you are there any other individuals who would like to testify on
this matter seeing none the board will take the center advisor thank you very much calling item number two 692 Columbia LLC doing business as side chick located at 692 Columbia Road in Dorchester holder of a common vict
license has petitioned to change the closing hour of the license business from 6 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. to 6: a.m. to 2: am. who is present on behalf of the applicant is oh uh thank you I see you raising your hand and speaking you're on mute currently I just ask you to
unmute hello everyone can everyone hear me we can hear you if you could please introduce yourself and briefly present the uh proposed change and the reason for the request to the board hello everyone and thank you for having me here my name is Muhammad Abdul kabi I'm here from the restaurant saic located at
692 Columbia Road in Dorchester we are one of the top rated restaurants in Columbia Road and we are also at takeout restaurants only we are here to extend the hours from 6:00 a.m. 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. to 2 a.m. to maximize our delivery Mission
and to be on the side of our loyal customers we have all the support and all the positive feedback from the loyal from our loyal customers our neighbors and our local businesses around us thank you very much everyone
again thank you for joining us um how long have you been open at this location we have we about to be our unniversary is on the 18th of this month for the third year oh great okay um I have no questions commissioner car and
commissioner Saxon no questions at this time thank you none from me 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 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 background information in the community process uh many years ago the applicant had worked with one of the on leison uh to update residents we had a flyer be sent out to uh direct AB buies within
the vicinity uh we did not receive any feedback via email uh we're unaware of any concerns presently and there's no active civic association in this area uh with that we'll defer to the board 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 calling item number three Brighton Mass lodge number 2199 of the benevolent protective order of elks located at 326 Washington Street in Brighton holder of a club all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of
the licensed business from Kelly McGrath to Christopher turowski who's present on behalf of the applicant good morning attorney Kurt bleta 300 Market Street uh on behalf of the applicant with me also is Christopher teras who is the proposed manager that we would like to uh
transfer to great thank you um Mr toosi are you um a citizen yes I am are you a resident in Massachusetts I am what is your experience in the food and beverage industry I have been working in the food
and beverage industry about 20 years now um in management positions a little over 10 years years uh from bar manager assistant manager to general manager of multi multi operations okay and are you familiar
with the rules and regulations of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the sale and service of alcohol I am right thanks I have no questions commissioner Carin and commissioner Saxon no questions thank you none from me thank you thank you are
there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing n the board will take this under advisement thank you thank you thank you calling item number four Courtyard Management LLC doing business as Courtyard Boston Downtown located at 275 Tremont Street holder of an inh holder
all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the licens business from John wilmoth to Thomas Wagner who's present on behalf of the applicant you see Mr Wagner Mr Wagner yes I do see you with us just asked you to unmute great thank you for being with us
Mr Wagner um Mr Wagner are you a citizen oh we're we're unable to hear you no we are we're currently getting no sound for me Mr ragner can you try speaking to us again St okay why don't we see if he can log
back on and we'll move on to the yeah Mr ragner there's also a telephone uh option there's a Callin number on the zoom link as well you might want to try that by leaving your camera on um and we can take a second call further down the agenda we'll come back to this item all right oh oh I think we just got them
Yeah we actually did just hear you for a second let's try again nope I just asked you to unmute something should have popped on your screen we heard you for like a brief second try again we can hear you now there we go all right sorry about that Mr Ragnar are you a citizen yes do you
live in Massachusetts I do do you have experience in the food and beverage industry I do what is that experience uh so I worked as a banquet server uh for several years um and as well as bank with
bartending I've also worked in accounting uh for Mar International uh for seven years now okay and are you familiar with the rules and regulations of our board abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the sale and service of alcohol I am okay thank you I
have no other questions Commissioners do you I do not thank you no questions thanks thank you other any individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you very
much thank you calling item number five East Boston Yacht Club Inc located at zero Rice Street in East Boston holder of a club all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned for a change of officers directors who's present on behalf of the applicant I am uh my name is John Lloyd
from the East Boston y club uh thank you for joining us other than the change of officers and directors are there any other changes yeah we did also have an application in for change of manager oh correct I'll read that into the record as well thank you we'll cover both at
the same time also calling out number six same license e Boston yach Club at zero R Street uh has petitioned to change the manager of the licensed business from Anthony Mone to John Lloyd which is yourself yes uh thank you Mr Lloyd are you a citizen yes I am are you
a resident of Massachusetts yes what is your experience in the food and beverage industry um uh I guess a little a little while back I was a banquet Chef in bartender um and then uh changed to a bar a banquet manager of bars and then
have uh ran the bar behind our previous manager at the East Boston yach club for several years okay um are you familiar with the rules and regulations of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth pertain aing to the sale and service of
alcohol yes I am I have no questions on either item commissioner car commissioner Saxon do you I do not thank you no questions from me thank you thank you very much are there any individuals who would like to testify on these two
items seeing none the board will take these under advisement as well thank you very much for being with us thank you take care calling item number seven p a boss LLC doing business as Banner's Kitchen and Tap and a hub Hall featuring Momos on Ramen by moroto located at 80
to 82 Causeway Street holder of a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to provide bottle service on their license premise attorney Tom Miller attorney Miller thank you secretary green uh good morning chairman Joyce Commissioners Tom Miller from mcder Miller and Hanley on
behalf of the you know Boston uh I'm joined today by Dwight Hoover the manager of record uh the specifically the banners area of uh this licy has applied today to add as you said bottle service uh to the premise this will add an amenity for
those customers who want to share a bottle of a spirit a bottle of spirits in a communal setting um in throughout the evening um they have proposed to add this to 10 tables and three top Swing Golf Suites in as I as I said the banner
section um as the board is aware this this premise has a food Hall area as well as uh the banners restaurant area and this is only for the banners restaurant area uh it will not be we've not applied to add this to any part of of the food Hall area um the application
for uh the licy includes the application we filed for this licy includes the guidelines um by which they're going to operate the bottle service um I'm not going to waste the board's time going through all of those measures which uh you have had a chance to review um but
just a cple couple of quick things included in the guidelines um all staff members including table servers uh the table hosts and uh Security in the area uh will be safe serve uh alcohol certified uh it would only be offered to
parties of six or more uh and when it's requested a host will be assigned to each table requesting that service the host will be the only person allowed to handle the bottle and the bottles will not be left unattended at the tables uh if a host if for some reason a host isn't available to watch an area the
bottle will be removed during that time uh each table um will be supervised as I just said at all times when bottle service being provided um the team here at baners is aware of the board's rules and regulations for bottle service as well as their advisor related to the
same uh and have developed a robust training program uh in-house um to help their staff uh understand what uh is going to be required of them uh and how to um operated successfully and safely
uh they understand the responsibilities in general of adding this to their operation uh and will um will operate in a way that is amenity for their customers uh and a benefit to everybody in the area uh we've reached out to both neighborhood groups in the area answer
their questions um uh and as such we are here before you today we want to thank you for hearing this application and would be happy to answer any questions you may have thank you um so you said 10 tables and three golf Suites yes okay how many
tables are there in total in the space uh I off the top of my head I don't know uh it is many more than that the capacity is uh significant okay this is a small section of their of the overall premise I don't have the floor planner
front of me but the 10 tables near the three golf Suites so I'm trying to picture um yes okay y um for Staffing purposes yes yeah they're in the same general area okay all right um thank you I don't have any
questions commissioner Kar and commissioner Saxon I have no questions thank you no questions 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 Services this time the mayor's off to defer to the Judgment of this board on said the applicant reach out to the active Civics in that area um as you heard um we did not receive any concerns from them regarding this proposal they're unaware of any further concerns potential
impacts on the community that will 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 the board will take the center advisement as well thank you very much thank
you calling item number eight Den Cino LLC doing business as borito the Garrett Boston located at 70 Pier 4 Boulevard holder of a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to amend the description of the license business from the premise consists of one room on ground floor
with dining area together with one additional large room in rear with additional dining and seating areas and bar total seating for 90 together with kitchen restrooms storage and office space on ground floor two restaurant space a in one room on ground floor with dining area and approximately 22 seats
kitchen storage office space and restrooms restaurant space b additional large room in rear with additional dining and seating areas with approximately 36 seats and bar with approximately 13 Seats Restaurant space a and restaurant space b are 3,000 sare ft and restaurant space c one additional
room on ground floor with additional dining areas and approximately 65 seats and bar with approximately 12 seats kitchen and additional restrooms restur around space c 3562 ft all together comprised of 6 562 square feet with two entrances and four
exits attorney Dennis quilty attorney quilty good morning attorney green Madam chair members of the board excuse me Dennis quilty attorney representing the LC e with me this morning is Gavin Mosley who's the owner operator and hope
Murphy uh Mr Mosley is the current manager of record as well um I know it's was a lengthy uh readout of the request if you strip it down is basically to add restaurant space c to the existing spaces a andv which are known as
borito and Garett bars so the change is to add a third room to the license the lensey was able to um reach a lease agreement for an adjacent unit in the building uh and they are asking for
permission to add that to the license uh that that space would become the restaurant space c uh uh as as indicated and uh adds approximately 3500 square fet and only 65 seats and a 12 seat bar
uh to the existing space so that that is the request I want to let the board know that we've spent a great deal of time and I want to thank uh the seaport neighborhood association and the residents of the echelon building as well as the office of District councelor
Flynn and the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services we've conducted a series of meetings with affected uh parties groups and individuals the most recent of which was literally 48 hours ago we came up with some um ideas and
concessions and things that the l e can do to make uh make this uh work well for the building and the surrounding folks so um we're just very happy that um we had that opportunity and that these folks worked with us carefully to get to
a point this morning where I believe we're going to be supported by the sna um and um we are very much looking forward to uh being able to open the new space and to being able to work cooperatively going forward with the
surrounding residents and the seaport neighbors um so again we uh thank them for their hard work with us on this matter and we are here to take any questions the board may have thank you very much um thank you attorney thanks for that
update um I might have questions after the public testimony but right now I don't have any questions thank you I have no questions either 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 service is this time the mayor is OBS to defer to the Judgment of this board um as you heard from the applicant representation this went through a lengthy Community process uh with input from Neighbors and
residents uh we first on held in a Butter's meeting um on November 19th uh which was very well attended with 52 attendees uh there were about 21 of Butters who had spoke in opposition at the time and three voiced their support for the proposal uh to add the A New
Concept to the premise with the expanding footprint um our office is in the receipt of a form letter submitted To Us by 12 different parties with a list of requests relating to noise mitigation at The Establishment uh this letter has been forwarded to the board uh the proponent hosted a community meeting
onsite to discuss these concerns ongoing discussions produced a brokered understanding between the community and the proponent to mitigate noise mitigation to mitigate noise and to address some of those concerns and requests that neighbors had put forward um we understand that as a result of these conversations the cport
neighborhood associ ation is currently in support of this proposal as previously mentioned there was noise from residents um in the echelon building regarding spillover of noise as patrons enter uh and exit the premise um which we've made aware to the board um
from previous letters we've received uh but as mentioned it seems like conversations have been productive as of late uh with that we'll defer to the board thank you thank you are there any other uh elected officials or the representatives who would like to testify on this matter before we move two members of the general
public yes thank you my name is Sydney I'm from councelor Flynn's office councelor Flynn would like to go on record and support however is respectfully requesting management to maintain an open Dialogue on overlapping concerns from another establishment noise levels from entertainment and
music drop off and pedestrian safety he asked as a proponent please work closely with the residents on these and other quality of life issues thank you thank you thank you very much we'll turn it over to of the public who would like to testify I see a hand raised by Norm from the cport neighborhood association you
may please provide your testimony you'll have two minutes to do so hi attorney green and board members thank you very much I'm just going to Echo what you've heard uh we have been involved in extensive conversations with the management team with the attorney quilty
with uh the owner of the building itself WS management and of course the echelon uh uh residence as represented by uh their board members um we want to express our our appreciation for everybody coming together in a spirit of cooperation and trying to reach uh a
conclusion that everyone can live with um we spent a lot of time on this and um management uh has I think expressed and exhibited uh what they need to do to make this make this work including
hiring a sound engineer uh we're going through his report right now um looking at ways to add security looking at ways of making sure that uh ride share vehicles and food delivery vehicles are staying under control out on the street it's a very busy Corner that they're on
um the the members of the board at Echelon have been extremely cooperative and uh and and working towards this uh I'll Echo what was said earlier by uh uh councelor Flynn's office uh we expect ongoing conversations and we've told
them that uh we expect to continue to see progress and they have guaranteed that we will thank you very much thank you very much for your testimony are there any other individuals who would like to provide testimony on this item yeah this is Corey Nevan I am a
resident at 135 seport Boulevard um I I just wanted to uh bring up I mean we we live directly above boreto and and I appreciate the stound mitigation that the the the business has
done but we have had vibrations from music in our unit um that are are audible through through the walls and I mean when we're laying in bed um we're we're we're not experiencing the the street side crowd issues as much because
our unit is um more of an interior unit but um we have had vibrations and those have continued through the walls and this is I mean it's where we live so so um it's a major concern of ours and then you know coming and going into the
building there there are on the weekends excessive crowds lines and I know people on the street side have um had issues with noise so so those are my concerns I continue to have them I understand that businesses need to operate in the
building but I just want to make sure everything is being done to to mitigate this because this is where we live and where we will continue to live and um it's important that that we're comfortable and and live in peace here
thank you thank you thank you very much for your testimony are there any other uh members of the public who are with us who wish to provide testimony on this item uh yes can you hear me we can hear you if you could please identify yourself and you'll have two minutes to provide your testimony uh yes this is
moring I live at 135 cport I'm on the 18th floor um I'm very frustrated with boreto and this uh proposition of roccos uh from the meeting from November we have seen no change in the noise with patrons leaving at night I have been in
touch with pop Kyle McKenzie and the excuses that I always get is we're monitoring the situation we've hired more security as of last Wednesday my husband and I were woken up by patrons at 12:30 at night and I went down and
there was no security at the door so I also found out um being in touch with with um Constable William Gallagher that uh borito did receive a violation for patrons for drinking in line they don't have a good handle on their business
this really concerns me with rockos because we're just going to have more people yelling and screaming outside at night um I'm a little emotional right now because I'm tired this has been going on since November that we've had night after night of sleepless nights
Boro told the town that they've reduced their hours that's true they reduce their hours from 2:00 a.m. until now they close at 12: on a Sunday six nights a week they're open till 2: am and so every night when we go to bed as residents we wonder at what time we're
going to be woken up by their patrons yelling and screaming outside there's lots of other businesses in our building such as the ramen place beside them that has lineups at lunchtime we don't hear those patrons the pop-up bagel shop has lineups of over a 100 people on the
weekend we don't hear those people the common denominator in this is that Boro has drunk patrons or patrons that have been drinking that are loud yelling screaming they have Ubers coming up honking their horns and this goes on until 2:30 in the morning and I would
like to see if we could petition this because I know there's a lot more residents that are very opposed to this but unfortunately they have work and they can't be on this call ma'am you are approaching your two minutes if there's a a final point you would like to can you can also writing to the sure so what
I'd like to ask is how many noise violations does boreto need to receive before suspension of license or their hours are reduced or how do we P petition against this because we're not going to stop fighting this thank you madam chair would you like us to
respond sure then I have a couple questions I I just want to say that with regard to these complaints we're very very very aware of these it's the reason why we had extensive meetings with the neighbors including the echelon building including
the seport neighbor Association and came up with a series of um fixes if you will starting with the sound engineer reviewing the physical plant and coming up with ideas as to where um things
could be done to dampen or decrease the noise level there are apparently some spaces above us uh which were not built properly to begin with we've been working with WS the developer in this regard but we do have to access space
that is not ours to get in to make these fixes but we had a very lengthy we had an hour and a half meeting 48 hours ago to go over all of these matters including noise outside noise inside Uber traffic pickup and delivery
security and I think as Mr Lynn suggested we came up with a series of of compromises and solutions that we think will work and uh but they need to be given a chance to work so we're extremely aware of the concerns that folks have raised and again it's the
purpose for those lengthy meetings we've had you know under the offices of sna over the last month um and you know with an eye towards solving these problems and fixing them and we understand that if we don't um the business will suffer we you know we're lucky we don't have a
lot of uh you know complains and violations but we don't want to be dealing with those going forward so very much aware of the fact that we operate in a residential building and we'll do everything we can to be good neighbors and we think we have some fixes here that are going to help out uh
tremendously so I mean we just we ask for an opportunity to move it forward and if we have problems in the future we understand it you're going to call us in and deal with it can you elaborate on the conditions you guys agree to with Uber security monitoring sound in the
line well it yes ma'am it would include additional security Personnel of ours outside to monitor activity and behavior on lines we're very well aware that among the licensing board's rules and regulations are that the lensy must uh
control its line outside and be lined up in a way that doesn't inconvenience people we're going to add security whose M only job will be to go up and down that area to make sure people are keeping their voices down and you know not yelling loud Etc it's something that we have to do it's going to be more
Personnel but you know it it's it will be done um we're working with uh ws and the building on you know the very difficult issue of uber drop off and pickup it's a problem everywhere in the city as you're well aware uh we we're
we're we're trying different locations but again we it's very hard for an individual business to control where these people come and go from but that's part of our responsibility going forward we understand where most people are picked up and dropped off and we're
going to monitor those areas as best we can but again these are generally within the public realm not within our you know realm of control if you will and then lastly it's the kind of um sealing up of areas above us which in which it appears
there are openings and spaces that should have been taken care of when the building was built and may not have been or may not have been sufficiently done to accommodate the business that we have again above us so you understand the building there's what they call a I
think an event space so it's a space between us and the residential which provides some you know protection if you will but there are openings in in the area between us and that space and between that space and above so we're trying to figure out where all these are and get get people in there to fill them
but we need the cooperation of the building and the developer which WS is helping us with um and you know we hope that this will be successful can I can I add on to this please ju just one moment I just want to see if any other the Commissioners have
any questions commissioner carer commissioner Saxon uh actually what is what's going to be the um difference in capacity from prior to now the new capacity is 65 seat you know restaurant seats and 12 Bar
seats yeah but what's the capacity like the full the overall capacity of the entire space with this addition is approximately 150 that's the total total capacity what was the capacity
before for all three spaces 107 I'm pretty sure was the right was the number so it's the two of the Bor Cheetos kind of a takeout lunch and you know kind of snack place in the front and then the um um Garrett bars is
behind it between the two of them it's approximately 107 with the addition of space c which will hopefully eventually be called rockos it's approximately 150 plus or minus 150 patrons in all three spaces okay thank
you I you might have to reiterate but I I I heard the um the neighbor saying that there was a problem with security that she didn't see security out in the front what is the Staffing um change to address that yeah we went over it very carefully I mean there are you as the
board certainly knows I mean there are busy days of the week and not so busy days of the week we've agreed to now have our security out there even on the non- busy days of the week because apparently a neighbor came down on a I don't know whether it was a Sunday Monday or some non- weekend day it was a
Wednesday night wasn't out there okay and again we've now we've now agreed to have security out there every every night we're open to monitor any line that exists you know even if it's a a weekday you know not a weekend night so that's a
change can I please add some comments here it's not up to me I'm I'm also going to ask if there are any other individuals who have not yet testified who would like to do so everyone has given two minutes so let me first ask are there any other individuals who have not yet testified who would like to do so uh chairman green this is Jared McNab
I'm the general manager for the two budding residential communities that uh have been working with uh Mr quilty and and the Rocco and and boreto team as well as Norm from the sna um these meetings have been incredibly productive
and I think um they've they've helped move the needle along in terms of um concerns expressed collectively by the community the the one um and and Monday's meeting that's the the meeting that Dennis referenced was extremely
productive and um there were some good responses to the asks that uh the community had had put forth the the one of the remaining things that uh and and and I'm just speaking on behalf of a board member now who has requested that
I that I speak up and is unable to access their uh their their device but there's concerns that that a timeline a concrete timeline wasn't settled on some of these uh asks specifically uh with regard to the noise mitigation
inside um inside with regard to the construction so that that was one thing that a board member had requested I speak up on the other one is that um they want to see that there's a commitment to this I hate to go back to the security issue but the security outside of
boreto um not just the rockos establishment and and again this may have been something that slipped through our discussions and is just coming through now I'm channeling the concerns expressed by a board member yeah if I may respond Madam shair
I think we we we addressed I hope we addressed I I thought we addressed the issue that the commitments that we made regarding security noise control Etc relate to all three spaces not just the Roco space obviously we understand that we operate these three components and
and our agreements with regard to security noise control will um respond to all three locations um the other thing I I mean I think Norm Mr Lynn from seport Neighbors um he's put together you know
records of the meetings Etc I I think the general agreement was that we needed time to get the engineer in to review all of the space in question uh and then come up with a timeline for getting the work done but as as the folks who were
at these meetings know that we have a uh it's almost like a a multiple headed problem here in the regard of who owns and controls what spaces so we have the original developer an entity called Cottonwood Who We
Believe are responsible for the work that needs to be done that should have been done two and a half three years ago uh and then ws and then the building ownership itself so we're we just ask for a reasonable amount of time to physically get this work done that we
think will make a big difference going forward and if and I I cannot remember whether Mr Lind had a particular timeline but I'm sure he remembers these conversations quite well and perhaps could weigh in on uh you know what the
timeline is is is to be but we do need some time to get this work done I mean the good news is we're not open so we hopefully will be able to get get this work done between now and whenever we're able to open if we are able to open attorney quilty would you be opening
before that mitigation work was done no but what I mean is we're now we have to go through your process the abcc process I mean this is weeks weeks to go here so my hope is you wouldn't you wouldn't open this extra space without completing
that construction right well that's that's yeah that's the hope and if that's a condition that then there it is that's what we'll do I think we're going to have plenty of time between now and finish end of abcc to get you to get work on I
think Norm is that consistent with what you thought uh yes so I was raising my hand just to say that um uh I do have that working document it shows all the there are four outstanding areas that we thought thought were most important we've touched on those today um we do
have a working document that shows the progress we've made the conversation who's who's contribute to those conversations and uh if it's helpful attorney green I thought I would forward that over to you as a document that be part of part of this in addition there was a document that was circulated
yesterday from Hope Murphy from the management team that is the actual report done by the sound engineer and what the commitment has been that uh we will go over that report uh the engineer will come back and estron Personnel will
accompany him on this trip and uh under understand everything that's going on and the hope is that they'll be able to gain access into the Innovation space right above uh this restaurant area and also to our resident units that uh have the biggest problem with it so they can
truly understand how that sound travels and we'll go on and uh as Dennis said they won't open the new space until all this is done this is what we truly are hoping we're going to hold them to it and I think that gav's team will agree to that um but the problem that's been
talked about by some of the residents exist today coming out of the Bor Cheeto space and so the goal is to fix those problems and then Port those over to the new space as well thank you thank you and Mr Lind if you uh could forward that document we'll make sure that it's shared with the
Commissioners and as part of the record great we send the today today thank you thank you are there any other individuals who have not yet testified who would like to do so uh chair it does look like Moren is looking to make additional comments will we accept that um Moren we'll give you
another two minutes but then we're going to move on we have other items to discuss today okay thank you and I appreciate that um just you know going on to what the lawyer saying like we're working with the neighborhood and being neighborly I I really don't find that to be a truth we've been dealing this with
for almost four months now with sleepless nights I mean sleep is a fundamental right and they keep saying that they're monitoring the situation they're getting more security boreto itself had to call the police one time for unruly patrons because their security couldn't handle it back in
November I mentioned to boroo that The Grand in Seaport has hired police detail out at 11:00 until 2: am. in the morning to help disperse crowds I don't understand why they can't do that they're making enough money as per hope
said back in November B Cheeto is making more money than they ever thought they could imagine so they can afford to do that they just keep saying they're hiring security obviously from their last violation where they had somebody drinking in line their security is not doing the job that it's supposed to be doing and we have their patrons leaving
at night yelling and screaming this happens OA mostly on the weekends but occasionally through the week as well we're fed up and I'd like to know how residents can petition this I know there's not a lot of residents on this call but there's a very large group that is fed up with this so I'd like to know
how we can petition this and have our voices heard because a lot of people are at work today they can't be on this call thank you Moren it is stated in our rules um that a citizen petition can have uh can be provided to the board a group of 25 residents who live within
one mile um happy to talk uh with you offline about that as well um the board could hold an informational hearing about a licy on the petition of 25 residents who are within the one while so thank you I'd appreciate that great with that are there any other individuals who would like to PR
testimony on this matter I guess I I would um just put my video on okay we we can hear me if you could please identify yourself and you'll have to
testimony I'll be brief I'm [Music] Nick I'm one of the uh board members of 135 skateboard Boulevard in on a number of the meetings are you hearing
there's some really really terrible staticky feedback behind you let me how's this better that better thank you okay has better audio now possibly
so uh you I've listen to uh a number of the meetings and uh uh attorney PTI certainly is expressed there's a a lot of awareness of the issues and problems that have uh
resulted uh from uh boreto and the concern is that they'll be Amplified uh with the addition of rockos which will have a significant increase
in the size of the space number of patrons and uh um you know sports bars uh my experience tells me that they're typically uh enthusiastic places that draw
enthusiastic sports fans that uh tend to have some U louder um ways of expressing themselves so um you know I would Echo uh the concerns of the building I know a
lot of the residents aren't here but uh trying to represent their views you know I think there's been certainly the awarenesses there and I've heard the words we'll review it there are ideas there's um you know some uh
thinking going on how how to resolve these different uh issues and complaints but my feeling is that unless there's more specificity around these Solutions rather than we'll
look into it we'll review it we have some ideas about it um I think the in the interest of the 447 residents of echelon versus The One
commercial Enterprise that certainly is entitled to uh work and make money and so forth but my concern is with the 440 7 residential units rather than the one commercial unit and I think it's those
447 uh residents and th over a thousand individuals that are uh being uh well asked to put up with these different uh problems that are caused by the uh
commercial unit um sir you are over your two minutes if there's a point you'd like to make for the board so just um looking for more specificity on these uh uh proposed uh ideas and possible
solutions rather than we'll look into it and we'll uh investigate thank you thank you for your testimony are there any other individuals with us who would like to testify on this matter who have not yet done so uh hey can you hear me we can hear you if you could please identify
yourself my name is Alex Areno I live at 135 SE Port um I just want to be quick I've lived here four years I'm on the corner of B Street and Congress so basically I'm right above where the line
would be um for rockos and I just believe have grown accustomed to the sirens the the loud planes at 5: in the morning to have something else thrown into the MX like a drunk people at 2
a.m. yelling at the bottom of the street um I just I just think it's uh yeah it's crazy to me that they you know with boreto already being a big issue um that's on one side of the building they want to piss off the other
side of the building now so personally um I yeah I would be um I would potentially sell this unit if if it becomes a bigger issue when when this Place potentially gets put in so to me I just think it's uh for these people
paying big taxes and big condo fees they they don't deserve this but that's uh that's all I gotta say thank you thank you once again are there any other individuals uh who would like to testify on this matter who have not yet done so I would like to thank you you'll
have two minutes to do so hi my name is Anna Costa I live at 135 Cort Boulevard uh unit 538 we're renting here going on year three we've looked into buying but you know it's just with all of this going on with
borito we hear music Friday Saturday Sunday sometimes Thursdays constantly calling the front desk nothing's been resolved it's a weekly thing you know no one will talk to us at
porito I don't know what's going on it's very upsetting thank you for your testimony uh are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter any further questions from the board okay uh attorney quilty any response to any final response to any of
the testimony you heard just to say uh attorney green and Madam shair memb the board I mean these These are the matters we've tried to work on I don't know whether the folks you've heard from this morning were on any of the meetings that we've had I I I just don't recall whether any of these folks were present
uh doesn't mean they had to be there but we did discuss a lot of these things and come up with I thought some very concrete mechanisms to begin the process of of fixing these problems we need time as to the gentleman's question about specificity it just some of this is
going to take some time again the beauty is that we have a a period of time now before this license can be acted upon by the city and the state which should provide us ample time to get this work you know started and
completed uh we hope and again if the board makes it a condition of any approval that the work be done first that's that's what we'll do um but but a lot of the matters that have been raised are matters that we spent a great deal of time uh over a couple of very lengthy
meetings and back and forths and writing and emails to to come up with a plan and we think we have a plan that's workable they're very the ownership Mr Mosley very aware he was present at all of our meetings um excuse me he
responded to questions from everybody takes it very seriously understands the depth of the problem and wants desperately to do everything possible to help fix this um and I mean we we just look for an opportunity to do so and again we thank you for your
time thank you if there are no further questions from the board and the board will take this matter under advisement thank you thank you guys thank you calling item number nine wallberg Fenway LLC doing business as wallers located at 132 Brookline a holder of a common
victual or 7-Day alcoholic beverages license has petition for a change of ownership interest attorney Tom Miller attorney Miller be Joyce Commissioners secretary green Tom Miller from M Quil Miller and Hanley in Boston uh on behalf of wallberg way the application before you
today is for uh change of beneficial interest it is a transfer of interest between two related entities under common ownership so while some names are some entity names are changing no actual ownership is changing um the corpor otherwise the corporate structure is
staying exactly the same there is no change to the day-to-day operations of the LC e uh everyone's going to be able to continue to enjoy um wall Burgers as it has been and will continue to be we want to thank thank you for hearing these this application today and I'm
happy to answer any questions you may have thanks attorney I have no questions commissioner Caro 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 board will take this under
advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number 10 tacx Inc doing business as tacx restaurant located at 65 to 67 Maverick Square in East Boston holder of a common vict or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned for a change of officers
directors and also has petition for a change of stock interest attorney Dennis quilty attorney quilty good morning again um attorney green M chair members of the board the matter before you today is a um in internal uh change of officers directors and stock interest uh
from the two individuals who are currently uh listed as uh owner the to um the one to from Maria Vasco and LS Vasco to Maria who's present with us this morning uh who will going
forward be the sole uh shareholder and will be president director and soul shareholder Mr Lewis fao's interests are um um going away if you will so she takes over the business from her former
husband and uh going forward will will be again the sole officer director and shareholder and that is the entirety of the request Maria is here with us if you have any questions uh thanks attorney I have no questions Commissioners do you I
do not thank you none for me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing none the board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank thank you thank you calling item
number 11 Tipsy beer and wine Inc doing business as Tipsy beer and wine located at 739 Parker Street in Mission Hill holder of a retail Package Store wines and M beverages license has petitioned to change the category of the license from a retail Package Store wines and M beverages to retail package store all
alcoholic beverages secondly as petition to change the DBA of the licensed business from Tipsy's beer and wine to Tipsy's market and lastly is petitioned for a change of manager of the license business from sushila Patel to Dro Patel attorney Kristen skanland attorney skanland morning Madam chair members of
the board attorney green Kristen scanland representing the LC e signed on with us this morning are uh Patel families harid and sushila Patel and druen Dia Patel who operate the store together um as attorney green mentioned there are three um changes before the
board this morning one for a change of DBA from Tipsy's beer and wine to Tipsy's Market secondly a change of a manager from sushila Patel to Dro Patel Dro is a US citizen a Massachusetts resident and familiar with the rules and regs of this board in the
abcc regarding the service and sale of alcohol and lastly to upgrade the existing beer and wine license at the market to include Spirits by way of background um harid and sushila own Splendid beer and wine inside Star
Market on com ab and Alon which they've had for approximately seven years and they also run kirkman's Market in Brookline um which they've had operated for over 20 years similarly Dian and Dro and their family own and operate lucky Shamrock in quinsey along with lucky
Wine and Liquors um in quinsey as well where they've been exemplary licenses there uh this particular Market um has been in existence for nearly half a century it's um well known as figo's Market until um The Tipsy team took it
over almost 9 years ago I think a lot of people often still call it that because they've kept the sign a bit in homage to the the previous business that was there for decades but when they took it over in 2016 at that time they undertook several um Renovations and upgrades to
the market including um different product offerings and as far as the physical space is concerned new floors uh ceilings counters and coolers the store itself is approximately 1,500 square ft offerings include staple items
anything from uh beverages to dry goods snacks cereals condiments uh hygiene products uh dairy products a lot of items you'd uh seek to find in a small Neighborhood Market uh to that extent the market is always listening to their customers on products they'd request to
find in the store and do their best to bring it in for people in order to meet the needs of the community the hours right now are 8:00 a.m. to 11: p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday from noon to 11: p.m and those aren't um being sought to change
at all that would stay the same right now the overall floor space dedicated to Beering lne is approximately 55% of the store with the other 45% dedicated to Market items with the addition of spirits the market does not intend to cut any of those existing offerings but
rather reconfigure what's front facing in the store um on this note and because of feedback from the community uh they undertook very specific measurements that we can provide to the board along with floor plans if approved for the upgraded
license the market items to alcohol will be approximately 50 and the lensey is committing committed to keeping this split and will not make any changes without approval from the board uh overall the character of the market and its offerings will not change if the um
board decides to approve this requested upgrade regarding security and safeguards regarding the sale of alcohol the store does have for cameras in their 1500t store 10 throughout the interior of the store and four outside um
actually in the past for unrelated items regarding the store or matters regarding the store BPD has even commented on the quality and Clarity of their camera system they did three years ago upgrade their ID check machine um for an ID checking system built into their Point
of Sales system so everyone that comes in has their ID scanned before they can make the purchase and that software is updated every 30 days they are constantly maintaining the front of the store uh several times a day keeping their storefront clean and they've
also um have installed and maintained improved Lighting on the exterior of the store doing their part to contribute to safer streets and an overall safe neighborhood environment as far as public need is concerned regarding this request uh the regular customers of the market are
customers that walk to and live in the nearby vicinity and it's those individuals whove requested the expanded offering several times over the course of the past couple of years what we've heard from those folks continually is that it is it is largely a matter of convenience to better serve the needs
and desires of the immediate Community uh the close proximity of Tipsy to their homes makes people feel safer especially walking at night that they don't have to walk up to Brigham Circle or across tront street which brings me to the next Point uh there are several there are
other stores I shouldn't say several in the neighborhood that provides spirits but most are concentrated near Brigham Circle and Beyond approximately 0 four miles away or about a 10-minute walk to get there with the exception of Fuentes Market which is on the other side of
traymont street and a market that's on a larger scale than this small Neighborhood Market the leny again is not seeking to change the overall nature of the business uh it's Paramount to them to keep One-Stop shopping in the neighborhood which is seems to be Paramount of the continued feed back
from the community as well and it keeps people shopping local it is a great asset to the community and serves a true Community purpose so they're seeking to maintain that aspect of it even some who have expressed concern regarding the upgraded license have acknowledged that it is indeed a beloved corner store and
that the owners are kind and respectful people who have done a good job with the store uh on its current license the L has been committed to not selling singles and further should this license B accommodated is 100% committed to not
selling nips as well which again I know has been some of the concern voiced by folks regarding this proposal uh this ly has been involved in a very extensive Community process in June of 2024 there was a mayor's office uh of
Neighborhood Services sponsored meeting that was well attended and largely supportive it included support from a direct abutter on Parker Street notably and many again noting convenience and walkability as a factor uh they also mentioned that owners put the community
and safety of the Community First and not having to walk uh all the way down the hill especially with anyone with accessibility concerns is is important to them we did uh reach out to and have received support from the Mission Hill um main streets uh support letter I know
has been submitted to the board along with other local businesses in support and the nearby Fenway High is generally supportive of the owners too who um have support who noted that they've supported the Fenway High School's Community Health and Wellness programming keeping their Boston Public
School students engaged in productive activities clubs and teams and that they note that their ownership is always looking for ways to support their school community and they appreciate all that they do for the neighborhood we also met with Mission Hill Neighborhood a Housing Services and when we met with them their
feedback that was received was that they want a grocery store uh and their concerns were in regards to the ratio the this particular license as I previously mentioned is honed in on those plans and the market will now be 50/50 which would be submitted to the
board again um a note too as well about the grocy aspect this store has never claimed to be a grocery store they've never really attempted to be a full-blown grocery store it always has been about the convenience and adding a little bit of everything that they can possibly add based on feedback from
everyone they really truly have worked hard and do their best to accommodate uh everyone without also having to completely dispose of Highly perishable items for example you when they order from vendors they need to buy a 25 pound box of tomatoes for example if they only
sell five pounds they're throwing away 20 pound so the lensey responds accordingly to customer buying habits and to feedback and request and tries to balance that accordingly from the community groups and their customers uh nonetheless and it was made clear at the
meeting that they committed to keeping Staples um can I just interrupt for a second there is a lot of feedback can everyone mute their their device really hard to hear today sorry um anyways nonetheless and
it was made clear at all the meetings that they're committed to keeping the staple items such as dairy uh hygiene products dry goods and the like um we also and lastly met with the Community Alliance of Mission Hill we met with them twice September and October of 2024
in accordance with their meeting and voting rules I know that uh Community Alliance has submitted a letter in opposition showing a roughly 5050 split of only 24 people casting votes but what's left out of this letter is that over a hundred people attended this meeting and the majority of those were
supporters who did not have their voice or vote counted while the leny certainly respects those who come together month after month volunteering their time for issues and purposes in the neighborhood um it it does doesn't go without saying that the process is a bit flawed the
latter part of this particular meeting in October which ran over two hours on the Tipsy proposal alone was largely dedicated to the board members Suddenly at odds over how to count votes at a hybrid meeting that they've been having for years how to validate attendance at a prior meeting and how to validate
Mission Hill residency in order to determine eligibility to have a V and voice and a vote in the neighborhood the unintended consequence of this was akin to a filibuster leaving people dropping off the meeting because of the disorganization and discussion uh a longstanding member of the group even
encouraged them to proceed with a vote because they knew the majority of people logged on were there to vote and support following the meeting I did ask several questions of the board including but not limited to the number of total attendees for the September and October meetings the total number of the emailed votes
and total number of emailed votes and support and total number of emailed votes and support with residential verification all of which information was refused to me um even the Mission Hill Gazette reported on these meetings noting and I quote there was a ton of
support from attendees at the meeting all in all supporters continued to note the convenience uh aspect and more importantly provided emphasis on the character and good nature of everyone at the store it noted they run a good operation and they do their part in contributing to the overall Market
Improvement in the neighborhood and they made it make it a point to get to know their customers people largely do not see a real issue or big concern that would affect the neighborhood negatively people want the business to thrive so long as the convenience aspect stays which they are committed to doing um I
know the board was forwarded by my office over 600 signatures and support and nearly 60 letters of support of this application I'm sure they you probably received additional emails of support as well um appreciate the board's time as I
know I've taken up quite a bit of it but it's important to note I think the extensive Community process that was undertaken with respect to this application and we are certainly happy to answer any questions or concerns that the board might have thank you attorney scandin we will move to questions from the board at this
time chairman Joyce uh thank you so um and we have the feedback but just to dig a little bit deeper into public need and the location of this uh
license premise to the other place Fuente Market um I haven't been in fent's Market how would you distinguish um how would she distinguish Tipsy from FES if it's distinguishable I'm just
curious there's there are not a lot lot of other places in the area that sell uh the spirits but I just want to get on the record um anything draw our attention to for one it's a lot larger of a market but dreo I just saw that you unmuted and are ready and
prepared to answer this question so I'll let you take that over yes so uh Fus Market is one of the nearby store but it is uh we are on the top of the hill and lot of customers that we have buying
stuff from our store they had uh requested since years like why don't we get this um so by location wise it's not that neat here because up the hill there is not other store who carries the full alcohol license
so that's an issue so in this particular neighborhood even though you're a two-minute walk you would consider being located at the top of the hill distinguishable from um
Fuentes yes some of the feedback too Madam chair that we heard is that especially at night people like to be able to walk in very close proximity and walking across traymont while close in measured distance is farther for them
walking you know at night in public safety being concerned as as well as accessibility issues Crossing traymont straight okay um so is there anything convenience is is a part of this analysis but it's really isn't the definition of public need is there
anything that um Tipsy is offering that isn't being offered or the need isn't being met at fundes which is 0.1 mile away I'm just trying to tease that out a little bit as we I know they offer and they've brought in a lot of international food items and Drew if you
can elaborate on what those items have been that have um that you've increased uh especially last couple of years based off of customer feedback that Fuentes doesn't currently offer so um we offer like kind of international um go Goya uh
sections and Indian frozen foods and packet Foods as well as whatever the customers are looking for for the local uh grocery like cereals and vegetables you have added towards some meat
products um U sliced meats and um eggs are always been there so vegetables and fruits that's also the main thing that the customers they love that we carry okay and attorney scandin will you send
us a floor plan I will what they plan it plan for it to look like yes I can send you the um current floor plan and the future one if it's propo if it's allowed okay thank you um commissioner curen do you any questions then commissioner Saxon yeah not at this time I wait for
comments thank you then 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 Madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of neighborhood services at this time the mayor's office to defer to the Judgment
of this board some background information the community process it was a lengthy one and during that course of the process we've heard uh a mix of opinions on the proposal uh there was a Butters meeting held in March of uh 2022 um where um there was a number of
attendees on who voice support as well as those who also voiced concerns related to The Proposal uh the applicant met twice with the uh Community Alliance of Mission Hill um concerns that were mentioned
there was proximity to high school and potential impact um concerns teachers and students about the loss of uh snacks and other food being offered uh within the business uh there was other concerns raised regarding the potential for trash
um and attracting unruly customers which some alleged has been a problem in in previous summer um being exasperated by the the sale of liquor uh there was also um number of residents who expressed support citing the location the convenience of being able to pop in as well as the character
of the uh the business owners um Civic the Community Alliance of Mission Hill excuse me ultimately voted to oppose although I do want to make mention as as the applicants representation pointed out uh there was a high number of attendees in both these meetings uh that
had expressed support and testified in support uh during those Civic meetings um so with that information we'll defer to the board at this time thank you good morning Madam chair members of the board uh my name is Tony I'm uh gonna read this statement on behalf of
councelor Sharon Durkin uh I appreciate the extensive Community process that the proponent has gone through regarding this application including multiple meetings with neighborhood organizations and engagement with residents and businesses while concerns were raised particularly regarding underage sales prevention and maintaining the balance
between food and alcohol the business has committed to addressing these issues investing in new technologies to safeguard against underage sales and ensuring it remains a neighborhood market for food additionally I feel that the community of Lance of mission Hill's voting process did not fully reflect the
broader input of the neighborhood after weighing all perspectives I have decided to be non- opposed to this application my priority remains ensuring a fair process that represents the voices of all Mission Hill res thank you for your time and consideration good morning Madame of the
chair members of the an Calderon from City councilor alar andry Santana I would like to read councelor Santana's um comments on this proposal on the record we also uh the councelor also sent a letter um on this to the bo
earlier this morning as an a large Boston City councelor I would like to share some feedback I I have received from residents of the Mission Hill Neighborhood regarding regarding this application as you may know this area is home to many students attending nearby
universities and residents to frequently contact my office often daily with complaints about noise from loud parties and disruptive behavior from intoxicated patrons in the Parks and sidewalks of the Mission Hill Neighborhood presidents
have also raised concerns about trash and the overall cleaniness of the area if this liquor license is granted they fear that these issues may be exacerbated by The increased availability of alcohol in the
residential vicinity where tips is located as an immigrant and black man I support small businesses and understand the vital role establishment like tips is play in our communities I respectfully request that the proponent
continue working closely with neighbors and residents to address the concerns that were raised during the community engagement process I respectfully request that the licensing board take these comments into consideration before granting the license thank
you thank you very much are there any other elected officials or the representatives who would like to testify before we move to General testimony hello and good morning please go ahead with was someone else speaking I'm sorry I thought I heard someone
else no NOP you're all said okay awesome I appreciate it good morning Madam chair good morning Mr executive SEC secretary and members of the board my name is Kevin O Sullivan and I'm from councelor Erin Murphy's office Council Murphy would like to stand with the community community Alliance of Mission Hill
Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services in opposition to the expansion of this license based on the information and proposals present presented to those neighborhood organizations at those times thank you very much for your time and consideration thank thank you very much
we'll now move to uh members of the general public the first hand raised is from a Thomas fi uh you will have two minutes to provide your testimony morning uh this is Thomas feni and joining me is also Jay zagami who's the chief of staff for the gromma corpse
uh one of the Grom Corp entities owns the neighboring property at 737 Parker Street and as far back as May of 2024 May May 21st a cease and assist letter was sent to the patels because they have
a a consistently bad habit of keeping garbage on 737 parking Street property and in the alley in between and we've tried to work with them to get them to clean it up and they haven't done so so while the attorney gave a very you know
optimistic uh presentation as to uh they're trying to keep cleaning they haven't done so as late as last week the rats that were attracted by all the garbage left by the patels GW through a dishwasher hose which flooded our
building so I would and I've asked Mr zagami to speak on this issue a little bit more but generally I would ask that the board defer approval until the Patel can show you know video proof they they said they had four cameras around show
proof for at least a month that they can keep the place clean and so that may attend to some of the concerns I heard from Miss Calderon as well about concerns on the neighborhood about the trash so Mr zagami I I'd refer to you sir hi there yeah so this is this has
been an ongoing issue from for months a months and it's I want to actually share my screen here um can you see Thomas can you see my screen I can see it yes okay we're really not they do
not allow screen sharing during our he we're not the board to talk about trash enforcement we're the alcohol licensing board and our standard is the public need of this type of license at this location so I'm going to have to interrupt that sort of testimony we
haveth the trash it's actually a we have we have no authority over trash so all right so I forget the trash um what about items in the alleyway blocking a fire exit because this is a fire exit an emergency fire exit for our residents
and you should call the city and talk to enforcement I I don't I don't hand out tickets I don't hand out fines so I don't know how I could be helpful so none of this is taken into consideration it doesn't go to the public need of a license we do take into
consideration the character and fitness of the owners but um at this point I don't think this is the right place to talk about uh trash and a private dispute between a neighbor and the owner well if I if I may uh just briefly on
that issue that the character and fitness of of the owners of this property given the fact that they have ignored the season assist given the fact that they have continued to place garbage in between should act as a shadow on their Fitness to increase the
range of what they're offering which is going to increase the garbage in the area so we're not asking to not Grant it what we'd like to see is this board you know impos a contingency where they show proof that they can keep the area clean
which would to the their character and fitness to run the business and the increase in the license that they're requesting that's all we're trying to do thank you and Mr zagami if you would like to provide uh that photo or anything else to the board you may do so in writing which is licensing board at
boston.gov we'll make sure that's submitted to the Commissioners for the review we'll do thank you thank you thank you um attorney skin any any response uh would you like to respond to any of that before we move on to the rest of the testimony yes thank you um as far as trash is Con
concerned I I'm you know unaware of the SE ass this letter wasn't sent to me um but this was a concern that was raised back in an initial process in 20122 three years ago and it's something that even Community Alliance um commented on
that they don't really see it as an issue if anything the biggest trash issues are coming from the high school students who potentially litter along the way to and from school and on move in big move in move out days so uh that being said that that's all the commentary we have right now but I know
that uh the pels are happy to have an open dialogue with their neighbors and do whatever they can to ensure that they're not en encroaching if they even are on their property um uh as far as trash is concerned and come up with a plan again if it it is it is on them um
to to resolve this issue that you're bringing up now no thank you I I will send you a copy of that of the videos and everything else like that thanks again my comments are that like we don't control the trash but
and and I would rather you work this out outside a public hearing that I can't reach over and and enforce so um it is this concern was at the time of
September um at the time of moving in and out so that's couple of days that usually most of the areas they are trying to uh get clean off the trash but it's little bit of um sensitive Time On
That September 1st but it was been done within a week it was been all cleared and was been worked out thank you we'll move on to the remainder of the testimony I see a few more raised hands the next hand is from
Ryan ducet uh Mr duet you may please un mute yourself and you'll have two minutes to provide your testimony good morning everyone uh from the board um my name is Ryan I'm a Mission Hill resident for three years I live at 23 Cherokee Street 24 years old I have a few points I want to make first
off I want to say that the members um who staff tips beer and wine they are phenomenal people upstanding people within the community um I work with the Dana fber Jimmy fund the past three years and they've always been a sponsor they've always donate us whatever resources um that we've needed they
definitely are upstanding individuals within the community and they do go um far very beyond kind of what a regular store would in this community to kind of serve the community in many different ways I think that them going through this uh process to get a further liquor license is another way they'll be
serving the community and U being a Boston resident my whole life I want to note that Mission Hill has always been an underserved Community when you look back to less than a century ago Mission Hill was Redlin and that's prevented a lot of different um zoning practices as well as Licensing in the community when
you look at Mission Hill in the four Hill neighborhoods near rockbury Crossing station as well as the Jackson Square station all the way down to Hyde square and Heath Street there really isn't any liquor licenses serving the community with the exception of four that are crowded right next to uh Brigham Circle um living in the middle
of Mission Hill I have to say that going to Brigham is definitely out of the way and going to Fuente's Mark which is past Tremont Street is another half CLE given the messy intersection I also want to elaborate that fent is itself um it boasts a parking lot and I think it's
very important to note that when people go to Fuentes they drive and I think that as a member of the community it's kind of a danger when the only option for people to get liquor is somewhere they drive to uh tips is placed geographically in a perfect part of the Hill it's up the hill it's super easy for people to walk to and I think that
kind of mitigates a lot of the risks that come with you know people driving to pick up liquor and the same light I want to just mention that um the the concerns from the schools uh or just the proximity to the schools I think are
shortsighted every time I've been to uh Tipsy beer and wine they always have at least three people within the store someone behind the counter someone doing walks around the store and also people doing inventory um also there's plenty of times there's people on the street so I think that tips has a very um
operationally Sound business I also think that two minutes if there's a final point you yes my final point is just that just because they're in close proximity to fent's uh beer and fent's Market I think it's a social Equity issue that this business would not get a license where there's a license doing
the same exact thing just two minutes down the road thank you thank you for your testimony the next hand I see raised is from Emily James you may please unmute and you'll have two minutes to provide your testimony hi um I'm providing a comment on behalf of Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services which is a community group in
Mission Hill um and I am I will be reading the letter that we sent to attorney scanland on August 5th the issues in this letter still stand um as you know Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services is a direct abutter to this establishment owning affordable housing um at 7-17 DAV
we first interacted on a license renewal by your client after receiving a number of complaints about destabilizing activity in and around the store in 2022 at that time staff and board members represented the organization at both the abutters meetings and took some pictures and reviewed the for floor plans of figuro Art Market now owned and operated
by Tipsy at which time we noted a 75 to 25% split of alcohol to groceries we discussed the need for Staples milk bread produce eggs at a walkable location for seniors and families living nearby we ultimately supported a license renewal for wine and Malt Beverages that would include provisors for no nip
singles um cleaning trash in and around across the street and a provision of detail security to try and deal with some of the negative activity we recognized that beer and wine were important to the economics of the store but stressed that this needed to be a grocery free store and not a liquor store in 2023 you reached out about
expansion of the liquor license for hard liquor and spirits but before we fully reviewed and or commented the effort was paused when you presented to Mission Hill NHS board a few weeks ago you put forth that the store at 739 Parker Street was now 70% groceries to 30%
alcohol and that that ratio of use of square footage would not be would sorry would be retained under the new license and could be managed by a Proviso with a floor plan that would not allow changes if that the 70% to 30% alcohol split if that were reality we would be truly
pleased that the owners were balancing the needs for a corner store grocery market with the selling of alcohol however as you know during our virtual meeting one of our board members stopped into um Tipsy at 739 Parker Street and demonstrated that it remains more of a 70 to 30% alcohol to food split with
only a few tiered baskets next to the cast register for produce most of which were empty the mezanine area with alcohol um is from Florida ceiling with beer and wine we think that the square footage argument is a bit disingenuous we would like to support a corner store a corner grocery store that provides
produce fruits vegetables potatoes cheese milk eggs bread Frozen Sinners snacks and some personal hygiene products and cleaning projects in a true 70 to 30% split of the sales area as of now Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services opposes the proposal the store
needs to be a local grocery market and there is no need to sell hard liquor at this location located in a resident resal neighborhood on a residential street and immediately adjacent to Affordable family housing there is no need for full retail package store all alcohol beverage license at this location as one is located two blocks
away on Parker Street we thank you and your client for your review of the issues raised here our understanding is that you have not applied for a new license at the time this is relevant to the letter in August um we're open for more conversation thank you um we do have that record on vile as well so thank you
Miss James next hand as he raised is from Nick mascolo Mr mascolo you may unmute and please provide your testimony you'll have two minutes to do so how you doing everyone uh my name is Nick um I've been a Mission Hill resident for almost four years now and uh first I
just want to highlight that letter was extremely disconnected from reality I was just in uh Tipsy the other day it is 5050 um very very clear um I think you know with that letter and a lot of the
opposition from Community alliances and um some of the city members that have talk today seems extremely trivial um like Ryan said FES is right down the street there's no reason for Tipsy to
not be granted this license in my opinion there's a need uh for liquor in the neighborhood and I think that's what ultimately matters um a lot of factors not directly related to this license
have been discussed I think it's just dragging on at this point I've been to multiple meetings every time there's trivial reasons that don't necessarily relate to the fact that there is a demand for part alcohol in the neighborhood so um these are exemplary
business owners um they've jumped through all the hoops and I'll leave it at that thank you thank you for your testimony next s he rais is from Ian o am going to ask you to unmute and you will have two minutes to provide your testimony hi there I'm sorry about my uh
camera not being able to come on I'm at work currently but um yeah my name is Ian uh I've been a Mission Hill resident for uh about two years now uh and I'm a frequent uh customer at tips both groceries and beer and wine um and I just I was asked to speak and I was
happy to do so um just to give a little bit of like just to give a character testimony I guess to the uh the owners and the employees um very nice people uh and I think that that goes into the uh reason why I would support uh their business expanding even with business
like Fuentes in the vicinity uh it's just because the um ability to shop local and support uh your local place especially when you're in uh Community like Mission Hill that very much feels like um a place where you would want uh local businesses right on location um
it's just a it's a good feeling um and it's something that you know since I moved onto the hill uh as a student I have um I've always wanted to do so I I'm always here to support their local business expansion I can't really speak much on the any of the technical arguments though um so thank
you thank you very much the next handra is from yanis Bina uh you will have two minutes to provide your testimony as well all right hey everyone my name is jannis benyamina so um I've been a resident on Su street so right behind Tipsy market for the last seven years
now I'm 31 years old I also owned a business on shont Street um that was called coner property so so for me Tipsy Market has always been a reliable well-run convenience store with some fantastic staff that I do think they go above and beyond for the community and we saw it through all the meetings
they've been through um they they do offer they actually for me they're like a one you know a One Stop um of every time I'm French I cook a lot and you know anytime I've I've been looking for something I've found it over there without having to go to stock market um
yeah then not Som K stop and shove down the street but um adding the fully liquor license is very important for me um just for my main reason also is just not having to go over to uh Fuentes because just the crossing and unfortunately um I'm sorry to say it but
the demographic over there at night is is is can be scary I know my wife she would never go there past 8 o'clock or she feels unsafe um walking up the street to Tipsy on the top of the hill is just so much easier and um and yeah so I'm fully in support of this so
that's it thank you that is the last hand that I see raised are there any other individuals uh who' like to testify on this matter who have not yet done so yeah I want to I want to add something about Tipsy my name is sammer
and I have been the resident of mement from last two years um as a regular customer tipy I can personally feel that they offer welcoming and secure environment their store is always organized the staff is professional and helpful and they they ensure
responsibilities the business practices I support Tipsy because they provide a safe and well-managed customer friendly shopping experience overall tipy is a great addition to the community offering quality products excellent service and the safe shopping experience that's why
I strongly support them to obtain their license thank you thank you very much I will ask again are there any other individuals who have not yet testified in this matter who wish to do so hey uh I would like to add something I'm Sida and I'm resident of uh Mission
Hill uh so being a 24 year old it's really and having a very less access to the transportation I feel that tips's the location is quite appropriate and it the owners have been good overall to the
customers we also get all the necessary things over there and uh I feel that giving a license to them would be uh helpful for all all the neighbor Community because we don't have to walk across the street uh being a single I
don't have access to father so it's a bit onstop shop thing so I support this project thank you uh one more time are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter who have not yet done so
so sir I would like to testify my name is Rakesh Sony I am the direct a berter I am the owner of 731 Parker Street which is like four houses from Tipsy and I know them for many years and
it has been a very nice store and I fully support this project thank you thank you very much are are there any additional uh individuals would like to testify who have not yet done so any additional questions from the board following the
testimony and just one last chance attorney scan if there are any final comments You' like to make following the testimony you've heard um just briefly I know um and this is going back to Connor's Newman statement which he was the first on but just to clarify we did start a process
three years ago and hit pause on that after hearing feedback from uh community members including Community Alliance of Mission Hill Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services and feedback that was received in an abutters meeting back in 2022 um in order to address those in
order to address those in a positive effort to make a positive impact not only on the store but for its customers Mission Hill residents and the overall Community which is when it was uh the process was reignited last year in 2024 two years later addressing those uh
concerns so I think largely a lot of what's being brought up is stuff of the past which again I would submit that at the in particular at the Community Alliance of Mission Hill meeting um many folks acknowledged that that those um issues that were brought up in 2022 had
been addressed and resolved um with positive efforts by the business owner so just wanted to say that appreciate the board's time um and consideration of of this request thank you if there are no further questions from the board uh then the board will take this matter under advisement and I will be sure to forward
a copy of the floor plan as soon as it is received thank you thank you moving on calling item number 12 King and ey Corporation doing business as king and ey located at 145 Charles Street holder of a common Vil or 7-Day wines and M beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license and the location
from King and I corporation located at 145 tril Street to 400 wblc doing business as carara located at 400 West Broadway premise consists of 3350 ft restaurant on two floors first floor and B basement connected by a stairwell and
elevator neither accessible to other floors with one entrance and three exits 1,870 square foot first floor includes dining area seating and a traditional bar with seating and one restroom 1,480 ft basement level includes additional dining area Main Kitchen locked
inventory storage and two restrooms Michael Lombardi junor manager 1: a.m. closing hour and additionally the applicant has petitioned to change the classification of its license to a wines M Beverages and Lor's license pursu to the authority contained in chapter 481 of the acts of 1993 attorney Elizabeth
lashway attorney lashway good morning attorney green and board members thank you for your time this morning I represent 400 wbl LLC and they are applying to transfer a wine and Malt Beverages on premise license and CV license from kinging ey Corporation to
400 wblc also a change of the location to 400 West Broadway to add cordials and with a 1:00 a.m. closing time um by way of background again the the address here is 400 West Broadway in South Boston
it's a multi-story building and the proposed location will be on the basement in the first level of the building this is a first class pizza restaurant owned by Michael Lombardi and several others Michael Lombardi by way of background is the proposed manager of
record he's a US citizen a Massachusetts resident and he's tip certified Michael's familiar with the Boston licensing boards and the ABC's rules and regulations he's the manager record and sole owner of the C Cara restaurant in Cambridge and he's worked in the
restaurant industry for almost 20 years he's a graduate of BU and also attended The Culinary Institute of America he trained as a chef in restaurants in Italy and Paris for two years he worked for a Michelin starred restaurant in New York City and he's the co-owner of SRV
which is a successful Italian restaurant in the South End of Boston his accolades include best of Boston Italian for SRV almost every year SRV has been open he was a recipient of zags 30 under 30 in 2015 in 2020 starf named him a regional
Rising starf for Boston seara is on the eater 28 of the top 38 restaurants in Boston to dine and seara was named 48 in the US for 50 top pizza in Italian organization ranking pizzeria around the
world the proposed hours of operation are Monday to Friday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. uh the restaurant layout and description is that uh it's 300 sorry
3,350 Square ft has one entrance three exits the seating capacity and occupancy are to be determined but the proposed number of seats is 90 with a proposed occupancy of 100 um and they intend to have 14 seats at the bar which is
located on the first floor some safeguards um to mention is that all front housee employees will become tip certified carara intends to have a policy to card all customers under the age of 30 and they intend to
have a written policy regarding the sale of alcohol the safe sale of alcohol for their employees U by um ways of public need uh this is an urban area that is mixed residential and Commercial the nearest
section 12 license is to Loco takaria and oyster bar which is on the same block as 400 West Broadway other restaurants in the neighborhood include Lincoln Tavern and Restaurant Leela's American Tavern in Lulu green um there should be no increase to traffic we
expect that most of the customers will live and work locally and travel to the restaurant by foot or public transportation which is by bus um there's a bus stop right next door there is on street parking and employees will be encouraged to take public
transportation or ride a bike secara will offer its full-time employees 50% off of Transportation um there's no evidence that granting of a Comm Vier alcohol license for this restaurant would
increase the level of Noise We intend to apply for a non-live entertainment license down the road and music will only be played at or low conversation level secara is installing sound buffers to limit noise and provide good
Acoustics this is a modes sized restaurant um as I mentioned a moment ago and in terms of the reputation of the applicant I I mentioned that Michael Lombardi is an awardwinning restaurant tour and he's been in the restaurant industry for almost 20
years um his other restaurants SRV in Boston and SEC car and Cambridge have Stellar reputations both of them have had liquor licenses from their Inception and neither has ever been charged with a liquor license violation neither Mr Lombardi nor his co-owners have a
criminal record and I'll I'll note that there is a school within 500 feet of 400 West Broadway St St Peter Academy we did provide them with notice of this application and hearing as required by Statute and we request that the board find that the restaurant would not be
detrimental to the activities of the school and we respectfully request that this application be granted Michael Lombardi is on this Zoom with us and either of us are happy to answer any questions I I believe there are representatives of the U current leny
transfer or um also on the zoom if you have any questions for them thank you uh thank you I might have question at the public testimony but before we get there um when would you be expecting to open uh we're looking to open the late
summer August September okay thanks uh commissioner car or commissioner Saxon no questions at this time 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 Connor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office to defer to the Judgment of this board some background information the community process ons had hosted an AB Butter's meeting on December 12th of 2024 uh there were no attendees in the abutters
meeting uh there was one resident who reached out expressing concerns about the closing time which was 2: a.m. originally proposed uh the applicant agreed to shift it to 1:00 a.m. to address that concern uh they met with the St Vincent uh neighborhood association uh which was uh not in
opposition to this proposal we're unaware of any concerns at this time with that we'll defer to the board thank you thank you Connor are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter any further questions from the
board with that the board will take this matter under advisement thank you very much thank you thank you calling item number 13 Northern Avenue Hospitality Inc doing business as gather located at 75 Northern AV holder of a common vict or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license
and the location from Northern Avenue Hospitality Inc at 75 Northern AV to BT eer LLC doing business as Tradesmen located at 60 Guest Street premise consists of in one large room on ground floor comprised of various seated dining areas with approximately 45 seats
and bar with approximately 11 seats kitchen and storage space 1,626 ft indoors together with an annual outdoor patio on private property with seating for 22 patrons and a 10 p.m. closing hour 500 ft Outdoors indoor closing hour 1:00 a.m. comprised of a total of 2,126
square ft with one entrance and three exits Bridget Duval manager secondly has petitions to play the license to 60 Guest Street owner LLC attorney Dennis quilty once again attorney quilty once again good morning uh attorney green Madam chair members of the board Dennis
quilty attorney representing the uh transferee BT ER LLC DBA Tradesman uh this is a um restaurant entity owned by Mark geslak and Macky durovich who own and operate a number of restaurants in
the city and licensed by this board finp Point Amber Road the Tradesmen on battery March Street Tradesman in Charlestown and the urban wild in Charlestown with us as well this morning is the proposed manager of record Bridget Duval who has a lengthy uh
experience in the industry as we'll hear in a moment um this is a an application to open a third Tradesman restaurant which is a um basically an American restaurant and Cafe which we see to be
an amenity for this new building at at the address we're seeking to at 60 Guest Street we're seeking to occupy an amenity for the new building and the neighborhood in general um this the space is uh 54 seats indoor we're
requesting 1: a.m closing hour with a 10 p.m. closing hour for patio seating excuse me um M uh Duval has uh experience working with uh the same restaurant operation as
that owns this proposed space as well as had worked at committee and the Beehive uh in the years since 2015 to present um she's a US citizen and a Mass resident otherwise qualified to be a manager of record with regard to our community
process we had an ons of Butters meeting on July 9th we met with the Brighton Austin Improvement Association on August 1st and received received a vote of support from them at that meeting um as we uh appear before you today we're
unaware of any objections uh we find that think that this will be a fine full service restaurant addition to the neighborhood and we are present and ready to answer any of the board's questions this morning so thank you very much
thank you we'll see if there are any questions at this time chairman Joyce uh thank you attorney did we cover the manager record questions in your I just I just suggested she's has experience in the industry over 10 years um she works presently for the same
company which will own this operation at 60 Guest Street uh she's a US citizen a Mass resident um um so I I think we covered it but certainly are you familiar with the rules and regulations of the board the abcc and the the common
law pertaining to the sale service of alcohol I am there she is um I have no questions commissioner car commissioner sa no questions for me 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 Madam chair members of the board Connor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's offic defer to the Judgment of this board as you heard from the applicant's representation uh when Ed host Butters meeing over the summer
uh with no concerns raised they went on to meet with the Brighton Austin Improvement Association uh which voted to support this proposal with that will defer to the board thank you thank you thank you madam chair and members of the board my name is Sydney I'm from councelor Flynn's office
councelor Flynn would like to go on record and support thank you thank you thank you are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing none the board will take this under advisement as well thank you very much thank you uh the board is
going to request a brief recess uh before the next item we will return here in 5 minutes so we will restart at 11:57 a.m. I will see you in 5 minutes thank you all okay we will resume with item number 14 now calling 2418 Club Inc located at
24 Washington Street in Dorchester has applied for a club all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above 3,800 foot membersonly Lounge on the basement level of Prince Hall Grand Lodge with three entrances and three exits current occupancy is 25 includes
seating for 140 and bar with seating for 28 office and storage in the rear James Whitehead Junior manager 2 a.m. closing hour and just for the board's awareness this is an existing lensee who was unable to renew their license for 2025 due to the unavailability of previously
approved officers with that who is present on behalf of the applicant I am J Whitehead Jr great thank you for being with us Mr Whitehead um if you could please just briefly uh present the the concept and um any changes to the license to the board well currently the
we have no uh have we are doing no changes to the license at all um The Proposal is it's as usual this club was established over 50 years ago it's a members Club um to provide service to the community and as you mentioned about
the previous manager he fell sick and he actually passed away last week sorry to hear that uh thank you Mr Whitehead sorry for your loss um I'm going to walk you through the four manager of record questions we ask every applicant for
manager of record and you can answer yes or no um are you a citizen yes are you a resident in Massachusetts yes I am do you have experience in the food and beverage industry yes I do over 40 years I
currently work for a university um where we serve close to 2,000 students daily um I'm surf certified I'm also tip certified I'm also allergy certified I also retired from the military which on that end I saw also did quarter Mass
overseeing uh cafeterias and and things like that little nervous new to me thank you um are you familiar with the rules and regulations of our board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth as they pertain to the sale and service of alcohol yes I am great thank you I have
no questions commissional do you I do not thank you no questions and our condolences thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives Madam chair members of the board Connor Newan with the mayor's
office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office to defer to the judge from this board um due to no operational changes here uh ons do not require Community process uh we don't Envision any uh negative impacts on the on the neighborhood uh with that we'll defer 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 thank you Mr Whitehead for being with us thank you calling item number 15 Jazz Orban Cafe LLC doing business as Jazz Orban
Cafe located at 2296 to 2306 Washington Street in roxburry has applied for a common vit or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above first floor and basement of Municipal Building located at 2296 to 2306 Washington Street comprised of bar
and table seating for 172 private dining with 15 seats total indoor seating 187 seats kitchen storage office washrooms and green room located at rear of first floor additional storage and basement altogether comprised of 7800 sare ft with one entrance and two exits 2 A.M
interior closing hour manager William Banfield Closing Time 2 am attorney Dennis quilty attorney quilty good morning again attorney green Madam chair members of the board it's uh very very happy to be before you this morning on this application which is uh a long time
coming I'm joined this morning by proposed manager of record Bill Banfield as well as Jeff Cleveland attorney who's been working with Mr Banfield and his team to get this matter approved since uh uh back in 19 2022 uh the board will
recall that this is a license granted by special legislation in the year 2022 to be located at the bowling building in uh the heart of Roxbury in the in the new
um uh Nubian square and uh this has been approved by the board previously in 2023 uh it was then sent to the abcc where a number of um administrative issues were uh discovered by the abcc
which resulted in a a basically a return no action uh the uh folks involved in this reached out to me in my office um some time ago and we began to help them uh right away to get this matter back before the board and hopefully back
through you to the abcc for final approval as the board is well aware the community is is uh very desirous uh of of seeing this application approved seeing this location brought to life uh and the Jazz Urbane Concepts become a
major part of uh Boston Roxbury Newan Square um the uh folks who are behind this are from many varied walks of life in and around the city um it's a a very very neighborhood-based powerful group
of individuals powerful in terms of what they want to do here for the community I do want to point out with regard to Mr Banfield although he is a US citizen and a Mass resident his experience is uh in in uh the the world
of of music and uh his uh positions in the past as a professor of Music uh he is what you would call a placeholder at this point in time once we are ready to go become operational there will be a
new manager of record proposed a person who they will choose who has experience in the food and beverage industry in addition to being the proper citizenship and and residents um so again we we this is the same application that you approved in
2023 there were some fix-ups and cleanups and uh we're back before you and hope that you will approve this matter so that it can go forward and Jazz Orban can finally come to fruition uh in the heart of Roxbury so we're happy to take any of your questions and
Mr bfield is on with us as well so we're ready ready to answer your questions thanks attorney quilty thank you M bfield for waiting so long and for your patience um GL we got this right I don't have any questions at this time commissioner Caro commissioner Saxon no
questions for me thank you thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to T 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 is obiously to defer
to the Judgment of this board as you heard from the appc representation uh this previously went through a lengthy Community process a lot of ant anticipation from the community about the opening of this uh of this uh commercial space um we're unaware of any concerns presently and as previously
testified back in 2022 I will defer to the board thank you thank you thank are there any other individuals who would like to testify board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you following item number 16 ravello LLC
doing business as Molinari located at 789 Adam Street in Dorchester has applied for a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above 4,000 square ft first floor area consists of single entrance with outside vestibule open
kitchen of 326 ft a 12 seat bar and table seating for 36 two bathrooms were washing kitchen 113 ft prep kitchen 232 ft and basement for dry storage 2,000 square fet manager Jeffrey Chata Closing Time 11:00 p.m. attorney uh lucasses
attorney casses good morning attorney green Madam chairman members of the board lucases for molaris molaris has been a fixture in Adams village now for about eight years they currently have a wind and maltt with cordial license they want up upgrade that to an all alcoholic
restaurant license um Mr sin Carter has had 30 or 40 years experience in the industry he was the head chef of charlesb a country club for 25 years has had molaris in Dorchester and also rello in uh Watertown for the last seven or
eight years also uh we met with the Adams Village I'm sorry the U as Adams Village Association the ashmon association and the Ceda Grove Association along with an abdas meeting and we received unanimous um support
from all of the groups as most of these people are customers of mol and Aries and freak with the restaurant very often um any questions we'd be happy to answer but the operation will remain the same other than all alcoholic versus wine and malt by the way the um this restaurant
does not serve alcohol without food if you go to the bar to eat you can you can order off the menu e and have a drink but you cannot order a drink and just drink any uh thank you attorney and thank you for joining us Mr sinata I don't have
any questions commissioner Saxon or Commissioner Karen uh not at this time thank you questions 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 Clon Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's off like to defer to the Judgment of this board as you heard from the applican representation there was a full community process involving in a Butter's meeting on December 17th uh no concerns were raised in that meeting residents were
supportive uh the appan then went on to meet with uh Cedar Grove as well as the Ashmont Adams uh neighborhood association uh which was supportive we're unaware of any concerns at this time with that will defer to the board thank you thank you Conor are there any other
individuals would like to testify in this matter board will take the CER advisement as well thank you very much thank you and finally calling item number 17 kitchen and Cocktails by Kevin Kelly Boston LLC doing business as
kitchen and Cocktails by Kevin Kelly located at 100 Arlington Street has applied for a common vit or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license to be exercised on the above restaurant space on first floor of building totaling 9,232 square feet with dining rooms bar
of 38 seats bathrooms kitchen and storage located in basement seasonal outdoor patio April to October cons uh containing 375 sare ft on private property with 14 seats patio with a closing hour of 11:00 p.m. main entrance located on Arlington Street two
emergency exits on Arlington Street side of building and one additional exit located on Stewart Street side of building manager Tyler Castro Closing Time 12:30 a.m. attorney Adam barnoski attorney barnoski yes thank you attorney green good morning Madam chair uh commissioner
Saxon current Adam barnowski attorney 255 State Street in Boston um on behalf of the applicant for the property located at 100 Arlington in Bay Village with me is Kevin Kelly the LLC owner and operator along with Tyler Castro the
proposed manager of record we are here regarding a request for new section 12 all alcoholic beverage license to be utilized in connection with kitchen and Cocktails A fullservice Neighborhood Restaurant some background on the concept kitchen and Cocktails is known for its unique take on Southern Comfort
Food creative cocktails and atmosphere it is a neighborhood and a community focused restaurant with current locations in Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Dallas and Washington DC the restaurant is popular for dishes like fried lobster tails shrimp and grits chicken and
waffles and other classic soul fruit offerings the concept was created by Mr Kelly who is the sole owner and in addition to being a restaurant tour is a licensed attorney and entrepreneur well known for his community engagement and commitment to fostering Equitable and
diverse workplaces in the community where he operates um at its core this is a fullservice neighborhood Friendly restaurant which takes pride in offering fresh ingredients and a variety of changing menu items the beverage program uh will play a very important role in
the operation with numerous beer wine and craft cocktails as part of their daily offerings uh briefly about the property it's located on Arlington Street on the Northern block of Bay Village uh where Stewart and Columbus Avenue intersect on the corner of
pedmont uh on on the corner sorry with pedmont street to the South uh the restaurant will be located on the ground floor of the Arlington a 13 story uh mixed use uh retail Residential Building it will have approximately 9200 Square
ft seating for 181 including 38 bar seat seats seasonal outdoor patio with 14 seats approximately 375 Square ft with a main entrance on Arlington uh the restaurant will open seven days a week we are seeking a closing hour of 12:30
although the operation will likely close at 10m on week days and 11: PM on weekends consistent with their other locations they will have lunch and dinner service with a brunch served on Saturday and Sunday um this will be a dining Centric establishment with a
focus on food however as I mentioned alcohol is does play an important role here uh but I do want to stress the how this concept will be uh differentiated from um other prior Concepts at this location with some former iterations
having more of an evening Focus occasionally with promoter driven entertainment that is not uh kitchen and Cocktails which is a food and experience driven uh restaurant with uh without late night entertainment uh as I
mentioned Tyler Castro is the proposed manager of record he has over 12 years of retail and Hospitality experience in both ownership and management roles for the last four years he has held a director position with kitchen and Cocktails and relocated to Boston to work on this new development he will
oversee hiring training management uh of alcohol sales and service uh a resume was provided which includes more of his experience uh briefly regarding community outreach we have conducted ex extensive Outreach we've been regular contact with the mayor's office of
Neighborhood Services the applicant uh and their team has met several times with the Bay Village neighborhood association uh and there has been overwhelming support for Mr Kelly the proposed business and for the activation of the new license here um so now I would like uh if the board will allow it
to introduce cevin Kelly to speak directly about his concept and about the project and then if the chair would allow uh after that if I could talk briefly about the elements of public uh with that uh Kevin well good morning good afternoon
everybody how are you doing today I'm I'm really really excited to be on I don't know if you're ever going to get to me it seems like it was 300 people speaking before but I'm excited um Boston is really really important to me and to my restaurant uh we started this brand four and a half years ago and
you know we were initially surprised at how much love and outpouring of support we' received across the country but now that we've been in Dallas Chicago DC Charlotte Atlanta and now we're planning to come to Boston we're really really happy um Boston was an awesome choice for us to come to I actually came to
Boston my son's had a soccer game against Harvard they lost the game um but I didn't see any food that was similar to what my restaurant has and I said you know this could be a very very good opportunity to force to come to a good community and to bring things to the table that we think can make Boston better and and Boston is already
fantastic but what we offer is we offer southern food you know our food primarily is chicken and waffles shrimping grits cat catfish creative cocktails and the public has gravitated to this concept you know we serve food that is often seen in the South and different areas but now we're in primary
areas that are across the country in Dallas we're in a 53,000 foot building that I own that's next to a historic theater downtown in DC we are about a mile away from the White House in Chicago We're in the downtown area of River North in Charlotte we're in the
downtown area called Uptown and now we've been fortunate enough to come to Boston and find a fantastic space at 100 Arlington um we're very very humbled and appreciative of the support that we've had uh since ward has been announc that we're coming to the city the community has been great to us um from our attorneys our team even the people that
we've been working with um who are helping us with sign and so on and so forth Boston has been fantastic and we are committed to being fantastic to Boston too um I was even on vacation and ran into people from Boston and they were speaking so well about the community and the need for this type Concept in Boston and the need for
minorities to believe in Boston and I do and I'm going to bring the best to this community um I was going to share my screen but I see that that's been taken off after the uh alley incident but anyway I'll kind of share what I was gonna what I was going to uh give to you um we're active in the communities across the country in Dallas we have
code drives for 200 uh kids each year we're going to do the same thing in the Boston area in Dallas we give away scholarships of 20 plus college students a semester we're going to do the same thing in the Boston area as well um we work with shelters we work with the under we do so much because a community
is good to us my restaurants has had a good number of success but with great success comes much obligation too and we understand that coming to this Market we're going to have an obligation to this community and we will make sure that we exceed the community's expectations uh to start with opening
this restaurant we're going to bring 100 jobs to this community uh and we're very very excited about that um with the success that has come over the years now there is big demand for our concept in the past two weeks I've looked at 25 plus proposals for us to open in Miami
in Virginia beach in Houston in a number of other places and it's all good and dandy but our Focus right now is on Boston and if given the opportunity to have a liquor license to come to this community um I can promise we're not going to let you down we're going to give you our absolute best as it relates to hospitality um with that said if
there are any questions that you all would like for me to answer um I'm excited to talk I'm excited to be on the call with you all and I'm happy to give you whatever you may want from me great thanks Kevin uh Madam chair may may I talk a little bit about uh about public need yes please go ahead y great
thank thank you and and and Kevin actually did Cover you know a few a few of the things so I'll try to make some of the application portion short but but you know I did want to you note that this you this location was uh you know previously licensed by the board um and
while you know prior lure is not presumptive of a showing of public need uh many if not more of the elements required for public me really exist in this neighborhood and at this location um so regarding location and saturation the property it's located in Bay Village
you know this neighborhood spans you know west from the Mass Pike and Columbus Avenue up easterly to where Stewart meets Charles and down uh traymont back to the Pike and this property in particular sits on the Northern portion of of the Bay Village
neighborhood um and while this Northern portion does consist of a mix of retailers and uh and residential uses the prime the primary use and the vast majority of the use of this neighborhood of of Bay Village uh is residential uh particularly the blocks that are north
of the Mass Pike and while there are a cluster of licenses um on the Northern portion of Bay Village most of them are located um uh there are clusters that are mostly located west to Back Bay and
East to Chinatown and um there's a dir of licenses really in the Back Bay Area and the small the small amount of handful of licenses that exist are really ancillary to the entertainment of the Theater District and the Travel Centers they are hotels they are
steakhouses and you don't have a a local neighborhood uh Centric restaurant which we think is a void that that this restaurant will fill um and also in addition to being a neighborhood spot um it can also gravitate towards some of
those more commercial uses and people who might be in the area for um for the theater or for travel um so so that is a unique element um and as it relates to to to to the neighborhood and and this proposed use now as the board is aware
uh like in many other parts of the city uh this area has seen a share of closur in recent years a lot of about a lot of it was related to Fallout from the pandemic and some of the lagging investment since that time in addition to licenses that have migrated elsewhere in the city so it really creates an
opening here for relicensure and reactivation of this space um you know briefly as public need relates to the concept um I think the board's going to find that Mr Kelly's plans for Boston they they meet public need and they
particularly meet the public need that the board talked about at its hearing last month um and you really need to look no further than the success that this concept has had in other markets and the relationship that has been formed in those communities um Mr
Kelly's business is currently employ over 800 employees of color and he stresses the importance of providing opportunities for sustainable living wages uh we think that this this uh concept's going to contribute to the social fabric by providing a dining option that uh offers southern comfort
food in an accessible setting uh there's really few if not any comparable restaurants like this in the city uh and particularly not in this uh this immediate area or neighborhood which we think will likewise support the cultural and economic
enhancement um Kevin mentioned some of the things that their businesses do in in other in other communities they have local uh book signings coat drives he he had mentioned the scholarship they have a sponsorship in support of other events like the global women uh peace Network
and reading ladies of Dallas they've hosted Civic community luncheons meal giveaway and anticipate that that component which has been in in all of the other locations will equally be in Boston um so all in all this is a it's a great concept it's the right location uh
with a Civic component that's rarely seen in a business of this type uh and a new license at this location would be significant in order to activate it um and while I'm mentioning it being the ideal location uh for the concept the address does not Avail itself
unfortunately to some of the neighborhood restricted licenses that were recently issued which is why we're here before you on an unrestricted license but I do believe that the purpose behind the creation of those neighborhood restricted licenses uh would likewise be present here along
with the numerous cultural and uh opportunity benefits that the late legislature uh sought to create by uh by making those licenses available and so so with that I think that the elements of public need are met here uh we think this is a prime opportunity for both the
applicant and the City and uh we really thank you all for your time today happy to answer any questions you may have let me let me kind of jump on your on your back with this Adam too um my attorneys have done a good job they've kind of given me a cheat sheet to make sure I'm on point and I'm good today with my stuff but um I want to let you get to
know me a bit as well I'm 48 years old I've been an attorney for 22 years I've been in Hospitality for six years and it's worked out well for me um one of the questions that my attorneys had for me was the issue of longevity I'm 100% committed to to hospitality it's been a
good thing for me it's changed my life it's changed the life of my family of my friends um I have two sons one is 19 one is 18 both of them are students at Princeton University and soccer players um they're there because they want to be in the restaurant business they may be the only kids on that campus that want
to go to an Ivy League school and open a restaurant this restaurant is very very important to me not just because it's important to Boston or it may be important to another city but I'm trying to build something I'm trying to build build a legacy for my family for my friends those who were friends such as Tyler Castro who's my Nationwide
beverage director um who's family to me now and whose son comes to the restaurant who works as well because he wants to be in Hospitality if we come to Boston we're going to check all the boxes on paper um but it's important that you understand that the box of our heart um is in this as well we're going
to give our best to the city um we're going to give our best to our family to our friends and we have no problem understanding that with the opportunity to come to Boston we're coming servants we're coming to give Boston residents the absolute best food drinks and Vibes that they can possibly have with respect
and so um with us being before you today is a very very special thing I'm thank you I'm thankful to each of you um but again this is important important we're in Boston and we're in Boston to State and I think you're going to be very very surprised and happy that we'll be coming to the community thank you Mr Kelly and thank
you attorney barnoski um just a clarifying question it's over 9,000 square fet dining room 38 bar seats are there any um function spaces you mentioned Community uh
activation and events there is it just one big dining room or how does it what are your what's your concept the way the space is set up now is when you walk in you see a large bar but on the back in is a primary dining area one of the cool things there is that it has a private
dining room that's also in the back you know my Concepts across the country this is really the coolest element that I've seen in any of them um but that dining room will give us a chance for private dining other events when you talk about the community element one of the things that we've done with our restaurant and other locations is we're able to shut down different hours so one of the most
recent things is we brought in 200 students from a university called Paul Quinn college in Dallas U we brought them in for a meal for two hours I spoke to the kids we covered the cost of everything and we made sure we did that in hours that we weren't operating and so um when you talk of community our concept's going to be good because in
our heart we get back but beyond that too we've got a reasonable price point too you know with this concept we're not fine dining I'm very very clear to say that now we're the best of a comfort food restaurant that you could imagine uh we we're bringing in Marble bars wood floors it's going to be nice Decor but
the reason that I don't allow people to say that we're fine dining is because I want everyone to know that we're accessible to them and that's an important part of the community too Boston is such a fantastic area but with our average cost per customer being $70 70 to 75 depending on depending on the
market everyone can come and get a good experience and understand what Boston is with good food drink service and by being able to come to the primary part of the city thank you very much um I want to see commissioner curan or commissioner Saxon do you have any
questions uh not not right now uh thank you questions thank you thank you with that we'll see if there are any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their represent yes Madam chair members of the board Connor Newman with the mayor's office of
Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office like to defer to the Judgment of this board some background information in the community process uh we did not require the applicant to do in a Butters meeting as there previously had been a licensed restaurant on this location we did ask that they connect with the local civic association which
they did uh meeting with the Bay Village neighborhood association several times and having constructive conversations with them I understand they've secured the support of that local Civic uh we're unaware of any concerns at this time and with that we'll defer to the board thank you thank you madam chair members of the
board my name is Sydney I'm from councelor Flynn's office councelor Flynn sent a letter of support to the board this morning he asked that the proponent continue to work closely with Neighbors in the Bay Village neighborhood association on any quality of life issues and Community concerns thank you thank you are there any other
individuals who would like to testify on this matter the board will take this under advisement as well thank you very much thank you for your time thank you that is the last item before the board this morning the board is scheduled to vote tomorrow morning uh that is Thursday
February 13th at 10:00 a.m notice is posted on the city's website with that that will join this hearing thank you all and enjoy the rest of your day thank you thank you