I would like to start with a pledge of allegiance led by Lieutenant Randall. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much
folks. Uh the following matters will come before the Reveal license commission today. This is our regularly scheduled meeting. Uh this meeting was previously filed with the city clerk. The agenda for today will begin with the
application submitted for consideration. Uh item number one, the American Legion Post number 61, 249 Broadway. David Keller is the manager. This is an application for seven one-day malt, wine, and common
victular licenses. These licenses will be exercised on the lawn at 249 Broadway from 400 pm to 8:00 p.m. on the following Sundays in 2025. That would be June 29th, July 6th, July
13th, July 20th, July 27, August 3rd, and August 10th. The rain date is August 17, 2025. The events are a barbecue and beer garden during the city's summer Sunday
concert series. The expected attendance is 100 per event. Is there someone here from the American Legion? A name and address for the record, please. Gentlemen, Iron Novaski, 53 Deon Street in Review, Mass.
Name Jerry Amorei, 92 Vinyl Street Mass. Uh, thank you very much, gentlemen. Can you explain briefly what you'd like to do with these licenses? Yes. This is something that we've been doing for the last five or six years. Uh and never had a problem. We follow we have a fence
around the area, you know, to confine the uh where the beer is. We have one table there and u it's beer and wine that we serve and Jerry is the uh treasurer of the of the Legion and um
I'm just helping them out as a member. So, thank you. Thank you very much. Do any of my fellow commissioners have any questions? Questions? No questions for me. Very good. Uh I'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents or anybody like to
speak on behalf of this uh the issuing of these licenses? I don't see or hear anybody who close that section. Is there anybody opposed? Anybody opposed to the issuing of the licenses for the American Legion? I don't see or hear anybody close that section. Would you like to discuss this
further or would you like to make a motion? I can make a motion to approve. I second that. Very good. The application for the seven one-day malt wine and common vict licenses for the American Legion
post number 161 is approved. Those licenses will be exercised on the lawn at 249 Broadway from 400 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the following Sundays: June 29, July 6th, July 13th, July 20th, July
27th, August 3rd, and August 10th with a rain day of August 17th, 2025. Thank you, gentlemen, and good luck with the events. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Appreciate it. Uh item number three, American Legion Post number 61, 249 Broadway. Jerry Mory is
the manager. This is an application for a change of offices and managers. The application of American Legion Post 61 for a change of offices and said manager to Jerry Amorei. Name and address, please. Gentlemen,
Iron Overski, 53 Dhon Street. Jerry Amorei, 92 Vinyl Street, Reass. Very good. Uh, gentlemen, will there be any changes to the club or it's just the officers and managers? Just the offices and managers. Very good. Thank you very much. Do any of my fellow commissioners
have any questions for me? No questions for me. Very good. We'll close close that section. Any proponents? Anybody like to speak on behalf of the uh change of uh officers and manager? Don't see or hear anybody? We'll close that section. Anybody opposed? Anybody opposed to
this? Don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Would you like to discuss this further or would you like to make a motion? I can make a motion to approve and I second that motion. Very good. The application for a change of officers and manager for American Legion post number
61 is approved. The uh application will change um for a change of officers and change of manager to Jerry and that application is approved. Thank you very much gentlemen. Good luck. Thank you all for your cooperation. Thank you.
Item number one, the Mlen Highway Development Corporation, 10 Suffach Downs Boulevard. Rachel Otterly is the event manager. This is an application for 12 one-day mark licenses. the application for the
Mlullen Highway Development Corp. to be exercised at 10 SuffK Downs Boulevard from 5:00 PM to 900 PM on the following Thursdays in 2025. That will be Thursday, July 10th, July
17th, July 24th, July 31st, August 7th, August 14th, August 21st, August 28th, September 4th, September 11th, September 18th, and September 25th.
The event would be beer popups held in conjunction with Thursday night activities. The expected attendance per event is 200. Uh your name and address for the record, please. Rachel Otley, one Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Uh
thank you very much. Can you explain a little bit about what these events are and what you expect to do with these licenses? Yeah, we recently launched Turn it on. Turn the mic. I had it on. Does it work now? Yes. Oh, odd. I had my finger on it. Sorry. Apologies. Um, we
recently launched Thursday nights at the Yard at Suffach Downs, 10 Suffach Downs Boulevard, where we are doing, um, a series of Yappy Hours, live music, um, bingo and dance lessons. We would like to introduce our first retail tenant, Twisted Fate Brewing, to do exclusive,
uh, beer pores, um, within a confined space at that parcel. Um those Thursdays referenced 12 Thursdays starting July 11th. Um we'll have a confined space. Tenant will be responsible for IDing and controlling the uh the beer in the
defined area. When you say the tenant, you mean the brewery itself? Yes. Twisted Fate Brewery. The tenant themselves will be operating. Two of the owners will be pouring actually. Very good. Thank you very much. Uh, do any of my fellow commissioners have any
questions for Miss Odley? Are you guys serving food? Yeah, our goal is to have at least one Sorry, doesn't always like me here. Uh, like the goal is to have at least one food truck at each event. We've been working with uh Bono Appetit most recently. Um,
so yes, the goal is to have food at every single event. We have a third party company who's working on the operation and scheduling of all the food trucks and miscellaneous entertainment, music and such. Is this the first year of this event?
Yes. The parcel just opened this year. So, this will be the first time we're launching this. Is there anyone a part of the organization or team that has um done events like of like this of this magnitude before? The team being MLAN Highway Development or the Brewery.
Correct. Yeah. our our team. I oversee the site activation program. So, I've done those and I do the retail leasing as well. But the third party consultant, Wicked Fund Consulting, that we've hired, she will be managing all the site activation for us. Okay,
that's all I have. Okay. Thank Thank you very much. Um, and I assume that the people at the brewery are tip certified and have had alcohol service experience. Correct. They currently own and operate
their first brewery in Danvers where they have this experience and are under construction at Suffach Downs as well. Okay. Thank you very much. Well, I don't have any other questions. Are we all set? We'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents? Anybody that would like to speak on
behalf of the issuing of these uh licenses? I don't see or hear anybody close that section. Anybody opposed? Anybody opposed to the issuing of the licenses to the mlullen highway Development Corp? Don't see or hear
anybody who close that section. Do you would you like to discuss this further or would you like to make a motion? I'd like to make a motion and uh I'd move to approve it. I'll second that. Very good. The uh application for 12 one-day malt licenses
for the Mlen Highway Development Corporation is approved. The uh licenses will be exercised at 10 Suffach Downs Boulevard from 5:00 pm to 900 pm on the following Thursdays. That would be
Thursday, July 10th, July 17th, July 24th, July 31st, August 7th, August 14th, August 21st, August 28th, September 4, September
11th, September 18th, September 25th. And these events are popups, beer popups held in conjunction with the Thursday night activities. Thank you very much and good luck with your events. Thank you very much. You're welcome.
Uh item number four on the agenda. Uh GA Restaurant 2 Inc. DBA Santorini 376 Reier Beach Boulevard. Strugula Ftopolis is the manager. This
is an application to amend the entertainment license. The application of GA restaurant 2 Inc. DBA Santorini restaurant uh to amend the license entertainment to add TV radio outside from 11:00 p.m.
till 1000 p.m. and vocal instrumental music consisting of 1 to three people outside once or twice a week from 6:00 p.m. to 1000 p.m. Your name and address for the record, please. Nice. Rulos 376 Rivia Beach Boulevard.
Thank you very much. Craig Helian 376 Rivia Beach Boulevard. Thank you very much folks. Mr. Chairman, may I we request one minor change to the TV radio. Um we actually meant to put
8:00 8 to uh closing. We're very careful with the volume in the mornings and if that would be possible we'd like 8 in the morning when we open. Yeah. Because we have an outside deck and a lot of customers like to take advantage of the good weather and sit and have
breakfast and coffee outside. We play uh Greek uh cafe music in the morning uh at a very low level. I've been there in the morning and I can I can attest to it that it is a a very low level. And I assume you're going to continue the way
it's Yes. the way it's been. Yes. I don't have I don't have any problem with that. Do you? No. Very good. Um, so just so we're clear, you want you guys going to start putting someone out on the on the deck playing a guitar and singing.
Is that part of what you're looking to do here? Yes. Either inside or outside once or twice a week. Uh, primarily when the good weather is here. Yeah. Okay. Uh, I understand. Um, do any of my fellow commissioners have any questions?
Uh, no. I don't I don't have any questions. So, how are you going to determine like what days? It only says once or twice a week. It depends on how busy you get or the weather. Depends on the weather. Yeah. We'd like to balance it. Maybe once
inside, once outside. If it's raining, then obviously we the other one, the planned event would go inside instead of outside. Okay. Um All right. Well, I don't have any other questions. Do you? No. All right. Well, we'll close this section. Thank you very much. Are there any
proponents? Anybody like to speak on behalf of the issuing of a um change in the entertainment license to Santorini? Don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Anybody opposed? Anybody opposed to the issuing of this license?
I don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Um do you want to discuss this further? I'll make a motion. I move to approve uh the amendment to the entertainment license uh with the uh modification of the 8
a.m. for the TV and radio outside. Very good. I will second that. Very good. The application to amend the entertainment license for Santorini is approved. The uh license will be amended to TV radio
outside from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and voice instrumental music consisting of one to three people outside once or twice a week from 6:00 p.m. to 1000 p.m. And that license is approved. Thank you
very much. Good luck. Thank you. Item number five, Lyn and Ben, Inc. DBA Jade Asian Restaurant, 339 Squire Road, Unit 120. Xiu Lamb is the manager. This is an application for a transfer of the
malt wine restaurant license and change of license category to all alcohol. The application of Lin Bin Inc. for a transfer of the license from Utaka Inc. and a change of license category to all
alcohol said license to be exercised at 339 Squire Road, unit 120. The requested hours are Sunday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. The requested seating is 99 and the requested entertainment is
background music only. Uh, your name and address for the record, please, sir. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the board. Attorney Russell Chin representing Lynn and Ben Inc. joined here today with Shu Shu Yu Lamb to my right,
proposed liquor license manager and to her right is a officer and director of the corporation and I see that you're taking only going to be moving into the Utaka space where Utaka is at Northgate. Yes, the proposal
is to to acquire the assets of Utaka Inc. subject to the approval of the various licenses uh that we're we're um applying for. Now, uh thank you very much, counselor. Uh do any of my fellow commissioners have any questions? Yes. Uh can you speak to your
client's um experience as it relates to alcohol service and her um her level, if any, of understanding of the alcohol laws and requirements as it relates to service of alcohol? Yes. U my client is um has three years of experience u as a
uh bartender and a manager at the Bamboo House as noted in the application. Um and uh she is a United States citizen. She is a Commonwealth Massachusetts resident. She's aware of the laws of the Commonwealth as well as the city of Rebe.
Thank you. Is she a tips has she been tips certified and has taken the necessary training as far as that's concerned? Yes, she has. Her certificate should be included in the package that we submitted.
Council in the application. I see that you noted um well at least in our summary it says background music. What exactly does that mean? There would be uh pre-recorded soft music playing in the background. Uh no live music, no live entertainment. Um nothing of that kind. It would just be pre-recorded
music. I noticed there is a TV there now. Are you not going to have the TV there anymore? May I ask the client, you plan to continue to use the television? Apparently they do. So, they would want to include the um the television screen as part of the entertainment license. If
I may ask the board to consider revising the application looking at here. Okay. I don't have any further questions. Do any of my fellow commissioners have any other questions for the applicants? Then we are keeping the same seating as
before. Yes. Everything's pretty much staying the same. It's just different different ownership, different management. Is it still going to be a buffet? Continuing the buffet. Um, afternoon. Afternoon buffet. The lunch time. Oh,
okay. Okay. And the dinner, I think. So, an afternoon buffet, but maybe not a dinner buffet. I'm satisfied. Okay. All right. Very good. Uh, thank you folks. We'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents? Anybody else that would like
to speak on behalf of the application to transfer the uh malt wine restaurant license and change the license to category to all alcohol? There is no one that I see. We'll close
that section. Is there anybody opposed? I don't excuse me. I don't see or hear anybody at that. Um, would you like to discuss this any further or do you want to make a motion? I can make a motion to approve.
I'd second that motion. Very good. The application for a transfer of a malt wine restaurant license and change of license category to all alcohol for Lynn and Ben Inc. DBA Jade Asian
restaurant is approved. The application will be exercised at 339 Squire Road, unit 120. Yes. And the um said license will be
exercised at 339 Squire Road. And the requested hours would be Sunday through Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. The requested seating is 99 and the requested entertainment is background
music and uh television. Thank you. Thank you very much. Good luck. Mr. Chair, as an aside, may I say um I was born in the city 69 years ago. I lived at Suffach Avenue and I'm pleased to see the changes that the board has
made in the city and and the approve improvements. So, congratulations. Thank you, council. We appreciate that. And I remember you. You're not that old. Thank you. Okay. Uh that concludes the applications. The next item on the
agenda are hearings. Item number six, Agueta and Pinete Piche Corp. DBA Carnival Latino Restaurant 7B Everett Street Julia Darte Arone is the manager. This is a hearing into
violating closing procedures, over service, and service past 2 am. Your name and address for the record, please, sir. Joel Limos, 7B Everest Street, Rivier. Thank you very much. Well,
have you you you know the the allegations that have been made and the um the situation from our perspective. Um a police officer filed an incident report which uh indicated that there
were people being served after uh normal serving hours and that the 2 am closing was not being adhered to. Um, and um, I guess what I'd want to know is what do you think about that? What have
you done to correct that? And what do you think would be a fair resolution to this hearing? Okay. What happened that day is we have an issue with the device for the payments, the credit cards. I was inside the bar. We stopped serving
at 1:30. The officer was outside the whole shift. He wasn't inside. So, we h we hadn't um we have a customer. He had two beers on hand. Um the server was trying to remove it, but he wasn't he didn't want to give it. So, at the end,
I was inside the bar. We turn on the lights at 110 because I know what's going. So, at 1:30, no more alcohol for nobody. So, when the officer came, it was I think it was like at around 26. Even the c the customer had two beers on
him. I don't know who gave it to him. maybe another friend, another customer. He didn't even want to give it to the officer. So, what what could we do in that case that and and we were taking a little bit longer because I was I was um receiving
the payments for all the servers because uh the devices drop off. I don't know if was the Wi-Fi or I have an extra an extra one with a different Wi-Fi in case the um device drop off or I don't know how to say. 12. What time do you give
last call? 1:30. No more alcohol. I turn we turn on the lights at 110 because I know the customers the the the Spanish people it's so hard to deal with. They still want the now another one another one. So we turn on the lights at 110 because they still have like maybe 15
minutes. If they ask for another one, they don't need to be like, "Oh, okay. You're fine." You know, and the allegation is that there were many intoxicated people there, that you were over serving people. I don't know. I mean, if the man doesn't
want to give up his beer, that should be an indication that maybe he's had too many of them. May I don't I don't know what happens in that. I was inside the bar and like the like I said he even even this customer he was talking with with the officer outside that like the
whole chief they were outside speaking I don't know what they were talking so I don't know what supposed to be doing the officer he's to be if he's supposed to be inside checking the customers or I don't know but they all that he was all the time outside like speaking with the
people and what about um so if if you're inside the are um if you what what what steps do you take when you notice that there might be someone there that's you know visibly really really drunk like do you
do you we stop serving and I I we I I and we gave them like we stop serving them and he don't want to leave we serve them like lap soda with uh lime or something until he leaves but and we sometime when that happened with this
guy I think uh um the friend took took her keys so he don't drive. Then the officer, we give it to the officer. So they bring it to the to the um I don't know if he came to pick it up and we're not going to serve him anymore. That's the way we're working. If a customer is
being rude or he don't want to follow the rules, we don't serve them. Even if if it's our family, our friend, whatever, we don't serve them because it's so hard to deal with people like they they can come normal, you know what I mean? But they still make uh like u trouble or I don't know how to say in
addition to the the the officer that's there on Saturday is there do you have security there as well? We have two security test and it's very very like very dead like even they said it like why you guys have a detail if it's know like uh like um this place uh
on Gland I don't know the name or the squire they they asked like why you guys have a he uh heating um a detail if this is like slow I say like it's because required and I'm helping too like I'm
like uh hosting and checking the tables, helping the servers, taking care of the customers because I mean we we imposed this um since 2023 I believe. Um and uh I mean how has how has business been on Saturday nights because we obvious heard
any incidents of issues since all of it's very right now it's very hard and our business start like we open at 11:00. I'm working in the mornings because it's nothing in there. Like I said last time, I do specials and things like that. Our business start we start
getting customers like around 9:30 or 10. That's our business um hours only and only on Fridays and Saturday. That's why we're still surviving because of Fridays and Saturdays. Yes. And like I say, I've been I have a lot of experience. I've been working
different bars and everything. I I people yell at me like, "Oh, you're you're a this and that because I don't want to serve them." I tell them, "It can be the king of the war." But no more alcohol at all. Now we're trying to do with my with another man. We're going to
do like a big sign so people can read it because like the Spanish people is like that, you know? It's they don't understand. So, what time are you turning off the music? We turn on at 1:30 and we turn on the lights at 110. So they already know like it's about to
leave. They complain. They everybody complains why if you say you close at two and this and that, but they now they already like they already know. So have you have had any other incidents in the past where there's been intoxicated people? Because right now
we're just talking about one particular situation, but I'm looking at my notes and I see that, you know, there might be other occasions where we've seen, you know, there have been more intoxicated people inside. I don't I don't remember. I know the
problem was about the these people the the the fights, but I don't we don't serve those peoples either. I have we have like 10 people. We don't serve them because they always make trouble. So, we don't we don't want that type of people in there.
The officer is reporting that you were allowing people to enter the establishment at 140, 150 uh just a few minutes before 2:00 and that they were that they were served. Maybe those people who was who were
smoking or something. That's another thing we're working on the with the securities that if if somebody wants to smoke after one, they cannot come back anymore. I'm very strict with that. But like I said, I have to be in everywhere. It's that
business. Well, I mean, I remember I spoke to your security person. Is you have is it the same person who's been there for a while? No, we I have a company. They were supposed to come, but they couldn't make it. Um I think it's that it's a LTJ security services. I can
send the the their license or No, that's fine. Yeah, I changed I changed the company. They they are a Okay. Because to be honest, I thought the last company was thought they were pretty good. Pretty good. Yeah. I mean, why did you change security if you don't mind me asking? I changed uh because uh the one
I have I think he has the license on his own and and then we have a we have a a guy that he used to be a security for for ourself inside the restaurant but after what's going on we decide to hire a company with more because something
happened they can come and support us you know they're more like they have a more um how do you say this experience or I don't know how to explain experience. They they training they more training for it. Yes. But that and like I say I they can tell you I'm always
helping because I know the customers. I know the people I have experience sometimes they trying to be rude even with the security. So, I got to come and talk to them like, well, I mean, I think it would it would do you good to make sure that the
security company is responsible for not allowing people in, for making sure people leave when they're supposed to, because it's your license that's on the line. I know. And it's so it's so and you know well you'll leave us no choice
but to roll back your hours or to cut back you know your availability make you hire more security. So it's really important for you to stay on top of this if if you want to continue I will. I promise I will because like I say, if we
if if they cut hour for us, we're going to be done because that's like that's our business time for from 9 to like 1:30, that's when we get when we start getting the people. Lieutenant Randall, um have you have you
have has you received any calls to this prior to this May May 10th incident? No, I I had spoken with the officer involved who wrote the report and he said um he's worked the details several times prior to this and this was becoming a pattern. That's why he wrote the report. That's
why he wrote the report. Yeah. Okay. So, I mean um you know because this is the first official report that we are receiving obviously we're going to take it very seriously. Um but I'd like to note the
fact that um you know this business hasn't been in front of us since 2023 um when we imposed sections before. And um I know just based on what we've been doing with other businesses in recent history, I' I'd like to see
um a 60-day review um you know, just to see what the compliance is. And I would ask if um officer um is it ml mcclullen Mclofflin um if he if he works those details again from from this point forward to appear
at the next hearing to report uh the compliance. Um I do remember specifically this business um struggling then um and it seems like they are uh very reliant on uh the business of your
Fridays and Saturdays and I remember you reporting specifically how um having the details on Fridays and Saturdays um was a financial strain and we we kept the Saturdays on which they they've been on they've been compliant with pretty consistently.
So, I would like to hear from attorney um attorney from officer Mclofflin um in 60 days if if I can make that proposal. Okay. And that we keep this on file and just encourage you that you are officially on notice now that um you have the eyes of the commission on your
business and you know try you know try um as diligently as possible to adhere to the service rules shutting down at 1:30, not letting one in past 2:00. uh making sure that your uh private security is enforcing those rules. Um
and as as my uh as the the chairman um noted, you know, that we we would hate to have to roll back hours because I I know it's it's struggling for a lot of of the restaurants in River at this present time, especially the the Latino and Hispanic business. So tough. So, but
we are we are fighters. off. Yeah, we're good now. So, I would like to make a motion, if that's okay, uh to um uh put this on for a 60-day review and um um ask uh if if we can, you know,
formally put um Carnival Latina Restaurant on formal notice in writing the um obligation to adhere to um the the rules of uh you know, stopping service at 1:30. :30, cutting off the entertainment by that time and ensuring
that no one is served after 1:30 and also no one is being admitted into the business past 2 a.m. so that when we come back in 60 days, we have a clear outline of what we expect. But I'll also ask if officer Mclofflin can appear or have some type of report for us as to
their adherence to those um to to those com to that to that uh rule or those rules that that we're asking for. So that's the motion I would make. I would just add one thing to that. If if during that period
we have another report similar to this one that we would come back before the 60 days and deal with it um at our next meeting if something would happen between now and then so that we're going to deal with it right
away. Okay. and because we don't want it to run through the end of August and have these issues. So, if there is a violation similar to this, if another report gets generated about over
service, about letting people in after hours, about allowing people to drink on the premises after hours, that we're going to take immediate action against your establishment. Okay. I I have a question. How about
Okay. So, when we closer to when we're cleaning or things like that, not even an employee can be inside. Your employees can be there. Okay. No customers. All alcohol has to be off the Got it. off the bar by 1:45. I believe that's
right. Last call 1:30 and all alcohol away and off the bar by 1:45. Yes. And then everybody out by two. Yes. That's what we've been doing and trying to do and and as long as it takes you to clean, you stay in there and and clean
and straighten up, but it's only your employees. Only my employees. Yes. Another question I seen outside in the parking lot like this is something I guess under control because we cannot be like uh securing or checking the whole parking lot because it's big. I seen
sometimes when I come I seen like uh I don't know if I don't know how to say like in the parking I seen some uh like beer bottles but they're not from like can bottles. We don't sell can um can beers. We understand that you have a
limited ability to control the parking lot. If you do see people out there with their doors open on playing music loud, you know, the detail officer will broom them away. Okay. All right. And we understand that you're not you can't be
totally held responsible for what people have in their vehicles. Okay. Perfect. Perfect. Thank you so much. I we will do our best and very good. All right. So what the way we're going to leave this hearing is that we have we are going to
review this in 60 days. Okay. And see where we are. Perfect. And um hopefully nothing will happen in the interim and uh we're going to keep it on file and we'll see you in 60 days. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you very much.
Uh that concludes the hearings. The next items on the agenda. Something else. Well said. Yes. Thank you. Uh the next item are communications. This is a notification from the Malco the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage
Control Commission of a return of no action for a transfer application of Rice Passions World Corp. DBA Rice Passions, an advisory from the ABCC
regarding the obligations of caterers licensed pursuant to Mass General Law, Chapter 138, section 12C. And that concludes the communications and it also concludes the agenda for
today. Um, I would make a motion that we adjourn until July until July 16th. I'd second that motion. Very good. This
meeting is adjourned. [Music]