Boston Licensing Board Transactional Hearing 10-14-26

Good morning. This is a hearing before the Licensing Board for the City of Boston. Today is Wednesday, October 14th, 2026. Today's hearing is being held in pursuance to temporary amendments to the open meeting law. That

ONS had hosted a butter's meeting on September 21st of this year. The applicant also met with the Fenway Civic Association, which was concerned about the 3:00 a.m. closing time. I understand that they came to an agreemen

Um, approval of this application will allow uh, Seven Street to meet the demands the customers have asked for and provide an amenity other than late night pizza or tacos that will serve the community members who are look

As our office related at the abutter's meeting in June, Councilor Flynn is also concerned about both our existing pedestrian safety and pest control crisis in South Boston and near Perkins Square specifically.

Councilor Flynn is respectfully requesting that the Licensing Board take the concerns of the near neighbors seriously, recognize the impact of customers visiting the site up to an hour after nearby establishments have lo

Um I am opposed to this because I live I'm a direct abutter. I live only feet away, probably 50 to 100 ft maybe, but our street is Silver Street off of G Street and Dorchester Streets and um

So, I'm I'm concerned that having another restaurant or another food service establishment open late would just add more foot traffic, more disruption to the neighborhood.

I'm concerned about the trash, the waste, potential for increased rodent activity. I do appreciate everything that has been said that, you know, they are being good neighbors to us and I haven't had any issues with the e

They have guest check-in and review policies similar to other establishments that have recently been approved by this board including earlier this year just around the corner on Hamilton Place.

Uh the loan agreement includes financing for five hotel properties including these two Boston locations at 154 Berkeley Street and the other one at 90 Tremont Street. Um the purpose is just to refinance some existing loa

Uh as I said we have the approval of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay and we also had an abutters meeting and we believe that our request today is reflective of the public need. We're asking for the um board'

We'd like to be formally formally in opposition to this proposal. The Austin Civic Association was opposed to this proposal when they met with them.

Uh good morning, Jackson Christian, attorney for Megaloudis & Gacis here on behalf of the applicant, which is 370 Western Ave Wild Duck Inc. Uh which operates a package store business at 370 Western Ave in Brighton. So,

The applicant here, uh, will work with the future tenants to and and the community. They want to be part of the process going forward to address the concerns related to permitting process and make sure that the applicant

Assuming that the board approves this application today as does the ABCC.

I think um just wanted um on behalf of the Fort Point Neighborhood Association to um support the transfer with the condition of no approval of the patio.

Public need for a license at this location was found to have existed uh when the board initially approved this license and certainly has continued to exist until the present day. This is a popular spot for the student po

Um, and thank you for joining us. Um, like, are you already approved manager of record? Did I miss that?

As far as the community process is concerned, we did do a walk-through of the space and a meeting with the Seaport Neighborhood Association, which was met um with support. I believe the board is in receipt of um uh their

mayor's office um abutters meeting, the applicant has agreed to limit the overall store footprint uh dedicated to the sale of alcohol to 20% of the store in order to address the concern that food um will not disappear as