Boston Licensing Board Voting Hearing 10-15-26

0:08 Good afternoon. We will get started in

0:10 just a moment as we clear the waiting

0:11 room.

0:14 All right, one second. Let me just

0:23 Good afternoon. This is the voting

0:24 hearing of the Licensing Board for the

0:26 City of Boston. Today is Thursday,

0:28 October 15th, 2026. Today's hearing is

0:31 being recorded and will be posted to the

0:32 City of Boston's website. While the

0:34 public is encouraged to attend, there

0:35 will be no additional public testimony

0:37 accepted today.

0:39 We'll begin with the license premises

0:40 inspection hearing, which occurred on

0:41 Tuesday, October 13th, 2026. Item number

0:44 one, Little Haiti International Cuisine

0:46 LLC, doing business as Little Haiti

0:48 International Cuisine, located at 1184

0:50 Hyde Park Ave in Hyde Park. Date of the

0:52 incident, July 5th, 2026.

0:55 Operating after legal closing hour with

0:56 alcohol on bar and cups on tables in

0:59 violation of Massachusetts General Laws

1:00 chapter 138, section 64.

1:03 Um I would vote for a violation. Um

1:06 I

1:08 I think um he should have done a better

1:10 job of clearing out the people inside

1:12 his license premises.

1:14 I agree. I think she he definitely

1:16 should have had a better control of the

1:17 crowd.

1:20 I'm also in agreement.

1:22 Um

1:23 given that he's serving 90 days with um

1:27 hours that are have been um rolled back,

1:31 um I would consider this served and send

1:34 notification to the licensee

1:36 um

1:38 that he needs to understand that family

1:42 is not an exception to the closing hour.

1:45 Right, especially I think this violation

1:46 occurred before the violation that

1:48 prompted this 90-day. So,

1:51 I agree.

1:53 I also agree.

1:55 Uh violation, which the board will deem

1:57 served in light of the 90-day probation

2:00 that they licensee is currently serving

2:01 and there'll be correspondence

2:03 relating that family is not considered

2:05 an exception to the closing hour.

2:07 And And Danny, the reason why I want to

2:08 make sure that this is docketed that way

2:10 is that should there be another

2:12 um

2:13 violation of a closing hour that it

2:15 would be considered a second violation

2:17 the next time.

2:18 Right.

2:19 Okay.

2:20 Thank you. I'll make sure that that is

2:20 noted in the docket sheet.

2:23 Item number two, LCTB Fort Point LLC

2:26 doing business as Lolita Cocina and

2:27 Tequila Bar located at 253 Summer

2:29 Street. Date of the incident August

2:31 29th, 2026.

2:32 Assault and battery with a dangerous

2:33 weapon, a glass, patron patron in

2:35 violation of Mass. General Laws chapter

2:37 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section

2:40 15A and failure to call police in

2:42 violation of Mass. General Laws chapter

2:43 138 section 64 and board's rule 1.14B.

2:49 I don't think the assault and battery

2:50 was foreseeable, so I don't see a

2:52 violation there.

2:54 Um as far as failure to call the police,

2:57 uh their testimony was that they had not

2:59 figured out what had happened and called

3:01 the next day.

3:02 My vote would be to note that on the

3:03 record and send correspondence that they

3:05 should call the police immediately they

3:07 find out there's been an incident like

3:09 this.

3:11 I agree with all votes.

3:13 I also agree.

3:14 So, uh no violation and correspondence

3:17 from the board.

3:18 Yes.

3:19 Item three, Fazira LLC doing business as

3:21 Turkish Lazuri Cafe located at 1 North

3:23 Beacon Street in Allston. Date of the

3:25 incident August 12th, 2026. Patio in

3:28 operation after closing hour at 11:10

3:30 p.m. in violation of Mass. General Laws

3:31 chapter 140 section 9 and also no posted

3:34 entertainment license.

3:37 Um

3:41 Let me see. They They have since put

3:43 procedures in place. Um I think this was

3:45 a in a genuine misunderstanding of what

3:48 they were allowed to do and not allowed

3:50 to do.

3:51 Um so, I would just docket this for uh

3:54 future reference.

3:57 I agree.

3:58 I I also agree. Thank you uh chair.

4:02 All right. Incident to be docketed.

4:05 Item four, the same licensee Fazenda

4:06 LLC, Strega Social Eatery Cafe at 1

4:08 North Beacon Street in Allston. Date of

4:10 this incident, September 11th, 2026.

4:13 Patrons on the patio after hours at

4:14 11:55 p.m. in violation of Mass. General

4:16 Laws chapter 140 section 9.

4:21 Um

4:22 same as the previous um incident report.

4:24 I would just um docket both of these and

4:26 monitor it.

4:28 I agree.

4:29 I also agree. This was a similar

4:30 instance to the prior.

4:33 Incident to be docketed.

4:36 Moving on to the transactional hearing

4:37 which occurred yesterday, Wednesday,

4:38 October 14th, 2026.

4:40 Uh Commissioner Concepcion was not

4:41 present at that hearing, will not be

4:43 able to vote on the following matters.

4:45 Item one, Achilitos Taqueria 005 Inc.

4:48 doing business as Achilitos Taqueria,

4:50 located at 1114 Boylston Street. Manager

4:52 Margaret Pimentel, hours of operation

4:54 Sunday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to

4:56 2:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday 9:00 a.m.

4:58 to 2:30 a.m.

5:01 Uh just want to confirm my notes say

5:03 that the Fenway Civic um

5:06 was fine with the hours. Is that

5:07 correct?

5:08 Yes.

5:09 So then I vote to approve.

5:11 I agree.

5:13 Item two, 477 West Broadway BB LLC doing

5:16 business as Seven Street Burger, located

5:18 at 475 West Broadway in South Boston.

5:21 Has a petition to change the closing

5:22 hours from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. We

5:24 have since heard from the applicant's

5:26 counsel who has uh amended the request

5:28 to a 1:00 a.m. close.

5:32 Um the applicant just opened up in

5:33 April. There was a lot of opposition and

5:36 that opposition was local.

5:38 Um I I understand their argument that

5:42 other licensed premises on on Long Net

5:44 Corridor have later licenses, but I

5:46 would like to see the licensee build

5:49 trust with the neighbors.

5:51 And for that reason, um

5:53 I I

5:54 would vote to approve the 1:00 a.m., but

5:56 I would ask that they not come back for

5:57 another

5:58 extension until they've had more

6:00 community process and at least stayed

6:02 with that 1:00 a.m. for

6:04 um a year.

6:06 Yes, I totally agree.

6:09 Granted with a 1:00 a.m. close and

6:11 request of the applicant not return for

6:13 a later closing hour for a period of 1

6:14 year.

6:16 Item three, 127 Tremont Street LLC doing

6:19 business as The Monti Boston, located at

6:21 127 Tremont Street, has applied for a

6:23 new innholder no alcohol license. Uh

6:26 manager, this was a uh clerical error on

6:28 the uh agenda, Paul Grant.

6:31 I vote to approve.

6:32 I agree.

6:35 Item number four, Boston Hotel Limited

6:37 Partnership doing business as The

6:38 Bostonian Boston Millennium Hotel,

6:40 located at 20 to 16 North Street, has

6:42 petitioned to change the manager to Neil

6:44 Dang.

6:47 I vote to approve um

6:49 Mr. Dang as manager of record.

6:52 I agree.

6:54 Item five, Yard House USA Inc. doing

6:56 business as Yard House, located at 110

6:57 Huntington Ave, has petitioned to change

6:59 the manager to Brian Saunders.

7:01 I vote to approve Mr. Saunders as

7:03 manager of record.

7:05 I agree.

7:07 Item six, Yard House USA Inc. doing

7:09 business as Yard House at 126 Boylston

7:11 Ave, has petitioned to change the

7:12 manager to Richard Maldonado.

7:15 I vote to approve Mr. Maldonado as

7:17 manager of record.

7:19 I agree.

7:21 Item seven, First Watch Restaurants Inc.

7:23 doing business as First Watch number

7:24 1180 at 777 Boylston Street, has

7:27 petitioned for a change of officers.

7:29 I vote to approve.

7:31 I agree.

7:33 Item eight, Sodexo Operations, sorry,

7:35 items eight and nine, Sodexo Operations

7:37 LLC doing business as Chase Sapphire

7:40 Lounge by The Club at 200 Logan Airport

7:42 Terminal B and as the Lounge at 300

7:44 Logan Airport Terminal C has petitioned

7:47 for a change of officers, directors, LLC

7:49 managers of both licenses and to change

7:52 the manager to Kevin uh sorry, to John

7:54 Bon Derek at the Lounge.

7:57 I vote to approve uh the requested

7:59 changes to both um 8 and 9 and to

8:02 approve Mr. Bon Derek as manager of

8:04 record.

8:05 I agree on both.

8:08 Item number 10, Global Montello Group

8:10 Corp doing business as Global Montello

8:12 Group Corp number 2777

8:15 located at 470 Meridian Street in East

8:16 Boston has petitioned to change the

8:18 manager to Douglas Dow and has

8:20 petitioned for a change of officers,

8:21 directors.

8:23 I vote to approve Mr. Dow as manager of

8:25 record and to approve the other

8:26 requested changes.

8:28 I agree.

8:30 Item number 11, Polish American Citizens

8:32 Club of South Boston Inc. located at 82

8:34 to 84 Boston Street in Dorchester has

8:37 petitioned for a change of officers,

8:38 directors and to change the manager to

8:40 Stanislawa Kapchak.

8:43 I vote to approve the change of change

8:46 in officers and directors and to to

8:48 approve Ms. Kapchak as manager of

8:50 record.

8:51 I agree.

8:53 Item number 12, Polish American

8:54 Political Club of Hyde Park doing

8:56 business as the Polish Club located at

8:58 1391 River Street in Hyde Park has

9:00 petitioned for a change of officers,

9:02 directors and to change the manager to

9:03 William Thomas.

9:05 I vote to approve Mr. Thomas as manager

9:07 of record and the other requested

9:08 changes.

9:10 I agree.

9:11 Items 13 and 14, EAHG Boston 2 TRS LLC

9:16 doing business as Hotel AKA Boston

9:18 Common at 90 Tremont Street and EAHG

9:20 Boston TRS LLC doing business as Hotel

9:23 AKA Back Bay at 154 Berkeley Street

9:26 has petitioned to pledge both licenses

9:28 to CB Admin Agent LLC.

9:31 I vote to approve the requested changes.

9:33 I agree.

9:36 Item 15, Quality Mark Inc. located at 21

9:39 Mass Ave has petitioned to amend the

9:42 condition on its license to remove the

9:45 prohibition against selling singles,

9:47 half pints, or pints.

9:50 I vote to approve the requested amended

9:52 amendment to the license.

9:55 Yes, [snorts] I appreciated the

9:56 community support. I agree.

9:59 Thank you. Item number 16, Commonwealth

10:01 Cellars Inc. doing business as

10:02 Commonwealth Cellars located at 12

10:04 Commonwealth Ave in Allston has

10:06 petitioned to remove the condition on

10:08 its license prohibiting the sale of nips

10:10 and singles.

10:12 Um, I would vote to not approve this

10:15 request for a change in conditions. Uh,

10:18 there was a lot of opposition. It's not

10:20 a new proposal and I don't think it

10:22 makes sense in this particular area.

10:25 Again, I'm listening to the community on

10:26 this. I agree.

10:28 Would that be a rejection uh with or

10:30 without prejudice?

10:32 Um, with prejudice.

10:35 Which means they can't come back, right?

10:37 They can't come back for at least a

10:38 year.

10:38 Yes.

10:39 I agree.

10:40 Rejected with prejudice.

10:44 Item 17, Boston Harbor Cruises LLC doing

10:46 business as The Landing located at 6

10:48 Long Wharf has petitioned for a change

10:50 of officers, directors, LLC managers,

10:52 and for a change in ownership interest.

10:55 I vote to approve the requested changes.

10:57 I agree.

10:59 Item 18, 107 Salem Street Inc. doing

11:02 business as Bacco located at 107 Salem

11:04 Street has petitioned for a change of

11:05 officers, directors, and for a change in

11:07 stock interest.

11:09 I vote to approve the requested changes.

11:11 I agree.

11:14 Item 19, 370 Western Ave Wild Duck Inc.

11:16 doing business as The Wild Duck located

11:18 at 370 Western Ave has petitioned for a

11:20 change of officers, directors, and for a

11:22 change in stock interest.

11:24 I vote to approve the requested changes.

11:27 I agree.

11:30 Item 20, CMG 10 PO Square LLC, doing

11:33 business as Mariel, located at 10 Post

11:35 Office Square, has petitioned to amend

11:37 the description of the licensed premise

11:38 to there will be four individually named

11:40 and contiguous concepts over combined

11:42 area of 33,493

11:44 square feet, of which 16,091 is on the

11:47 basement level, 10,947 on the ground

11:49 floor, 5,225 on the mezzanine level, and

11:52 1,230 on the second floor. Concept one

11:55 is located in the basement level of the

11:56 North Tower, representing 7,641 square

11:59 feet, inclusive of storage, food and

12:01 beverage preparation, and staff

12:02 facilities, with one entrance and three

12:04 exits, with a total occupancy of 283

12:06 persons, and a seating capacity of 120.

12:09 Concept two is located on the ground

12:11 floor of the North Tower, representing

12:12 5,977 square feet, inclusive of storage,

12:15 food and beverage preparation, and staff

12:17 facilities, with its two entrances and

12:19 four exits, with a total occupancy of

12:21 258, and a seating capacity of 171.

12:24 Concept three is located on the ground

12:25 floor, mezzanine, and second floor of

12:27 the South Tower, representing 11,425

12:29 square feet, inclusive of storage, food

12:31 and beverage preparation, and staff

12:32 facilities, with its two entrances and

12:34 three exits, with a total occupancy of

12:36 339, and a seating capacity of 289. And

12:39 concept four is located in the basement

12:41 level of the South Tower, representing

12:43 8,450 square feet, inclusive of storage,

12:46 food and beverage preparation, and staff

12:47 facilities, with its one entrance and

12:49 three exits, with a total occupancy of

12:51 256, and a seating capacity of 218.

12:56 Thanks, Danny. Uh before I I vote, I

12:58 just want to make a comment. This is a

13:00 really great innovative use of one of

13:03 our licenses. It's um multiple and

13:06 distinct concepts um

13:08 coming together,

13:10 um and again, under the same license.

13:13 So, um

13:15 great application, uh great process. My

13:18 vote would be to approve.

13:20 I agree.

13:22 Thank you. Item 21, Dawa MD Inc., doing

13:25 business as Myung Dong First Avenue,

13:27 located at 92 Harvard Ave in Allston,

13:29 has petitioned to upgrade its license to

13:31 a restricted all alcoholic beverages

13:33 license.

13:35 Um I would vote to approve the upgrade.

13:38 I agree.

13:40 Item 22, The Circle Bar and Grill doing

13:42 business as The Circle located at 356

13:43 Chestnut Hill Ave in Brighton has

13:45 petitioned to upgrade its license to a

13:47 restricted all alcoholic beverages

13:49 license.

13:50 I vote to approve the upgrade.

13:52 I agree.

13:55 Item 23, PT Opco LLC doing business as

13:58 Pink Taco located at 374 Congress Street

14:00 has petitioned to transfer the license

14:03 from the above to 374 Transferee LLC at

14:06 the same location. Daniel Doherty,

14:08 manager, 1:00 a.m. closing hour.

14:11 I vote to approve the transfer noting

14:13 that this is a transfer to a landlord. I

14:15 also vote to approve Mr. Doherty as

14:16 manager of record and I expect them to

14:18 come back

14:19 when they have a new um

14:22 a new concept for the space.

14:24 I agree.

14:26 Thank you. Item 24, Triple Eight

14:28 Management Corp doing business as

14:29 Station Bistro, located at 20 Hudson

14:31 Street, has petitioned to transfer the

14:33 license to Double Eight Management Inc.

14:35 doing business as Station Bistro at the

14:37 same location. William Huang, manager,

14:40 2:00 a.m. closing hour.

14:43 I vote to approve the transfer and to

14:44 approve Mr. Huang as manager of record.

14:48 I agree.

14:50 Item 25, Petit Robert Inc. doing

14:51 business as Petit Robert Bistro, located

14:54 at 480 Columbus Ave in Roxbury, has

14:56 petitioned to transfer the license to

14:57 Petit Robert LLC doing business as Petit

15:00 Robert Bistro at the same location.

15:02 Louis Laguerque, manager, 12:00 a.m.

15:03 closing hour.

15:05 I vote to approve the transfer and to

15:07 approve Mr. Laguerque as manager of

15:08 record.

15:10 I agree.

15:13 Item 26, Casarosi LLC doing business as

15:15 Frenchie, located at 560 Tremont Street

15:17 in Roxbury, has petitioned to transfer

15:19 the license to 562 Tremont LLC doing

15:22 business as Osteria 560 at the same

15:25 location. Matthew Burns, manager, 12:00

15:27 a.m. closing hour.

15:29 And has petitioned to update the

15:29 description of the premise to

15:31 approximately 1,900 sq ft of restaurant

15:33 space with one entrance and one exit on

15:35 the first floor and garden level of a

15:36 five-story mixed-use building. First

15:38 floor includes a dining area, bar area,

15:40 kitchen, and greenhouse eating area.

15:42 Garden level includes an additional

15:43 kitchen, storage, and restrooms. Also

15:45 includes approximately 120 sq ft

15:47 seasonal April through October outdoor

15:48 patio on private property with seating

15:51 for 17 and a closing hour of 12:00 a.m.

15:54 I vote to approve the transfer and Mr.

15:56 Burns as manager of record and the other

15:58 requested changes.

16:00 I agree.

16:02 Item 27, Boston Urban Hospitality Inc.

16:04 doing business as Boston Chops located

16:06 at 1375 Washington Street in Roxbury has

16:08 petitioned to transfer the license to

16:10 Washington Street Spirits LLC at the

16:12 same location. Sean McGrath, manager,

16:14 1:00 a.m. closing hour.

16:18 I vote to approve the transfer and Mr.

16:20 McGrath as manager of record.

16:22 I agree.

16:24 Item 28, LaSalle Hotel Lessee Inc. doing

16:26 business as Hyatt Boston Harbor located

16:28 at 101 Harborside Drive in East Boston

16:30 has petitioned to transfer the license

16:32 to Boston Harbor Lessee LLC doing

16:35 business as Hyatt Boston Harbor at the

16:37 same location. Chad Goudy, manager, 2:00

16:39 a.m. closing hour. And has also

16:41 petitioned to update the description of

16:42 the premise to whole of said 15-story

16:44 building covering 216,900

16:47 sq ft with six entrances and 13 exits.

16:50 Whole includes first hotel includes

16:51 first floor lobby and pool area, three

16:53 meeting rooms, restaurant, and 3,622 sq

16:56 ft outdoor patio.

16:58 Second floor, six meeting rooms and a

16:59 kitchen. Third floor, four meeting

17:01 rooms, pre-function areas, and 14 guest

17:03 rooms. Floors 4 through 14, all guest

17:05 rooms. And 15th 15th floor, guest rooms

17:08 and one meeting room.

17:09 Licensed premise also includes two

17:10 outdoor event spaces, the Harborside

17:12 Pavilion at 4,500 sq ft and the West

17:14 Lawn at 1,649 sq ft. Total outdoor

17:18 license space covers approximately 9,771

17:21 sq. ft. And total license premise covers

17:24 approximately 224,000 sq. ft.

17:26 Seasonal outdoor service takes place

17:28 from May to October and outdoor space is

17:29 closed at 11:00 p.m.

17:32 I vote to approve the transfer and to

17:34 approve Mr. Goundie as manager of

17:36 record. And I also vote to approve the

17:38 updated description and the other

17:40 requested changes.

17:42 I agree.

17:43 Thank you.

17:44 Item 39, Nine Restaurant Group LLC doing

17:47 business as Nine located at Nine Park

17:48 Street has petitioned to transfer the

17:50 license to Nine Park Street Restaurant

17:52 Group LLC doing business as Fumo Beacon

17:55 Hill at the same location. Luigi Fenini,

17:57 manager, 1:00 a.m. closing hour. Has

17:59 also petitioned to pledge the license to

18:01 Nine PSR LLC.

18:05 Um I vote to approve the transfer Mr.

18:09 Fenini as manager of record.

18:11 Um and to the pledge.

18:16 I agree.

18:17 Thank you.

18:18 Item 30, Amelia's Taqueria 4 Inc. doing

18:20 business as Amelia's Taqueria located at

18:22 1076 Boylston Street has petitioned to

18:24 transfer the license and the location to

18:26 Seaport Lane Hospitality LLC doing

18:29 business as American Provisions and

18:31 Maxines located at Two Seaport Lane.

18:34 Matthew Thayer, manager, 1:00 a.m.

18:36 closing hour.

18:38 Have also petitioned to change the

18:40 classification of the transferred

18:41 license to an upgraded restricted all

18:44 alcoholic beverages license.

18:47 I vote to approve the transfer and Mr.

18:49 Thayer as manager of record. And I also

18:52 vote to approve the other requested

18:54 changes including the

18:56 change in classification.

18:59 I agree.

19:00 Thank you. Item number 31, Patel

19:02 Townline Variety Inc. doing business as

19:04 Townline Variety at 130 Tremont Street

19:06 in Brighton has applied for a new retail

19:09 package store all alcoholic beverages

19:10 license. Manager Hardil Patel, closing

19:13 time 11:00 p.m.

19:16 I vote to approve the application for um

19:20 this new license, and my request would

19:23 be that they keep a copy of the floor

19:25 plan on site, and that they come back to

19:28 us should they increase

19:30 um the space that will be used for

19:32 alcohol.

19:35 I agree.

19:36 Application is granted uh with the uh

19:39 stated condition.

19:42 Item 32, JLI Family Corporation doing

19:44 business as El Patron de los Tacos,

19:46 located at 50 Maverick Square in East

19:48 Boston, has applied for a new Common

19:50 Victualer 7-Day Wines and Malt Beverages

19:51 License to be exercised on the above.

19:54 Manager Kelly Orrego, closing time 2:00

19:56 a.m.

19:58 I vote to approve Mr. Orrego as manager

20:01 of record. I believe he is the

20:02 appropriate character and fitness to

20:04 serve, and I would also vote to approve

20:07 a zip code restricted 02128 license for

20:11 this application, this location.

20:14 I agree.

20:16 Uh applicant will be granted an 02128

20:18 zip code restricted license.

20:20 Moving on to non-hearing transactions.

20:22 The following are applying for a new

20:24 Common Victualer license at a previously

20:25 licensed location.

20:27 Item 1, The Real Chai LLC doing business

20:29 as The Real Chai, located at 100 Hanover

20:31 Street. This is within the Boston Public

20:33 Market. Manager Rajiv Roy, hours of

20:36 operation 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

20:38 I vote to approve.

20:40 I agree.

20:41 I also agree.

20:43 Item 2, Flavor LLC doing business as

20:46 Umami Sushi, located at 417 Washington

20:48 Street. Manager Nhu My Dinh Tram, hours

20:51 of operation 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

20:53 I vote to approve.

20:55 I agree.

20:58 Item 3, Hustle Hub LLC doing business as

21:01 Nam Po, located at 431 Cambridge Street

21:03 in Allston. Manager Ling Rong Ling,

21:06 hours of operation 11:00 a.m. to 10:00

21:07 p.m.

21:08 I vote to approve.

21:10 I agree.

21:11 I also vote to approve.

21:13 Thank you.

21:14 And then four T Holic Boston Inc. doing

21:16 business as T Holic located at 912

21:18 Beacon Street. Manager Chijin Zhang

21:21 hours of operation 11:00 a.m. to 10:00

21:23 p.m.

21:25 I vote to approve.

21:27 I agree.

21:28 I vote to approve.

21:29 Item five Daily Provisions Operations

21:31 LLC doing business as Daily Provisions

21:34 located at 501 Boylston Street. Manager

21:36 Warren Sewell hours of operation 7:00

21:38 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

21:40 I vote to approve.

21:42 I agree.

21:43 I agree as well.

21:45 Item six Borgo Italian Kitchen 555 LLC

21:48 doing business as Borgo Italian Kitchen

21:50 located at 111 Brighton Ave in Allston.

21:53 Manager Darius Savina hours of operation

21:55 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 2:00 a.m.

21:57 I vote to approve.

21:59 I agree.

22:00 I also agree.

22:02 And item seven SNR Group Corporation

22:04 doing business as Papperino's Pizza

22:06 located at 394 Geneva Ave in Dorchester.

22:09 Manager Sayed Hussain hours of operation

22:11 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

22:13 I vote to approve.

22:14 I agree.

22:15 I also agree.

22:18 Following have applied to make changes

22:19 to their existing common victualer

22:20 licenses. Items one through three

22:22 Sweetgreen Boston LLC doing business as

22:25 Sweetgreen located at 350 Harrison Ave,

22:27 47 Northern Ave and 360 Longwood Ave

22:30 have applied to change the manager of

22:33 record at the first two locations to

22:35 Daphne Terron and at the third location

22:38 to Johan Gonzalez.

22:40 I vote to approve.

22:42 I agree.

22:43 I also agree.

22:46 Item four Tatte Bakery LLC doing

22:48 business as

22:50 Tatte Bakery and Cafe located at 70

22:53 Charles Street has petitioned to

22:56 update the description of the premise.

22:58 Essentially the only change is upgrading

23:00 the

23:01 upgrading the capacity from 52 to 58.

23:04 I vote to approve.

23:06 I agree.

23:07 I also agree.

23:09 Following have applied for one-day

23:10 amendments to their existing licenses.

23:12 Item one, The Catered Affair Inc. doing

23:14 business as The Catered Affair, located

23:16 at 700 Boylston Street within the Boston

23:18 Public Library,

23:19 has applied for a later closing hour of

23:21 2:00 a.m. for a wedding on November

23:23 14th.

23:24 I vote to approve.

23:25 I agree.

23:28 Item two, the same licensee, The Catered

23:29 Affair within the Boston Public Library,

23:31 uh has applied for a later closing hour

23:33 of 2:00 a.m. for a holiday party on

23:35 December 19th.

23:37 I vote to approve.

23:38 I agree.

23:39 I agree as well.

23:41 The board has before them a list of

23:42 applications for special one-day

23:43 alcoholic beverages licenses, which have

23:45 been administratively reviewed by staff

23:47 for approval by the board.

23:50 Acknowledged.

23:52 Thank you. Hand on old and new business,

23:54 the first three items are for

23:55 acknowledgement by the board. Item one,

23:57 the board has received correspondence

23:58 from Massachusetts Fine Wine and Spirits

24:00 LLC, DBA The Crossing Line and Spirits

24:03 at 39 Temple Place,

24:04 notifying the board of its permanent

24:06 closure and intent to transfer the

24:07 license.

24:09 Acknowledged.

24:11 Item two, similarly, the board has

24:12 received correspondence from Chickadee

24:14 LLC, doing business as Chickadee at 21

24:16 Dry Dock Ave, notifying the board of its

24:18 permanent closure and intent to transfer

24:19 the license.

24:22 Acknowledged.

24:23 And item three, the board has received

24:24 correspondence from Pam Kopfler LLC,

24:26 doing business as Pam, located at 100

24:29 Huntington Ave, uh similarly notifying

24:31 the board of its permanent closure and

24:32 intent to transfer the license.

24:34 Acknowledged.

24:36 Item four, for a vote, this had been

24:38 deferred uh from a prior hearing to

24:40 allow for completion of the community

24:41 process, which has occurred.

24:43 Castaneda-Gomez Corporation, doing

24:44 business as La Fonda Colombiana at 972

24:47 and 974 Saratoga Street in East Boston,

24:50 has petitioned to change the closing

24:51 hour from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. We have

24:53 heard from ONS that the Orient Heights

24:56 Neighborhood Association did take a vote

24:58 uh and had voted to oppose this

25:00 application.

25:02 Um given the fact they went back and had

25:04 this community process and um the

25:07 outcome of that, my vote would be not to

25:09 approve this additional hour at this

25:11 location.

25:13 I agree.

25:14 I'm also in agreement.

25:16 Uh and would that be a rejection with or

25:18 without prejudice?

25:20 Oh.

25:22 Uh with prejudice for 1 year.

25:27 Okay. Yes.

25:29 Same here.

25:30 Rejection with prejudice meaning that

25:31 the applicant cannot return with this

25:32 application for at least 1 year.

25:35 And finally, item number five, the board

25:37 will deliberate on applications for new

25:39 on-premise alcoholic beverages licenses

25:41 which have been heard by the board and

25:42 whose deliberations were deferred.

25:46 Yes, thank you. Um

25:49 happy to be at this moment where we can

25:51 um

25:53 vote on some of these applications that

25:54 have patiently been waiting

25:56 um for our decision.

25:59 Um

26:01 I would like to take a look at um the

26:04 application we had before us

26:07 that was heard May 14th, 2025. That was

26:10 Deja Brew at 704 East Broadway in South

26:13 Boston.

26:14 Um this is a a

26:16 This space has been in the family since

26:18 1982 and it's been operating as a cafe

26:20 since 1996.

26:22 Um they have closed and reopened and

26:26 reimagined their concept as a dessert

26:30 and cocktail bar.

26:31 Um

26:32 the testimony was that they're going to

26:34 keep it very small, very intimate, um

26:37 very small bite appetizers and desserts.

26:41 It's not going to be like a loud sports

26:43 bar that you find in other parts of

26:44 South Boston. There was an overwhelming

26:47 amount of support for this application.

26:49 Um the applicant testified that she's

26:54 committed to opening up her space for

26:56 community gatherings. This is a

26:58 woman-owned business with a lot of

27:01 neighborhood support. Um so, my vote

27:05 would be to approve an unrestricted all

27:07 alcohol license for Deja Brew in South

27:10 Boston.

27:12 I agree for all those reasons stated.

27:15 As the newest member on the board and

27:17 someone who was not here, I will be

27:19 abstaining.

27:20 Thank you, Commissioner Concepcion. Um

27:22 thank you, Chairman Joyce. And uh

27:24 Commissioner Saxon, um Deja Brew will uh

27:26 be receiving an unrestricted all alcohol

27:29 Sorry, yes, alcoholic beverages license.

27:33 Any Any other applications to discuss,

27:35 Chairman Joyce?

27:36 Yes, I'd like to talk about one more

27:37 application.

27:39 Um

27:40 uh at 104 Essex Street in the Leather

27:43 District.

27:45 Um

27:47 We She Wei Cafe. I'm I might have

27:50 mispronounced that, but this This

27:53 licensee was recently honored as a

27:55 Michelin recommended restaurant. It's a

27:57 Chinese restaurant that focuses on

27:59 hand-pulled noodles. They were heard um

28:03 not too long ago in June.

28:05 And um there was a lot of support from

28:08 the neighborhood association and the

28:09 Chinatown Civic Association.

28:11 I would vote to approve an unrestricted

28:14 beer and wine location for this

28:16 applicant at this location.

28:19 I agree. That makes sense.

28:22 And for the same reasons as my last

28:24 statement, um I will be abstaining.

28:27 Thank you, Commissioner Concepcion. And

28:28 thank you all. She Wei Cafe will uh be

28:30 awarded an unrestricted beer and wine

28:33 license.

28:36 Any others uh that you'd like to

28:37 discuss, Chairman Joyce, today?

28:38 Uh that would be all for today. Thank

28:41 you.

28:42 Thank you. If that is all, then those

28:44 are all of the matters before the board

28:45 uh this afternoon. Uh that will adjourn

28:47 this hearing. Thank you all and enjoy

28:48 the rest of your day and weekend.

28:50 Thank you.

28:51 Thank you, you too.

28:51 Thank you.