##VIDEO ID:jmHctIZJGWU## good morning thank you all for joining we'll give just a moment to clear the waiting room good morning everyone good morning thank you for being with us uh as a reminder when you are entering from the waiting room please do remain on mute unless or until you are presenting before the board give just another moment as we're still clearing the waiting room good morning this is a hearing before the licensing board for the city of Boston today is Wednesday September 11th 2024 today's hearing is being held pursuant to 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 chairwoman of the board Kathleen Joyce good morning my name is Cathleen Joyce chair of the Boston licensing board today I'm joined by fellow Commissioners commissioner Kiana Saxon and commissioner Liam Curran thank you very much please ensure that your audio and visuals are working properly while you are presenting or testifying 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 questions there will be an opportunity for Testimony beginning with elected officials or their representatives for members of the general public wishing to testify please limit your testimony to two minutes and please state your name address and affiliation if any again with the first item on this morning's agenda calling item number one van Luan seport boss LLC doing business as van Luan ice cream located at 133 cport Boulevard has applied for a common vict license to be exercised on the above 1,23 foot ground level ice cream shop consisting of dining area service counter area one public restroom and backro for storage and were washing manager Dana Jala hours of operation 11:00 a.m. to 12: a.m. who is present on behalf of the applicant uh Daniel brenon here with dpb design um on behalf of the applicant also Dana the manager uh in attendance um thank you madam chair members of the board um a small ice cream shop opening uh just over a th000 square feet uh 14 interior seats hours 11:00 am to midnight um working through final inspections now and hoping to open in the next couple weeks uh thank you Mr BR for joining us um I actually don't have any questions Commissioners do you I do not 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 morning oh sorry madam chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services um the mayor's office like to defer to the Judgment of this board at this time uh the applicant reached out to the local neighborhood association had a productive uh Community process with them we're unaware of any concerns presently thank you good morning Madam shairs and members of the board are here from Cil fn's office um at this time the coun would like to go on record and support 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 call thank you calling item number two Da Vinci gelato Inc doing business as Da Vinci gelato located at 295 Huntington a has applied for a common vict license to be exercised on the above 1,250 foot single floor with a counter for takeout and 16 tables for seating two bathrooms in the back kitchen is in the rear of the building manager Tatiana ball hours of operation 8:00 a.m to 12: a.m. who's present on behalf of the applicant oh tan I do see you but you're on mute I just have you to unmute um so that you can present to the board hi hello I'm Tatiana I'm presenting D Vin gelato Waffle House um I am the manager and the owner of the place great thank you very much um if you could just please briefly present the proposed concept to the board do you have any questions for me can you tell us a little bit more about the concept um and when you plan on [Music] opening yes so uh we'll be um it's a small place um of some small place on Huntington of and we um opened already uh we got um from the board we got um a civil license only for temporary ready for uh two weeks and we are asking for a permanent Civ license um we are so we we are gelato and Waffles we make the waffles in the house um that's our concept and you plan to be open until midnight we would we would like to be opened uh until midnight and is the business plan right now to be open s days a week seven days a week um we've been opened from 8 to 11 at night um but would be great uh there is a demand in our customers to be open until 11:30 or uh 12 okay um all right thank you very much commissioner Saxon commissioner K do you have any questions I do not 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 Madam chair members of the board Conor new with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's office to defer to the Judgment of this board uh on heavy applicant circulate to uh Flyers to a Butters within 300 feet we did not receive any comments uh they want on to connect with the Fenway civic association I would strongly Express their support for this proposal with that defer to the board at this time thank you thank you are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter thank you the board will take this under advisement calling item number three Mana Grill Inc doing business as Mana Grill located at 220 to 230 Columbia Road in Dorchester has applied for a common vular license to be exercised on the above 514 square feet one room kitchen equipment and bathroom located in the rear of the first floor basement is used for storage manager Carlos patal hours of operation 10: am to 11: PM who's present on behalf of the applicant hi my name I'm gonna be translated for Jonathan and Carlos so uman [Music] [Music] um he say hi my name is Jonathan I'm gonna be managing the business with Carlos um there is gonna be a fast food place like technically like a cafeteria uh they're going to be open from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. will there be any seating or dining area no no no so this is fast food takeout only yeah y okay and your plan is to be open seven days a week 10:00 a.m to 11: p.m is that correct yeah yeah yeah so just explain to me people will go in and like order off of a sign or is there a menu then they like wait go down and wait um it's it doesn't sound like a very big place I'm just trying to figure it out okay okay um he's saying that they have a menu like it's like a board they have a menu and there also going to be a Persona that speak both language to help out more with at the time of the ordering okay and when do you plan to open and we planning to open at the end of this month if anything if everything goes well okay uh commissioner Saxon or commissioner C you have any questions no this time 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 their representatives yes madame chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's offic to defer to the Judgment this board on had hosted an abutters meeting on June 24th uh it was lightly attended uh we did receive a letter of support and the applicant went on to meet with the uh Devon Normandy and Brunswick Street neighborhood Association which was supportive of the proposed hours of operation uh 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 or will take the center advisement as well thank you following item number four NH Inc doing business as gangcha located at 912 Beacon Street has applied for a common vict license to be exercised on the above 1,000 ft bubble tea shop served from behind the counter first floor only back of house is a dry storage area one bathroom in the back for employees only outdoor private seasonal patio April to September with 10 seats operating hours uh for the patio are 11:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. manager PF Chie hours of operation 11:00 a.m. to 11: p.m. who is present on behalf of the applicant um hello my name is p CH I'm um the owner and the manager of the bub store um propos to for the um for the CV license here um thank you are there any seats inside or is it just on the patio there are four seats inside of the perise and the plan is for 10 seats outside um yes okay I wanted to make a correction at um there was an error on the opening time uh our business hour is from 11:00 a.m. to 10: p.m. both for the pario and for the store hour 11:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. yes okay all right um commissioner Saxon commissioner K do you have any questions I do not thank you no questions thank you thank you are there any individuals would like to testify beginning with elected officials or their representatives Madam chair members of the board Connor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's offic could defer to the Judgment of this board ons has conducted a Butters meeting previously on February 8th then the applicant went on to meet with the aabon neighborhood C oton Circle neighborhood association which was supportive of this proposal 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 as well thank you thank you following item number five Yard House USA Inc doing business as Yard House located at 126 bookline a holder of a common VI 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the licens business from Wilson Figaroa to Tristan Gaffney who is present on behalf of the applicant hi I'm sorry it's Tristan Gaffney oh great thank you Mr Gaffney for being with us oh there and we have your camera on now I'm sorry I'm figuring it out okay no worries thank you for being with us this morning uh chairman D sure thank you um Mr Gaffney are you a citizen yes are you a resident of Massachusetts yes what is your experience in the food and beverage industry I have 25 years uh the last uh 12 of which have been as a general manager and before that as a cook and other management positions are you familiar with the rules and regulations of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the Salem service of alcohol yes I am all right thank you I have no further questions commissioner Saxon AAR do you have any questions I do not thank you none for me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify in this matter board will take this under advisement thank you calling item number six Yard House USA ink doing business as Yard House located at 110 Huntington a holder of a common vual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the licensed business from William golden to Michael Hennessy who's present on behalf of the applicant is Mr Hennessy with us I don't see him in the attendee list hello hi I apologize I just unmuted myself Michael Hennessy here thank you Mr Hennessy for being with us is it possible you want a device where you can turn a camera on so the board uh can uh verify that you're with us yes I am in the process of that right now I apologize um having some technical difficulties I know it's super annoying people want to get off the phone I'm sure yeah unfortunately it's can you see me I apologize I can see you all um What would I'm trying to see what is the name that you're on I do see an option here to merge with video let me see what happens it's 720 yes 720 there's no name oh so okay great so we can see you then no the phone number is 7206 yeah I see the phone number yeah unfortunately we do not see you one second if there's no luck can we come back to Danny go on to I think this is him is that did we just see you for a moment iPhone 74 oh my apologies there we go thank you very much for being with us no of course I'm sorry about that folks great we can see you and we can hear you okay sorry I'm just trying to find him uh uh the name is iPhone 74 all right can you speak again maybe it'll yes my name is Michael Hennessy I'm calling from the Yard House on 10 Huntington Avenue all right there I see him perfect um thank you for joining us Mr Hennessy are you a citizen yes ma'am are you a resident of Massachusetts so I am in the process I have an appointment on September 20th um at the R&B to complete uh to get my out of state license transferred over I am a uh new transplant to Massachusetts you're living in Massachusetts yes ma'am um what is your experience in the food and beverage industry um I've been in the industry for 20 years from manage all the way from kind of similar TR uh line cook to management for the past 20 years um I've been with the art house as a manager for seven and yeah are you familiar with the rules and regulations of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the Salem service of alcohol yes ma'am all right thank you for joining us commissioner Saxon or commissioner Ken do you have any questions I do not thank you no questions from me thank you 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 very much calling item number seven ruths Chris Stakehouse Boston LLC doing business as ruths Chris Steakhouse located at 45 School Street holder of a common vict or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the license business from Alexandra hedge to John Stavropoulos who's present on behalf of the applicant is Mr stopulos with us we will take a second call calling item number eight Mirage charcoal Kebab Inc doing business as Zen restaurant located at 21A Beacon Street holder of a common VI or 7-Day wines and malth beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the license business from De way Guan to Kevin y Jang who is present on behalf of the applicant good morning Attorney D uh here representing the applicant bus um the propos manager is also here today on the zoom and if the board has any clop chain he is waiting to answer thank you and I do see Mr Jiang on my screen um right sure um thank you Mr Jang are you a citizen oh hang on Mr Jen you're on mute right now I've just asked you to unmute okay uh yes I am do you live in Massachusetts yes I do what is your experience in the food and beverage industry uh I have like a about 10 years experience okay um can you describe that a little bit for us uh actually I I uh uh my my attorney here like uh doio he's here representing me okay attorney can you just describe for the board what his experiences in the food and beverage industry firstly so my CLI has been a sheriff holder for a restaurant in Chinatown area uh for years and that um restaurant had a legalized and previously but the currently closed um due to the financial management and other stuff um but my client has no uh any record received or complaint received based on the business operating or based on the legalized ownership okay Mr Shen are you familiar with the rules and regulations of this board the abcc in the laws of the Commonwealth as they pertain to the Salem service of alcohol yes I am all right thank you thank you for joining us thank you to your attorney for joining us commissioner Saxon commissioner car do you have any questions I do not thank you none from me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement thank you thank you calling item number nine STK Boston LLC doing business as STK Steakhouse located at 222 Berkeley Street holder of a common vial or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the license business from Stacy Peron to Amir sadegi who's present on behalf of the applicant I am good morning Madam chair members of the board my name is Michael Cronin from Roberto Israel and Wier I'm here on behalf of STK Boston LLC with me is the manager of record for the company Amir sedi uh we are ask asking the commission to approve change Manager application for section 12 all alcoholic beverages license located at 222 Berkeley Street in Back Bay as the board will call SDK Boston has been operating under the name of SDK Stakehouse at this location since 2023 company has been duly licensed by the commission during this time and has no prior violations uh Meir sedi is here today with us uh he's happy to answer any questions for you thank you um Mr sedeki are you a citizen yes good morning everybody I am a citizen correct good morning do you live in Massachusetts recently moved to Massachusetts correct okay what is your experience in the food and beverage industry uh 20 years food and beverage industry uh 15 of them are general manager the most of it just pretty much in management okay are you familiar with the rules and regs of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth as they pertain to the Salem service of alcohol correct all right thank you for your answers commissioner Saxon or Commissioner Karen do you have any questions I do not thank you questions thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing on the board will take this under advisement thank you calling item number 10 EB 170 Charles LLC doing business as the Whitney hotel located at 14 David G mugar way holder of and in holder all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the license business from Katrina jazayeri to Agnes Julia Hayes and secondly has petitioned for the approval of a management agreement between Erb 170 Charles LLC and Hersha Hospitality Management LP attorney Adam barnoski attorney barnoski thank you attorney green Madame chair members of the board for the record Adam barnowski 255 State Street in Boston I'm an attorney for the license with me today is Christina DeSoto the US portfolio manager for aeria the liy as well as Agnes Hayes the general manager of the Whitney hotel and the proposed manager of record uh we are here on an application for a change of manager and the approval of a management agreement with Hera as the board may recall the license acquired the hotel after receiving the approval of a transfer of the inh holders license uh earlier this year the transfer included the approval of an assignment of the then existing management agreement with prg management which ran the restaurant and alcohol service within the hotel the proposed management company hersa hospitality is very familiar with this uh property they have run the general operations of the hotel at the Whitney since 2016 and with PG's operations winding down it made sense to wrap in the alcoholic beverage component uh into Hera's existing General management duties as I mentioned they are very amiliar with the site and the operation hhm is one of the country's premier professional hotel management companies with a diverse portfolio of more than 240 hotels across the United States and Canada they have several managed hotels in M Massachusetts including the envoy in Boston freepoint in Cambridge as well as other hotels in Brookline and Chelsea as it relates to the Whitney they will oversee the day-to-day operations on behalf of the licy from a consumer or a public perspective there will be no change in the oper ation no change to the hours offerings branding or configuration and we do anticipate a seamless transfer in duties uh Agnes Hayes is the proposed manager of record she has been with the Whitney hotel for over five years and in the role of the general manager for uh since 2022 she has extensive experience in the hotel and hospitality industry working in management and Consulting positions for hotels and resorts throughout the state for over 25 years she will continue to be on site for 40 hours a week and will oversee the transition of the alcoholic beverage sales from prg Miss Hayes is available as are we to answer any questions the board has uh thank you um I just got to find the right page on my screen there you are Mrs misses thank you are you a citizen you're on mute I think yes I am sorry about that and do you live in Massachusetts yes I do your attorney already explained your experience are you familiar with the rules and regulations of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth as they pertain to the salale service of alcohol yes I am okay commissioner Saxon or commissioner kin do you have any questions I do thank you no questions thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing them the board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you thank you following item 11 KC L Boston LLC doing business as F1 arcade located at 81 to 91 Pier 4 Boulevard holder of a common vitual or 7-Day alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the license business from Nicholas Phelps to Scott Evangelista attorney Elizabeth Pano attorney Pano good morning Madam chair members of the board Elizabeth Bano from Upton canell and delin on behalf of the applicant um we are here for a change of Manager application with me today is Scott Evangelista he is a proposed manager of record Scott is a US citizen a Massachusetts resident and is familiar with the rules and regulations relating to the sale of alcohol he is tip certified and has over 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry um from positions as uh manager roles and um just working in the industry in general in California and in Massachusetts we're happy to answer any questions that you have thank you attorney thank you Mr Evangelista for joining us your attorney I believe covered all the questions I had uh commissioner ker commissioner Saxon do you have any questions I do not thank you no questions thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter seeing on the board will take this under advisement thank you thank you calling item 12 OSB Boston Back Bay operations LLC doing business as Citizen M vacay hotel located at 408 Newbury Street holder of and in holder all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the licens business from Jessica Kaufman to Taylor Robert Maxwell Smith uh attorney Tom Miller attorney Miller good morning chairman Joyce Commissioners secretary green Tom Miller from mcdom Quil Miller and Hanley and Boston on behalf of the LIC e uh I'm joined today by Taylor Smith the proposed manager of record he is a US citizen a resident of reading has extensive experience in the hotel in the hotel industry is familiar with the laws of the Commonwealth the rules of the abcc and this board for the sale and service of alcohol Taylor has more than 15 years experience in the hotel industry with more than six years supervising Hotel operations whose business model includes the sale and service of alcohol uh he is extensively experienced and more than qualified to um supervise this license at this location uh with that we want to thank the board for hearing this application today and be happy to answer any questions you have uh thank you again my screen is not um I have three pages and I don't see Mr Maxwell Smith is could you just un yeah unmute and say hi here oh there you are okay thank you for joining us I don't have any questions commissioner sax and commissioner car and you I do not thank you no questions 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 following item 13 Boston Garden fors LLC doing business as scores located at 166 Canal Street holder of a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the manager of the licens business from Tyler Smith to Madison Kelly mcnam who is present on behalf of the applicant thank you secretary green and good morning Madam chair members of the board attorney Ryan gazda on behalf of the licy with us this morning as well is Madison mnam who is the new proposed manager of record for scores at 166 Canal Street um aside from the change of the local manager of record there are no operational changes proposed for the restaurant itself and Miss mamy is a US citizen Massachusetts resident is familiar with the rules and regulations regarding the sale and service of alcohol and has extensive experience in the food and beverage industry most recently at real house uh tallship and Encore having said that we're certainly happy to answer any questions that you might have thank you attorney uh thank you for joining us miss Ming I have no questions commissioner sax or Commissioner Karen I have no questions thank you questions thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify seeing none the board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number 14 85 Main Street LLC doing business as Sullivan's Public House located at 85 to 87 Main Street in Charlestown holder of a common victual or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to change the DBA of the license business from Sullivan's Public House to town takaria who's present on behalf of the applicant thank you again secretary green and good morning Madam chair members of the board again Ryan GDA on behalf of the lcy with me this morning is m Matthew Sullivan who is the owner and manager of record for Sullivan's Public House at 85 Main Street in Charlestown um we're here this morning on an application for a change of DBA in connection with a change of concept for the restaurant which will be rebranding to a Mexican concept if you will with a new operational name of town takaria um other than the rebranding and change of name there are no operational changes proposed for the establishment itself and hours of operation and otherwise will remaining um operationally the same um having said that Mr suiv isn't on the call as well and we're happy to answer any questions you might have uh my only question is how soon do you plan on rolling out this new concept I think um we would be by November if we get approved okay uh commissioner Karin or commissioner Saxon do you have any questions I do not thank you questions 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 following item number 15 DW French LLC doing business as DW French located at 1391 Boon Street holder of a common victual or 7-Day alcoholic beverage's license has petitioned to change the DBA of the license business from DW French to MAA attorney Elizabeth Pano attorney Pano good morning Madam chair members of the board Elizabeth Pisano from optin conell and delin on beh behalf of DW French LLC um D DW French LLC is seeking to change its DBA name from DW French to MAA the um the owners are converting their concept and rebranding from French to Italian cuisine there are already three other me restaurants to in Boston and one in Newton that have been successfully up and running um they'll have the same chef and they they will rehire qualif if Ying employees and have the same hours at the location um with me uh is Seth Gerber he is one of the owners um I think he's on here we're happy yep and so we're happy to answer any other questions that you have uh thank you um my only question is should you be improved when would these changes go into effect Seth can you answer that one yeah our Target is to reopen uh middle to end of October so it's a it's a pretty streamlined cosmetic change of the restaurant okay are you closed right now we are currently closed to the public okay uh Commissioner Karen or commissioner Saxon do you have any questions I do not thank you no questions thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well well thank you thank you following item number 16 hot eastern restaurant Inc doing business as friendship BBQ located at 40 Harrison AV holder of a common vict or 7day wines and M beverages license has petitioned to change the corporate name of the license business from a hot eastern restaurant Inc to hot Eastern Inc secondly has petitioned to change the DBA of the licens business from Friendship BBQ to orient and lastly the applicant has petitioned to change the closing hour of the licens business from 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday to 2 a.m. all days attorney Carolyn Conway attorney Conway good morning members of the board attorney green Carolyn Conway on behalf of the ly and I have with me today miss Mr s King who with his wife is the owner of the restaurant uh first off we'd like to withdraw the change of DBA to orient it didn't resonate when we went to the neighborhood and we're going to go back to that but we do want to continue on with the change of corporate name if the board will recall uh this license was granted in 2018 at a time when the licenses were submitted electronically and unfortunately it was submitted as hotti and Restaurant Inc but all the underlying documentation articles of organization tax everything else was under hot Eastern Inc uh we wanted to go through the grant of The Cordial license the abcc has um pointed that out and it just seemed easiest rather than change everything with all the other agencies to correct this going back and as I said the board will note that the original documentation did show uh hot Eastern Inc we are looking to uh do a little change in the concept mostly going from a barbecue to a stir fry and the people uh that we have gone to have asked for an a opening later at night till 2 a.m. currently we're closing between 10 and 11 and we're getting people who are showing up you know at the door wanting to uh have a later meal we have met with the um the Chinatown um neighborhood ass Council as well as the Safety Committee and agreed that we would put on a 130 last call for alcohol and food so anybody order that so that the neighborhood would know that is in connection with the increase of ours we have been asked for this we believe that there's a public need uh also we had been trying to get an abutters meeting although all the abutters were notified for this hearing we have agreed to defer the vote so that we can have uh ad a Butters meeting sponsored by the mayor's office and I told the mayor's office this morning that I would ask for that but in the meantime we would like to M Mr Ting is available to testify and we believe we have some support here to testify also for the increase in hours to the 2 A.M all right thank you um I'll might have questions after other testimony but right now I don't have any questions yeah same for me thank you no questions thank you thank you with that we will see if there uh is any testimony beginning with elected officials or their representatives hi Laura here from cons F's office I will read his statement um and good morning mad sh and members of the board cons to go record in Opp position based on feedback from Neighbors in the community we were from that the proponent never um reportedly engaged in a community process with the all the relevant Civic groups moreover neighbors reported that s has historically historically post trash remover concerns lastly residents are concerned about exacerbating existing noise complaints and of Life issues with the extension of hours until 2: a.m. throughout the entire week instead of just the weekend for those reasons and alls con FL continues to remain a post thank you thank you Laura are there any other individuals would like to testify on this matter is Nicholas here I I'm trying I send him a text um he was here before here he is I'm I'm here I'm sorry I just hello hi my my name is Nicholas um I am a resident of China time I'm also part of a Chinatown neor Council just for the record I want to uh give U uh Mr tin a support and he has been good um community members he have done a lot for the communities and in term of the uh like the I'm sorry uh so um so he did went to the board and safety meeting all the members was you know support you know the decisions um so just from record I'm saying that I just you know um here as a support thank you very much for your testimony are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter great and just just to be clear attorney Conway you're you're seeking a deferral on the vote on the change of hours until there's an AB Butters meeting is that what I understood yes we will we will do an but's meeting there all been notified of the hearing today but I do want repeat that we did appear before the neighborhood Council as well as the Safety Committee prior and I have been in touch with ons since um since August but uh they due to Vacation schedules Etc that's why we're we're looking forward to having in a Butters meeting within the next week or so great thank you for that following testimony are there any uh questions from the board um I do have a question what was the group that Council Flynn's office wanted you to meet with was it the neighborhood Council well we did go to the neighborhood Council and we've also been to the the Safety Committee um and wasn't aware that we were there I'm just gonna ask Council Flyn staff to unmute one more second just so I can take some notes thank you so um I've talked to melis at low um about this she's a like person for Chinatown uh I think we're referring to the Chinatown um the I think it's a CRA um Chinatown wrestling like Association um that's the me the they meet like every month and that's the one that she goes to um I don't think they met with them or reach out to us about the proposal so um we're mostly concerned about the closing hours um we think you know during the week they already have a lot of complaints um there's like um residents that live there that have kids that have to go to school and just worry about you know noise and obviously with the rat The Pest Control issues that that we have over throughout the city the trash is also a big concern for us so I can um specify which other groups other than the one I mentioned but for now I think it's that one okay attorney attorney are you aware of the trash complaints and the noise complaints the noise complaints that were addressed for General Chinatown noise complaints not anything in conjunction with this operation because this operation closes a lot and we said that we would look into all the anything that has to do with us with respect to trash we and that we were aware of our environments there was nothing directed to us individually it seemed that it was just general concerns and we would look into it what I'd like to do is um I will reach out to councelor Flynn's office right afterwards to see if there is another organization that we should we should be getting to because I'm more than happy to meet with them and as I said we're working with on um with respect to the ab buts meeting all right thank you with that I have no other questions commissioner sax or Commissioner Karen nothing additional for me thank you no further questions thank you thank you with that the board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number 17 corporate on Bonnie limited doing business as payal Market located at 340 Center Street in Jamaica plane holder of a retail Package Store wines and Mal beverages license has petitioned to change the category of the licens business from a retail Package Store wines and Mal beverages to a retail package store all alcoholic beverages license Attorney John KY attorney Cary good morning Madam chair Joyce and members of the board uh I represent uh Mr leis Guerrero who's presentent with us the owner of pel Market uh he is a citizen of the United States and a uh and resident of the Commonwealth Massachusetts and the City of Austin uh he is familiar with the rules and regulations of the city of Boston the abcc and the Kwal of Massachusetts as it pertains to the sale of alcoholic beverages uh Mr Guerrero has been in business for over 20 years uh has experience in sales and uh has a uh currently has an 11 pm wine and malt license uh he's had that for over five years with no violations or complains during that period of time um and uh we would be happy uh Mr perero myself be happy to answer any questions thank you for joining us attorney Carrie thank you for also joining us Mr Guerrero with this um petition to change the category could you please elaborate on what the public need is to go from wine and malt to all alcohol yes get out here yeah yes thank you madam uh Mr Guerrero is uh very much a fabric of the community he has a variety Market uh at 340 Center Street uh in the neighborhood it's very much a fabric of the neighborhood uh he he has uh been requested by me many neighbors and people in the community uh to uh to uh open up the sales to uh full uh uh beverage licenses uh they like to because they like to shop in his um facility uh he uh as I said he's been there for 20 years is very much a fabric in my community uh he's open 364 days a year excluding Christmas um the one they are uh he uh participates in many of the events around the community participates in and also uh donates to many many of the functions of the community manag do you okay do you plan to sell nips no you AR no no no Madam chair okay all right public need has sort of a legal definition based upon case laww um you did touch on some of it the um other parts of it would be like are there other um package stores in the area or how close is the nearest package store that sells alcohol hard alcohol uh that's uh several uh I don't have the exact location I may refer to Mr Guerrero but I believe that's several blocks away from the from the actual neighborhood he lives in Mr Guero is that correct yes um yes that's correct I have two uh I'm pretty much in the middle of them about three blocks three and a half blocks away from each other I would say yes three to four blocks away commissioner sax or commissioner K any questions I do um are the the two that you're in the middle of is that Center liquor and C Camilo that's corre okay I'm seeing just so I'm seeing 02 miles to Center and3 miles to Camilo does that sound right I was yeah I mean if you see that yes I would say so i' I know by by by blocks uh yeah um I say so uh and there's a Whole Foods not that far from you do they carry Spirits or alcohol at all what's the name of that business Foods uh as far as I know they do not yeah I didn't think they did I just wanted to make sure MH okay that's all I have then thank you no questions thank you I just have one more question if this was granted and you were able to add hard alcohol to your offerings would you be replacing any other um you know food that you're selling is it going to be taking up more we usually have floor plan that is supplied to us we could see you know what percentage of your offerings is going to be dedicated to alcohol sales no no um I'm sorry Mr John uh you may answer that if you want to Yes uh uh the majority of the of the um alcoholic beverages that he'd be set placing on the market would be positioned behind the counter it' be a small area and then over and then over at a high level where where young children would would not be able to reach it over uh the refrigerator section he has shelving that would be used to place um uh any alcoholic liquor uh it's it would not stop uh would not curtail the sale of any of the other variety of matters that he sells in his vcation all right those are all my questions thanks thank you madam chair thank you Bo 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 Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor is offing to defer to the Judgment of this board ons had held an AB Butter's meeting on July 10th uh was sparsely attended but there was one resident on who vocalized their support uh the applicant then went on to meet with the Jamaica plan neighborhood councils um which I understand is supportive of this proposal and I'll let Michael elaborate on that but with that we'll defer defer to the board at this time thank you thank you Conor I do see a hand raised from Michael rkin Mr rkin you may please provide your testimony uh my name is Michael Riskin I live at 425 South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica plane member of the Jamaica plan neighborhood Council and chair of its Public Service committee uh we had a neighborhood hearing on this issue on August 6th um and um Mr Guerrero is a long-standing business member uh close 24 years at this location uh almost five years with a beer and wine license um he promised not to sell any uh mini bottles um and uh also to keep all the alcohol Out Of Reach of the kids uh at this uh Bodega it's a central Gathering Spot in the neighborhood and people who came to the meeting all supported this uh request um saying it's a um it's a uh a good upgrade to a longstanding business he also promised to to uh self- police the corner restriction uh at Wyman and Center Street which has a um a fire department uh restrictions so that's very helpful as well um the um the two uh the last time we had this hearing for the beer and wine Package Store both Camilo liquor and Center liquers came to oppose uh they did not come to oppose this uh this time he's exactly halfway between um Camila Liquors at Jackson Square and Center Liquors at Hyde Square uh so we think this is an appropriate and has a public need for the neighborhood so we urge you to um approve this upgrade to an all alcohol package store for p Pimentel Market thank you Mr Riskin uh for your testimony are there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter or will take this under advisement as well thank you folling item number 18 good tacos LLC doing business as Nako taco and good company located at 100 Hood Park Drive in Charlestown holder of a common victual or 7-Day alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license from the above to CT eer LLC doing business as lucky tiger at the same location Corey Burman manager has also petitioned to update the description of the premise as follows on one floor of a commercial building with approximately 5,439 ft of contiguous space restaurant space a in one room located at left of premise with entrance located at far left with bar seating for approximately 18 patrons and additional dining area for approximately 11 patrons restaurant space b in one additional room at right of premise with additional entrance at far right with bar seating for approximately 26 patrons and additional dining area for approximately 44 patrons bathrooms for both restaurants bace a and restaurant Bas B located at rear of public facing space contiguous kitchen storage and back of house located in rear of space connecting two entrances and five exits seasonal April to November outdoor patio on private property with 30 seats indoor closing hour 2 a.m. outdoor patio closing hour 11:00 p.m. and finally the applicant has petitioned to pledge the license to hood Park LLC who is present on behalf of the applicant thank you secretary green and good morning Madam chair members of the board attorney Ryan Goa on behalf of the license with us this morning as well is Corey Burman who who is the proposed manager of record for the new restaurant we're here to discuss this morning uh this is an application for a transfer of an existing all alcohol license that was formerly operated by Nako Taco at 100 Hood Park Drive in Charlestown my clients presently operate Urban wild which is directly adjacent to this space and have entered into agreement to purchase the assets of the existing operator that was formerly within the adjacent um the restaurant right next door um my clients are excuse me uh existing entrepreneurs within the city of Boston operating several other establishments including uh Tradesmen Finn Point Amber Road and urban wild right next door as I had mentioned um and aside from a light refresh and rebranding of this space to a new name lucky tiger um it's a relatively straightforward transfer of a license to existing um location staying the same otherwise um the purchase itself will be partially funded by promisory note funded by the landlord which includes a pledge agreement of the license back for collateral as the loan and Corey Burman as I mentioned will be the manager of record for the new restaurant and he is a US resident sorry he is a US resident a Massachusetts res a US citizen Massachusetts resident is familiar with the rules and regulations regarding the sale and service of alcohol and has extensive experience in the food and beverage industry um and prior to coming before you all today we have discussed this with the Charles toown neighborhood Council and they're in support of this application but we're happy to answer any questions that you might have thank you well done um I don't think I have any questions um thank you for explaining the reason for the pledge um and Mr burman's qualifications as manager of record um I don't have any questions at this time commissioner Saxon or commissioner curan no questions 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 there any other individuals who would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank thank you calling item number 19 bepoke Hospitality LLC doing business as Cambria located at 6 West Broadway in South Boston holder of and INF folder all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license from the above to West Broadway Management LLC doing business as Cambria Hotel at the same location Shia Whitley gal manager closing hours uh 10 p.m on the patio 1:00 am roof deck 2 am interior who's present on behalf of the applicant good morning Madam chair members of the board attorney Green attorney Tyler Hensler from Upton canel and delin here representing the applicant West Broadway Management LLC uh as attorney green said we're applying for a transfer of a section 12 license to be exercised at the same location 6 West Broadway in South Boston joining me as manager of record and one of the owners Willie gal uh this will be the same operation as before uh nothing changing even though it's a transfer at the same location I'll add that a public need exists not only for guests at the hotel but for guests and neighbors alike to use the roof deck and Lobby bars character and fitness of the appin is also very strong as the owners have been in the industry since 2013 when they managed a club for 5 years and uh after that moving into property development and successfully dealing and collaborating with lienes of all kinds uh again we're not changing the description of the premises on the license as it exists uh which includes the whole of said building 14 floors of hotel rooms the lobby the rooftop uh and a function room the proposed manager of record is Willie gal he is a US citizen he's a Massachusetts resident he's familiar with the rules and regulations regarding the sale and service of alcohol of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth and he has experience in the industry as he was previously a club manager for tion y in for 5 years uh since then he's been acting as senior vice president to uh Keon long property development uh since 2015 uh dealing with lenes uh as tenants throughout that time uh we have been in contact with the West Broadway neighborhood association and on uh neither required a meeting but uh we remain in contact with them if anything should change with that we're happy to take any questions and we thank the board for their time uh thanks so previously at this location there was also a hotel a restaurant and a rooftop and there was a lot of confusion between the management team who was actually responsible for controlling the alcohol and those three different um areas of the building um Mr GA what is your relationship going to be um your name name is going to be maner of record for all three what is the relationship between your role and the owners of the hotel oh yeah Willie I can actually answer this very quickly um just to clear it up so this as the board's aware uh there was an issue with the former leny uh at this location B spoke Hospitality uh who is a tenant bspoke Hospitality owed the landlord six West Broadway uh in excess of $700,000 in money damages due to unpaid rent uh and in return for an executed release of the claims bepoke Hospitality conveyed the license to the landlord um this was you know pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement uh executed on August 2nd subsequent to that agreement the landlord then assigned it to this Broadway Management LLC or West Broadway Management LLC the applicant here uh this was because the consideration for the license was that was not money or cash it was that release it had to be conveyed to the landlord and then to the applicant so Willie and his wife fondu who are each 50% owners of West Broadway Management LLC the applicant here they are related to the real estate uh owner and the landlord um and sometime down the road we'll let the board know right now uh that the plan right now is for there to be eventually a thirdparty operator to come in uh via a management agreement but in the meantime to settle the licensing situation that they find themselves in uh due to this previous tenant uh we're doing this transfer before getting to a third party manager uh so that is a long way of saying that they will be control of all the entire building all three areas for the time being that's helpful um do you know Boston night life Ventures do I do I know or does uh Mr go they were involved last time around no okay well with these third party operators sometimes this confusion over who's in control and programming the different parts of the building um and one of the issues was that they thought they were totally separate from the hotel so when you do find that third party operator we're going to really have to um dig into some of those questions for obvious reasons if there's an issue with the rooftop if there's an issue with the restaurant that flows into the hotel um and there were some there was lack of understanding by all three parties last time around who ultimately had control over the license so um just want to get that on the record uh commissioner Saxon or commissioner K do you have any questions uh I have nothing in addition thank you no questions for me thank you thank you are there any individuals would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected officials or their representatives are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter yeah board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you very much calling item number 20 Glenn beg Inc doing business as Azure located at 65 exitor Street holder of a common VI or 7-Day all alcoholic beverages license has petitioned to transfer the license from the above to the lenux hotel llc at the same location Gary Saunders manager 2 am. closing hour applicant has also petitioned to update the description of the premise as follows approximately 5,28 Square ft in four rooms with in the lenux hotel main entrance and exit on exitor street through the main lobby of the hotel 912 foot bar in one room with occupancy of 65 entrance through hotel lobby separate restaurant space in one room consisting of 2,176 square ft with main dining area and bar area seating with seating for 100 restaurant space uh sorry occupancy of 314 1,940 ft Kitchen in rear basement for storage additional emergency exit through the kitchen to the hotel lobby and finally the applicant has petitioned to remove the following condition from the license as condition number three Sunday opening at 11:00 am for alcohol service attorney Christen scanland attorney scanland good morning Madam chair members of the board attorney green Kristen scanland for the licen or for the applicant um this transfer is a transfer the same location of an all alcohol beverage license the current licenses tency is soon coming to an end end at this location so this is the primary reason for the transfer the applicant is the landlord and also a current license SE within this same building the Lennox Hotel on the corner of Boon and exitor Street in Back Bay um and has a separate inh holder license uh the primary intent for the transfer is a smooth transition with little to no dark time within the Hotel dining and bar areas the hotel will now overtake fully all food and beverage operations within all Hotel Outlets to include the existing dining and bar spaces the proposed manager of record is Gary Saunders who is a manager of record previously approved by this board and the abcc and is currently the manager of record of the inh holder license held by the lenux hotel within the same building um there are absolutely no changes proposed to operations here but for the ownership um as attorney green referenced we did update the description however to be more thoroughly detailed than what was last recorded uh for this particular license and the premises that are covered by this license we did also submit with this application to remove the third condition regarding uh in particular Sunday Alcohol Services we believe it was a condition that was put in place long prior to legislation allowing 10 a.m. service on Sundays um lastly I will just note that in all likelihood we will be back before the board following uh the hopeful approval of this transfer to amend the existing Hotel license to Encompass the restaurant and bar space that this license current L serves and then move this license out but as a hotel um with Anchor Restaurant spaces it's important and imperative for them that this service not be disrupted for guests staying at the hotel which is the purpose of the transfer of this ownership at this time again the the current tenants uh tency is coming to an end thank you for that explanation so would I be correct in saying there's no intention of holding both of these licenses for a long time you're correct yes all right thank you uh commissioner Saxon or commissioner Cur have any questions I do not 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 there any other individuals would like to testify on this matter board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number 21 our father's Deli LLC doing business as our father's Deli located at 1301 Boyston Street holder of a common victual or 7-Day wines and M beverages with Lors license has a petition to transfer the license and the location from the above to elephanttine LLC doing business as elephantine bakery located at 332 Congress Street premise consists of 4,624 square fet total in one room on ground level of a six-story building front window seating area service bar area and main dining area SE for approximately 65 main entrance exit on Congress Street additional emergency exit in rear alley kitchen storage and offices in rear of premises Sheri farag manager 10 pm closing hour attorney scanland once again attorney scanland good morning again mam chair members of the board attorney green Kristen scen for the applicant signed on with us this morning is Sharie farag who is one of the owners along with his wife naen of the proposed concept elephantine Bakery uh Sharie is also the proposed manager of record for this license is a US citizen and soon to be Massachusetts resident and will be at the time of the anticipated May uh 2025 opening and is of course familiar with the rules and regulations uh regarding service and sale of alcohol as attorney green indicated we're seeking to transfer this license to a new location at 332 Congress Street in Fort Point this location was previously known as Metro Cafe which served breakfast and lunch at this location but it's been closed for the last uh several years and has has sat dark at this location um by way of background nen and Sharie currently operate their first location in Portsmith New Hampshire which originally opened in December of 2018 uh the name uh elephantine comes from Egypt where their families are from and when they first open in Portsmouth they wanted to come uh with a name that honors their Heritage they always also had the ambition of opening in Boston where they met and married 17 years ago so they're happy to see that vision and come to fruition uh naen left doctoral studies at Harvard in search of something new then shareif who is a former computer engineer left the corporate world and studied blonie in Paris uh which are influences you'll see in the concept which is a classic French style Bakery and Old World Cafe with menu items influenced by both of their backgrounds you'll find an array of off offerings uh on the menu including Middle Eastern and French pastries sandwiches and breakfast dishes and traditional and unique dessert offerings not ones you see um every day in in cafes around Boston or a lot of other places really like cardamom rosewater cake or a brown butter brownies uh for evening service uh they offer apptivo style um offerings often you'll you'll see this in a lot of places like Italy where it's pre- dinner drinks appetizers small plates it's not quite dinner or afternoon lunch but something in between um as far as logistics for this location are concerned the hours a proposed are 7 days a week 8:00 a.m. to 10: p.m. with approximately 65 seats inside and a maximum occupancy of20 um because this is a transfer to new location with respect to public need as I did mention previously this location used to be a breakfast and lunch place um that has sat vacant for the last several years so it's good to be able to bring back uh some form of those offerings to residences and nearby businesses in the surrounding area uh this particular neighborhood I know as the board is well aware has lost uh several restaurants recently along this Congress Street stretch so with the addition and Revival of a restaurant at this particular location it's much welcomed by The Neighborhood which of course will provide for more foot traffic eyes and lights on the street as well and also it of course brings a unique food option and concept to the areas previously described with the sample menu items and the overall concept as well with all day offerings um and it's a great style of restaurant for close proximity to places like the Children's Museum it's certainly familyfriendly and offered at affordable price points um their goal also is to bring um as many as 35 to 45 new jobs for this particular location as well we hope um after this the character and fitness isn't in question by the board either their reputation certainly precedes them with their Portsmith location as successful and responsible business operators if you take a look at all of revie online they have repeated fstar reviews from hundreds of people they're voted by Yelp as number four out of a 100 best New England restaurants in uh 2022 based on reviews best breakfast sandwich in America in 2022 and best bakery in New Hampshire in 2023 so I think a lot of folks are looking forward um to them opening at this location we did meet back this winter with both the fpna and an on sponsored a Butters meeting um and that was met with just a few questions but overall support which I know the board is in receipt of a letter from the fpna as well as I mentioned anticipated opening is May 20125 but of course uh Sherie and I are happy to answer any questions the board might have thank you great explanation uh thank you for joining us today Mr fari um not sure if your attorney covered it but just so that we have it as part of the the record are you familiar with the rules and regs of this board abcc and our as it pertain to the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the sale and service of alcohol yes I am thank you okay and uh You' be expecting to open May 2025 is that right I think that's what your attorney said that's correct yes that's what we are targeting okay um I actually have no questions commissioner Saxon commissioner Karin 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 madame chair members of the board Conor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's officer to defer to the Judgment of this board as you heard from the applican representation on had hosted a Butter's meeting previously in January uh the applican then went on to meet with the four point neighborhood association securing their support our office is 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 board will take this under advisement as well thank you thank you calling item number 22 Los alus restaurant LLC doing business as Los alab bries restaurant located at 192 Sumer Street in East Boston has applied for a common V or 7-Day Wines in M beverages with lorus license to be exercised on the above in one large room on ground floor with seated dining areas kitchen restrooms and storage in rear 1300 sare ft with basement also, 1300 ft for storage manager dado ESP noza Closing Time 2 a.m. who's present on behalf of the applicant thank you secretary green and good morning Madam chair members of the board attorney Ryan gazda on behalf of proposed lensey with me this morning as well is Gerardo Espinosa as well as Blanca Roos who are two of the co-owners of the restaurant that we're here to discussed this morning which is Los Al briese located at 192 suar Street in East Boston um this is a relatively new full service restaurant located in East Boston serving authentic Mexican Cuisine um in terms of the space itself it's comprised of approximately 2,000 square F feet on the ground floor of the property containing 28 seats indoors and has been operational since April of this year um it's a family friend familyfriendly restaurant that's received rave reviews thus far um and I would like to note for the record that they would be seeking a 1: a. closing hour and not a 2 am. closing hour at this location following concessions with the neighborhood groups um in light of the pending legislation which we understand to presently be before the Governor as we speak today uh seeking to Grant additional liquor licenses in the city of Boston many of which have been specifically earmarked for East Boston in particular U my clients plan to apply for the issuance of a new beer wine and cordials license to be able to serve alcoholic beverages at this restaurant which are complimentary to their menu including margaritas and other um beverages with a Mexican inspiration um that are that pair well with the with the food offerings at the existing location um sposa who as I mentioned is one of the co-owners will also be the manager of record for this location he is a US citizen a Massachusetts resident he's familiar with the rules and regulations regarding the sale and service of alcohol and has extensive experience in the food and beverage industry uh and it's also worth noting that this will be the second location for Los alib haste with another operation out in Chelsea which they've been running quite successfully and hope to be able to implement a liquor program at this location which is something that they've not been lucky enough to do out in ch um in terms of community outreach we have discussed this proposal with both on as well as the Maverick Central neighborhood association and we have secured support from that neighborhood association as well as over a 100 letters of support submitted into the board's Rec as of this morning just from um customers and members of the community who are in support of this proposal it's specifically something that their customers have been asking for and they're hoping that it's something that will help keep the restaurant economics viable moving forward um in terms of a public need um as the board can no doubt acknowledge East Boston continues to undergo active Redevelopment and this location in particular located Stones Throw from Maverick Square is directly um surrounded by a a vast majority of new um residential apartments that have been built within the past few years um and this only continues to grow as we move forward in terms of development for East Boston um and I would profer that the pending legislation in and of itself which is identified East Boston as an underserved Community also underscores the fact that there is a public need for this um for type of proposal at the location um having said that we feel that this license is appropriate this location and that these are responsible operators who are deserving of the chance for one of these coveted licenses um having said that we're here this morning to answer any questions you might have thank you very U much for that explanation uh very helpful explanation um how long have you been operating with just a CV license just the CV license they've been in operation since April of this year that's what I thought commissioner Karin or commissioner Saxon do you have any questions I do not no questions from me thank you thank you are there any individuals who would like to testify on this matter beginning with elected official or their representatives yes madame chair members of the board Connor Newman with the mayor's office of Neighborhood Services this time the mayor's offic to defer to the Judgment of this board oness had hosted a Butter's meeting on July 18th um the applicant then went on to meet with the Maverick Central neighborhood association in August securing their support we're unaware of any concerns as the uh applicant representation mentioned there are letters of support with that we'll defer to the board at this time thank you and also my name is Miguel Vargas I am the director executive director for the East Boston main streets I support the uh the alus I've been working with them a lot with the processing opening up in April um and I do encourage the you know this restaurant to get the license thank you Mr Vargas for your testimony 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 thank you thank we will take a second call on item number seven I do believe Mr St ropolos has joined us so just to refresh the board and read back into the record calling item number seven Ruth's Chris steakhous Boston LLC doing business as Ruth's Chris Stakehouse located at 45 School Street as a petition to change the manager of the license business from Alexander hedge to Mr Stavropoulos uh Mr soplos thank you for being with us and for hanging in there so we get through this hearing yes thank you great um chair will chy you want to go through manager of record sure I um there you are thank you are you a citizen yes I am are you a resident in Massachusetts yes I am what is your experience in the food and beverage industry I've been a manager in the food and beverage industry for about 15 years um I owned and operate my own uh Subway restaurant and I currently manage um the general manager at the roots Chris Steakhouse in downtown Boston for the past two years okay are you familiar with the rules and regs of this board the abcc and the laws of the Commonwealth as they pertain to the Salem service of alcohol yes I am all right thank you I have no additional questions Commissioners do you I do not 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 as well thank you again for joining us Mr Stavropoulos those are all of the items before the board this morning the board will convene to vote tomorrow morning September 12th at 10: a.m. notice has been posted to the city's website uh hang on I see a hand raised uh from a dolly um do I'll ask you to unmute is this on the the item that we're speaking on right now no unfortunately it's not and I just wanted to ask the question whether or not I might speak on a matter that was earlier raised or discussed at the hearing uh which item is it and chairman you it was item number four regarding the gongcha uh bubble tea shop on Beacon Street our well thank you I I appreciate the opportunity to speak that a turn I just missed um the discussion um I just the Autobon Circle neighborhood association had submitted a letter on the matter and we and our our board was in support of the um applicant um but it was based on a number of conditions that were very important because of the likely um the uh protection of or elimination of um disruption of traffic on Beacon Street which as you know is a very busy thorough Fair through to the city and uh I was just hoping that the board would take those conditions and thoughts into account when when um issuing the license and I also just wanted to ask it said the hours of operation uh in the in the narrative as being between 11:00 a.m. and 10 p.m. but then at the end of in the hearing notice it said hours of operation 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. um the applicant had described to us that there would be a closing hour at 10 p.m. and um so I just wondered if there you know why that distinction or um had been made and and and it is important because this is operating right below residences they explained that at the hearing that there was okay correct on the record that they're seeking a 10 pm close wonderful okay appreciate that all I will say I really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you after the fact great thank you for that Miss banian uh with that I do believe that those are all the matters before the board this morning uh once again the board will convene to vote tomorrow morning at 10: a.m. notice has been posted to the city's website uh and that will adjourn this morning's hearing thank you all and please do enjoy the rest of your day thank you thank you