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License Commission General Hearing

Location

Lombardi Building
Basement Level Conference Room
831 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Contact

Elizabeth Lint
elint@cambridgema.gov
617-349-6140

Description

License Commission General Hearing Agenda
Tuesday evening, September 8, 2015 at six o’clock
Michael J. Lombardi Building
831 Massachusetts Avenue
Basement Conference Room

The following is a proposed agenda containing the items that the Chairperson of the License Commission reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the hearing:


Application CCHH Cambridge, LLC d/b/a Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Stacey Nichols, Manager, holder of an All Alcoholic Beverages Hotel License at 575 Memorial Drive has applied for a Change of Manager to Claudia Wattenberg.

Application Dante Alighieri Society of MA, Frank Scala, manager, holder of an All Alcoholic Beverages Club License at 41 Hampshire Street has applied for a Change of Officers/Directors.

Disciplinary Casella Waste/Atlantic Waste, Steve Culliton, Representative, holder of a Cambridge Disposal License due to a report received by the License Commission from Inspectional Services regarding Casella Waste’s alleged violation of Cambridge City Ordinance 8.25.080, which states, in part – All dumpsters shall be in new of good condition free of damage caused by wear or misuse that would allow leaks or access by rodents.

Application SFJ Group, LLC d/b/a El Jefe’s Taqueria, John Schall, Manager, has applied for a Common Victualer license at 83 Mount Auburn Street. Said license if granted would allow food and non-alcoholic beverages to be sold, served, and consumed on said premises with a seating capacity of 29 inside and 3 seasonal patio seats with operating hours from 7:00a.m. until 4:00a.m. seven days per week.

Application Domenic’s Forno, Inc. Ciro Maione, Manager, has applied for a Common Victualer license at 75-125 Binney Street. Said license if granted would allow food and non-alcoholic beverages to be sold, served, and consumed on said premises with a seating capacity of 49 inside and 12 seasonal patio seats with operating hours from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. seven days per week.

Application Continued from July 7, July 21, and August 11, 2015. Ramen Restaurant Group, LLC d/b/a Suvaai, Falgun Pathak, Manager, has applied for a new Wine & Malt Beverages Restaurant License at 2378 Massachusetts Avenue with proposed hours of 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Tuesday through Sunday and a seating capacity of 22 inside and 8 seasonal patio seats on the public sidewalk. (The Wine & Malt application will not be heard at this time).

Application JKFOODGROUP, LLC d/b/a Little Donkey, Jamie Bissonnette, Manager, has applied to transfer the All Alcoholic Beverages Restaurant License currently held by Kun Myung, Inc. d/b/a Takemura, Myung Ja Kim, Manager, at 18 Eliot Street. The applicant is applying for a Change of Location from 18 Eliot Street to 505 Massachusetts Avenue and an Alteration of Licensed Premise Description. The proposed hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and the night before a legal holiday.

Application Tahaza Canal Park, LLC d/b/a Tahaza Hummus Kitchen, Emily DeBonis, Manager, has applied for a Common Victualer license at One Canal Park. Said license if granted would allow food and non-alcoholic beverages to be sold, served, and consumed on said premises with a seating capacity of 30 inside and 30 seasonal patio seats with operating hours from 11:30a.m. until 9:00p.m. seven days per week.

Application Playska Cambridge, LLC, Tim Wiechmann, Manager, has applied for a Common Victualer license at 243 Hampshire Street. Said license if granted would allow food and non-alcoholic beverages to be sold, served, and consumed on said premises with a seating capacity of 16 and operating hours from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. seven days per week.

Application Monogram Residential 22 Water Street Project Owner, LLC has applied for a Garage License with Additional Flammables Storage for 351 parking spaces, 3510 gallons of gasoline in the tanks of autos only, 5 gallons of Class 1, and 1000 gallons of Class 2 for a generator at 22 Water Street.

Application Continued from August 11, 2015. Diamonds Cambridge Group, Inc. d/b/a Pizza Bar, John Diamantopoulos, Manager, holder of a Wine & Malt Restaurant License at 1238 Cambridge Street has applied for a Change of Manager to Tyler Stratton, New Stockholder, Transfer of Stock, Change of d/b/a to All Star Pizza Bar, Pledge of Stock, and new Officer/Director.

Application Justin Pronovost d/b/a Curio Coffee, has applied for a Common Victualer license at 441 Cambridge Street. Said license if granted would allow food and non-alcoholic beverages to be sold, served, and consumed on said premises with a seating capacity of 15 and operating hours from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. seven days per week.

Application Continued from May 28, 2015. Unspeakable, LLC d/b/a Ames Street Deli, Joseph Cammarata, Manager, holder of an All Alcoholic Beverages Restaurant License at 73 Ames Street has applied for an Alteration of Premise to include an outdoor seasonal patio on the public sidewalk for 38 seats.

Application Continued from August 27, 2015. Wahoo, Inc. d/b/a Genki Ya, Que Tai Duong, Manager, holder of a Wine & Malt Restaurant License at 231 Alewife Brook Parkway has applied for a Change of Manager to David Thanh Nang Hoang, New Stockholder, Transfer of Stock, and new Officer/Director.

Appeal Arnel Verna, holder of Cambridge Hackney License #29250, due to the decision of Elizabeth Lint, Executive Director, to suspend your Hackney License for two weeks.

Disciplinary City Compost, LLC, Adam Jankauskas, Manager, holder of a Cambridge Waste Haulers License, for failing to pay the 2015 license fee.

Review Group Zoom, Inc. d/b/a Bridj, Michael Izzo, Representative, of the License Commission’s October 30, 2014 approval and City Council’s approval on November 10, 2014 regarding your pilot program.

Ratification Barismo, Inc. d/b/a Dwelltime, Jaime van Schyndel, Manager, holder of a Common Victualer License at 364 Broadway has changed the d/b/a to Barismo.


PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ORDER IN WHICH MATTERS ARE LISTED DOES NOT GUARANTEE IT IS THE ORDER WHICH THEY WILL BE CALLED. AS SUCH, PLEASE BE SURE TO ARRIVE AT THE NOTICED TIME OF 6:00 P.M.








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Elizabeth Lint, Executive Director
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