April 6, 2021 Virtual Meeting
The City of Atlanta License Review Board Meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM
License Review Board Members Present: Ms. Joy Barnes – Chairman Mr. Byron Amos Mr. Antonio Thomas Mr. Terry Ross
Representing the Atlanta Police Department Lt. M. Cotter Sgt. M. Wulf Inv. J. Nelson Offc. Q. Green Offc. K. Ward Insp. F. Graham Insp. B. Coven
Representing the City of Atlanta Law Department Ms. Krista Morrison Ms. Alicia Thompson Mr. Carl Christie
Court Reporter Ms. Terri Gandy
The meeting was adjourned at 5:52 P.M. The minutes are prepared by B. Coven.
License Review Board Minutes Hearing Held: March 23, 2021
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed on the consent agenda are considered to be routine by the License Review Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If the board wishes to discuss any item, the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.
SPECIAL EVENT
1. Application of Cure Childhood Cancer, Inc. d/b/a Spring Fever, Mark Myers; agent. License requested to operate a non-profit special event with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, Saturday June 12, 2021 from 7:00p.m.-11:00p.m., at Guardian Works at Echo Street West, 755 Echo Street. (non-profit special event) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
2. Application of Cure Childhood Cancer, Inc. d/b/a Believe Ball, Mark Myers; agent. License requested to operate a non-profit special event with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, Saturday November 13, 2021 from 6:00p.m.-12:00 midnight, at The Saint Regis Atlanta, 88 West Paces Ferry Road. (non-profit special event) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
RESTAURANT / SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR CONSUMED
3. Application of PC Restaurant Group (GA), LLC d/b/a Hungry Ghost, Qing Yi Lu; agent. License requested to operate a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, at 345 Edgewood Avenue NE. (change of ownership) JN
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( ) Approved ( ) Adverse ( X) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
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License Review Board Minutes Hearing Held: March 23, 2021
CONSENT AGENDA
RESTAURANT / SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR CONSUMED
4. Application of Highland Bistro, LLLP d/b/a Highland Bistro, Isaac White; agent. License requested to operate a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, at 701 Highland Avenue Suite 5. (new business) JN
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
5. Application of Neyow’s of Atlanta, LLC d/b/a Neyow’s Creole Cafe, Tamela Pierre-Taylor; agent. License requested to operate a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, at 131 Walker Street SW. (new business) JN
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
6. Application of Prolific Capital & Investments, LLC d/b/a Cru Urban Lounge, Kenneth Thompson; agent. License requested to operate a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises and live entertainment, at 301 Peters Street SW. (change of ownership) JN
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( ) Approved ( ) Adverse ( X) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
7. Application of 1136 Holdings, LLC d/b/a Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, Manuel Maloof, III; agent. License requested to operate a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, at 1136 Euclid Avenue NE. (change of ownership) JN
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
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License Review Board Minutes Hearing Held: March 23, 2021
CONSENT AGENDA
RESTAURANT / SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR CONSUMED
8. Application of The Boiler, LLC d/b/a The Boiler Atlanta, Chad Dillon; agent. License requested to operate a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, at 2425 Piedmont Road. (change of ownership) RS
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
9. Application of King of Pops Bar and Good Grub, LLC d/b/a King of Pops, Nicholas Carse; agent. License requested to operate a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, with customer dancing and live entertainment, at 552 Decatur Street. (new business) RS
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
BREWERY / BEER CONSUMED
10. Application of Hippin Hops Brewery, Inc. d/b/a Hippin Hops Brewery & Oyster Bar, Donnica Boston; agent. License requested to operate a brewery with beer consumed on premises, at 2380 Hosea L. Williams Unit 1. (new business) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
DISTILLERY / LIQUOR
11. Application of Hippin Hops Brewery, Inc. d/b/a Hippin Hops Brewery & Oyster Bar, Donnica Boston; agent. License requested to operate as a distillery with liquor consumed on premises, at 2380 Hosea L. Williams Unit 1. (new business) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
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License Review Board Minutes Hearing Held: March 23, 2021
CONSENT AGENDA
ADDING SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR
12. Application of H & F Burger Bar Ponce City Market, LLC d/b/a H & F Burger Bar (Main Facility), Linton Hopkins; agent. License requested to operate as an open air cafe with liquor consumed on premises, at 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue Suite NE168. (adding liquor/main facility) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
13. Application of H & F Burger Bar Ponce City Market, LLC d/b/a Hop’s Chicken and Biscuit (Additional Facility), Linton Hopkins; agent. License requested to operate as an open air cafe with liquor consumed on premises, at 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue Suite NE168. (adding liquor/additional facility) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for _____Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
MANUFACTURER / LIQUOR
14. Application of Post Meridiem Spirit Company, LLC d/b/a Post Meridiem, Charles Sain; agent. License requested to operate as a manufacturer of liquor, at 1209 Logan Circle. (transfer of location) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: (X ) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
OPEN AIR CAFÉ / SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR CONSUMED
15. Application of BBSC #9, LLC d/b/a Brown Bag Seafood Co., Victoria Artis; agent. License requested to operate as an open air café with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, at 1198 Howell Mill Road Suite 100. (new business) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
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License Review Board Minutes Hearing Held: March 23, 2021
CONSENT AGENDA
FOOD STORE / RETAIL PACKAGE BEER AND WINE
16. Application of Publix Super Markets, Inc. d/b/a Publix Super Markets #0724, Aissata Deme; agent. License requested to operate a food store retail package with beer and wine, at 1001 Ponce de Leon Avenue. (change of agent) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
17. Application of Publix Super Markets, Inc. d/b/a Publix Super Markets #0776, Aissata Deme; agent. License requested to operate a food store retail package with beer and wine, at 595 Piedmont Avenue. (change of agent) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
PACKAGE / LIQUOR
18. Application of Hariyogi, LLC d/b/a Empire Package Store; Bharatkumar Patel, agent. License requested to operate a package store with liquor, at 1046 Fayetteville Road Suite C. (change of agent) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
PACKAGE / BEER AND WINE
19. Application of Hariyogi, LLC d/b/a Empire Package Store; Bharatkumar Patel, agent. License requested to operate a package store with beer and wine, at 1046 Fayetteville Road Suite C. (change of agent) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
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License Review Board Minutes Hearing Held: March 23, 2021
CONSENT AGENDA
HOTEL
20. Application of CG Hie Management, LLC d/b/a Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta Downtown, Dion Meltzer; agent. License requested to operate as a hotel with one hundred seventy-three (173) rooms, at 111 Cone Street. (change of ownership) ES
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
21. Application of Mainsail Property Management, LLC d/b/a Wylie Hotel, Marc Bauer; agent. License requested to operate as a hotel with one hundred eleven (111) rooms, at 551 Ponce de Leon Avenue. (new business) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
HOTEL / SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR CONSUMED
22. Application of Mainsail Property Management, LLC d/b/a Wylie Hotel, Marc Bauer; agent. License requested to operate as a hotel liquor beer and wine consumed on premises, with customer dancing and live entertainment, at 551 Ponce de Leon Avenue. (new business) LC
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
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License Review Board Minutes Hearing Held: March 23, 2021
NPU RECOMMENDATION AS A DENIAL
23. Application of 8 Cleveland, LLC d/b/a 24/7 Food Mart, Gulshan Lalani; agent. License requested to operate a retail package food store with beer and wine, at 8 Cleveland Avenue SE. NPU-Z (new business/NPU Denial) JN
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( ) Approved ( ) Adverse ( X) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
DUE CAUSE
24. Due cause for The Republic Atlanta, Inc. d/b/a The Republic Restaurant, Temidayo O. Oyewole; agent. Operating as a restaurant with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises with live entertainment, at 990 Brady Avenue NW. (due cause / hours of operation / failure to supervise) MW
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( ) Approved ( ) Adverse ( X) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______
25. Due cause for Monaco Hookah Lounge, LLC d/b/a Monoco Hookah Lounge, Solomon Kumlachew; agent. Operating as a night club with liquor beer and wine consumed on premises with live entertainment, at 255 Trinity Avenue SW. (due cause / hours of operation) MW
BOARD RECOMMENDS: ( X) Approved ( ) Adverse ( ) Held for ______Weeks
COMMENTS: ______$2,500 Fine and Twenty (20) Day Suspension ______
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