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The commissioners came out of their conference room to begin hearings at 10:59am. All three commissioners were present. Transfers and Amendments Applicant Chang Bom Park and Hillel Schwartzman Business Name JINP, Inc. Trading As Kreis Super Discount Address 1400 W. Baltimore Street Type of License Class “A” beer, Wine, and Liquor License Reason for hearing …

Hearings began at 11:05am. All three commissioners were present. 11:00 a.m. cases Transfers and amendments: Applicant Hyo Sook Kwon & Inwook Hur Business Name HSSH Kwon, Inc. Trading As Eager & St. Paul Liquor Address 1001 St. Paul Street Type of License Class “A” Beer, Wine & Liquor License Reason for hearing Application to transfer …

Hearings began at 11:06am. All three commissioners were present. 11:00 a.m. cases I. Transfers and amendments Applicant Shawn Connor Business Name ISK, LLC Trading As CC Lounge Address 4923 Reisterstown Road Type of License Class “BD7” Beer, Wine & Liquor License Reason for hearing Application to transfer ownership Hearing notes Former Liquor Board Chairman Stephan …

All three commissioners (Commissioners Moore and Jones and Chairman Ward) were present for the hearings on October 16, 2014. 11:00 a.m. cases I. Transfers and amendments Applicant Prem Mahat Business Name Nepal House, Inc. Trading As Nepal House Address 918‐20 N. Charles Street Type of License Class “B” Beer, Wine & Liquor License Reason for …

11:00 a.m. cases I. Transfers and amendments: Applicant Rosita Cassell Business Name New Cassell’s, Inc. Trading As Sign of the Times Address 137‐39 N. Belnord Avenue Type of License Class “D” Beer, Wine & Liquor License Reason for hearing Application to transfer location of a class “D” BWL license presently located at 1 S. Curley …

Police officers are often the sole witnesses to violations that put liquor license holders before the liquor board. The current board requires officers to appear at the board’s hearings to support their already filed police reports. If an officer cannot or does not appear, then the violation is waived, and the license holder receives no …

11:00am cases To watch Liquor Board hearings from September 25, please click on the embedded video. I. Reconsideration/hardship extension. All three commissioners began hearings at 11:03am. Applicants/Licensees, Contract Purchasers Brett Austin & Joshua Foti Business Name None Trading As None Address 12‐14 E. Cross Street Type of License Class “BD7” Beer, Wine & Liquor License …

Only two commissioners were present for hearings on September 18, 2014. Chairman Ward and Commissioner Moore were present; Commissioner Jones was absent. 11:00am cases Licensees Byoung Wook An and Patrick Min Business Name ACA Liquors, Inc. Trading As Eric 500 Address 500 E. North Avenue Type of License Class “BD7” Beer, Wine, and Liquor Reason …

Hearings began at 11:14am, with all three commissioners present. 11:00 a.m. cases I: Transfers and Amendments. Applicant James Trujillo and William Hotaling Business Name Second Chance Operating Ventures, LLC Trading As Baltimore Sports Bar Address 1400 Warner Street Type of License Class “BD7” BWL License Reason for hearing Request for live entertainment, and for license …

Hearings on September 5, 2014 began at 11:05. All three commissioners were present. 11:00am cases I. Reconsiderations Applicant Richard Davis Business Name Steel Drum Cafe, LLC Trading As Calypso Cafe Address 771 Washington Boulevard Type of License Class “BD7” Beer, Wine, and Liquor License Reason for hearing Request for reconsideration of the Board’s decision on …

11:00 a.m. cases I. Reconsiderations Licensee Elizer Neger Business Name 4919 Belair, Inc. Trading As Good Fellas Lounge Address 4919 Belair Road Type of License Class “BD7” Beer, Wine & Liquor License Reason for hearing Request for reconsideration of the Board’s decision of April 24, 2014 Hearing notes The case was not called at all. …

11:00 a.m. cases Hearings began, with all three commissioners present, at 11:10am. CharmTV Citizen’s Hub has begun uploading Liquor Board hearings to YouTube – you can watch the YouTube video for the August 7 hearings at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeeOBJyyW-Y or embedded below. The start times for each hearing are noted as part of each case …

Hearings began, with all three Commissioners present, at 11:05am. You can watch the July 31 hearings on YouTube embedded below or at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbA4xV8NLvk. 11:00 a.m. cases Amendments to licenses Applicants Ernst Valery & Mauro Daigle Business Name Milk & Honey, LLC Trading As The Chesapeake Address 1701-05 N. Charles Street Type of License …

The commissioners came out from their conference rooms to begin hearings at 10:59am. The Board did not call any changes to the docket or postponements first; rather, they went down the cases listed in the docket in order. 11:00 a.m. cases Amendments to licenses Applicants Joseph Soltas & David Hitchiner Business Name New Ritz, Inc …

Hearings began promptly at 11:00am. Judge Ward and Commissioners Moore and Jones were present. Cases are listed below in the order in which they were heard, not in the order listed on the docket. 11:00 a.m. cases Changes to the Docket / Requests for Postponements The following two cases were pulled from the docket for …

Chairman Ward and Commissioners Moore and Jones were present. Hearings began at 11:00am. 11:00 a.m. cases Changes to the Docket / Requests for Postponements The Board granted the following requests for postponement at the beginning of the 11:00am docket on July 10, 2014: Solomon Belay, Five Seasons, LLC T/a Five Seasons, 828-30 Guilford Avenue – …

The Liquor Board has been on hiatus since May 15, 2014. Since then, new Executive Secretary Michelle Bailey-Hedgepeth has begun in her position, formerly held by Mr. Samuel Daniels, and the Board has advertised to fill the vacant Deputy Executive Secretary position formerly held by Jane Schroeder. In addition, Governor O’Malley has appointed retired Judge …

Commissioners Smith & Jones were in attendance and began hearings at 1:18pm. Since Former Chairman Fogleman withdrew from the Board to join the Orphans’ Court, Commissioner Smith has been Acting Chairperson. Applicant Alfredo Vazquez Business Name El Palacio Latino Trading As trade name pending Address 35 N. Potomac Street Type of License Class “BD7” Beer, …

Commissioner Smith did the first two hearings on her own; Commissioner Jones joined her for the remaining hearings. The Chairman position is still unfilled, but Commissioner Smith is currently acting as Chairperson. Applicant Michael White & Bruce Richardson Business Name Sobo Taco Spot, LLC Trading As Banditos Address 1118 S. Charles Street Type of License …

Commissioner Smith and Jones in attendance. Commissioner Smith is acting as Chairwoman until Former Chairman Fogleman’s replacement is announced. 1:00 p.m. cases Applicants Hugh Kavanaugh, Nelson Stritehoff & Wayne Haley Business Name Clifton Pleasure Club, Inc. Trading As Clifton Pleasure Club Address 2803 Grindon Avenue Type of License Class “C” Beer, Wine & Liquor License …

Commissioners Smith and Jones were present on April 24. The Chairman position on the Board formerly belonging to Stephan Fogleman, who is now a judge on the Orphans’ Court, has still not been filled. 1:00pm cases Applicants Dhruba Raj Onta & Daoud Faddoul Business Name BDU Nepal, LLC Trading As Bristol Liquors Address 507 S. …

Commissioners Smith and Jones in attendance. Former Chairman Stephan Fogleman resigned from the Board and had not yet been replaced. 1:00 p.m. cases Licensee Kuldeep Singh Business Name Lal Z, Inc. Trading As Lal Z Inc. Address 1434 E. Fayette Street Type of License Class “A” Beer, Wine & Liquor License Reason for hearing Protest …

Chairman Fogleman and Commissioners Smith and Jones in attendance. Chairman Fogleman started off the hearing with a brief preamble, in response to last week’s Bill’s Cafe posts on the Baltimore Brew and on Booze News. He noted that Liquor Board violation hearings are different than any other hearings, because they are akin to a criminal …