Beverage Licensing Authority (BLA) Hearing

The BLA meets the third Wednesday of each month starting at 3 p.m.

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1. Agenda Item:
i. Instructions for virtual hearing and rules of decorum;
ii. Member roll call;
iii. Approval of Beverage Licensing Authority (BLA) minutes from September 15, 2021
hearing;
iv. Hearing agenda issues from licensing clerk.


2. Matters from the Boulder Police Department.


3. Matters from the Responsible Association of Retailers (RAR).


4. General Public Comments for Future Beverage Licensing Authority Hearings.
Part 1 Regular Hearing Items


5. Mateo, LLC d/b/a Mateo, 1837 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302 – Monthly status report to the BLA.


6. Continued quarterly report from RHH Operating, LLC d/b/a Millennium Harvest House, 1345 28th
Street, Boulder, CO 80302 regarding progress toward compliance to obtain all required State, County
and City permits for the Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.


7. Show Cause hearing concerning violation occurring after August 1, 2021 to current date, and whether
the hotel-restaurant liquor license held by Gaku Ramen II, LLC d/b/a Gaku Ramen, 1119 13th Street,
Boulder CO 80302, should be suspended or revoked.


8. Public hearing and continued consideration of an application filed on April 1, 2021 from Ado’s LLC d/b/a
Ado’s, 1143 13th Street, Unit 101, Boulder, CO 80302; Jose Salguero, Owner and Registered Manager
with a premise business mailing address, for a renewal of a Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.


9. Public hearing and consideration of an application filed on September 1, 2021 from Eureka Restaurant
Group LLC d/b/a EUREKA!, 1048 Pearl Street, Unit 105, Boulder, CO 80302; Eureka Restaurant Group,
LLC with Eureka Restaurant Holdings, LLC as 100% Owner and Managing Members: Paul Frederick, Allan
Karp, and Justin Nedelman; KarpReilly Capital Partners II, L.P., Member of underlying LLC and with
KarpReilly GP II LLC, as GP and Allan Karp and Chris Reilly as its Managing Members, Karp Reilly Direct LLC, as Member of underlying LLC and with Allan Karp and Chris Reilly as Managing Members, and with
SRSW, LP, as Member of underlying LLC and with Paul Frederick as GP, and with no other owners over a
10% interest; and Natalie Stern as Registered Manager; with a premise business mailing address, for a
renewal of a Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.

10. Public hearing and consideration of an application filed on August 10, 2021 from Sherry’s On the Hill LLC
d/b/a Sherry’s Soda Shoppe, 1087 13th Street, Boulder CO 80302; Bridge and Tunnel Restaurant Group,
LLC as 100% owner with Joshua Pollack as Managing Member and Nicolas Severino as Proposed
Registered Manager with a premise business mailing address of 2621 Madison Street, Denver CO 80201
for a New Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.


11. Public hearing and consideration of an application filed on August 13, 2021 from My Neighbor Felix IV,
Corp. d/b/a My Neighbor Felix, 901 Pearl Street, Boulder CO 80302; Francois Safieddine, 100% Owner;
and Kristin Smittick, Registered Manager with a mailing address of 2015 Market Street, Denver CO
80205, for a Permanent Modification of a Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.
Part 2 Public Hearing Items- will only be convened if timely comment received from 10-day postings:
12. Blofish [LLC] d/b/a Blofish, 1932 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Avi Scheinbaum and Curtis Gardner,
Co-owners, with a business mailing address of 3131 5th Street, Boulder, CO 80304 for a temporary
modification to a beer and wine liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 300 square feet until
April 30, 2022.


13. Lucile’s Creole Café Boulder LLC d/b/a Lucile’s Creole Café, 2124 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Judy
Richards, Owner and Reg. Manager, and Fletcher Richards, Member, with a premise business mailing
address for a temporary modification application filed on 9/20/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license
to add an outdoor service area of 300 square feet until April 30, 2022


14. Foolish Craig’s LLC d/b/a Foolish Craig’s, 1611 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Craig Moelis, Owner
and Reg. Manager, with a premise business mailing address for a temporary modification application
filed on 9/21/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 400 square feet
until April 30, 2022.


15. Chansco, Inc. d/b/a Pettyjohn’s Liquor and Wine, 613 S. Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305; Chris Coppinger
and Ann Coppinger, owners, with a premise business mailing address for a temporary modification
application filed on 9/21/2021 of a retail liquor store liquor license to add an outdoor service area for
tastings of 108 square feet until April 30, 2022.


16. Jungle LLC d/b/a Jungle, 2018 10th Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Elliott Toan, Owner and Scott (Jake)
Novotny, Reg. Manager, with a premise business mailing address for a temporary modification
application filed on 9/22/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 392
square feet until April 30, 2022.


17. Rio Grande Mexican Restaurants, Inc. d/b/a Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, 1101 Walnut Street,
Boulder, CO 80302; Patrick McGaughran, Pres, R. Henry Mouton, Sec, Jason M. Barrett, CEO, and Dustin
Hillard, Reg. Manager, with a business mailing address of 149 W. Mountain Ave, Ft. Collins, CO 80525 for
a temporary modification application filed on 9/22/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an
outdoor service area of 335 square feet until April 30, 2022.

18. Urban Palate LLC d/b/a Oak at Fourteenth, 1400 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Steven Redzikowski,
Co-Owner, Bryan Dayton, Co-Owner, and Craig Biggins, Reg. Manager, with a premise business mailing
address for a temporary modification application filed on 9/23/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license
to add an outdoor service area of 816 square feet until April 30, 2022.


19. You Eat More Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Suite A, Boulder, CO 80305;
Kevin Daly, Paul Nashak, and Timothy McMurray, Owners, and Joshua Williams, Reg. Manager, with a
business mailing address of 1535 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302 for a temporary modification application
filed on 9/23/2021 of a hotels-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 1,672 square
feet until April 30, 2022.


20. Stash Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 S. Broadway, Suites B-E, Boulder, CO
80305; Kevin Daly, Paul Nashak, and Timothy McMurray, Owners, and Mike Absalom Reg. Manager, with
a business mailing address of 1535 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302 for a temporary modification application
filed on 9/23/2021 of a Brew Pub liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 2,320 square feet until
April 30, 2022.


21. Next Door, LLC d/b/a West End Tavern, 926 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Dave Query, Managing
Member, and Ashley Millikin, Registered Manager, with a business mailing address of 5440 Conestoga
Court, Boulder, CO 80301 for a temporary modification application filed on 9/24/2021 of a hotel-restaurant
liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 700 square feet until April 30, 2022.


22. Empire Crabhouse, LLC d/b/a Jax Fish House Boulder, 944 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Dave Query,
Managing Member, and Fabio Stefani, Registered Manager, with a business mailing address of 5440
Conestoga Court, Boulder, CO 80301 for a temporary modification application filed on 9/24/2021 of a
hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 960 square feet until April 30, 2022.


23. Post Brewing Company Boulder, LLC d/b/a Post Brewing Boulder, 2027 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80302;
Dave Query, LLC Managing Member, and Joseph Von Bokern, Manager of Record, with a business mailing
address of 5440 Conestoga Court, Boulder, CO 80301 for a temporary modification application filed on
9/24/2021 of a Brew Pub liquor license to add an outdoor service area (3 areas) of 343 square feet until
April 30, 2022.


24. Avanti Boulder LLC d/b/a Avanti Food and Beverage, 1401 Pearl St, Units 100 and 400, Boulder, CO
80302; Robert Hahn, Gerald Engle, Anthony DiLucia, Patrick O'Neill, Members, and Travis Christ, Reg.
Manager, with a business mailing address of P.O. Box 2288, Edwards, CO 81632 for a temporary
modification application filed on 9/27/2021 of a Tavern liquor license to add an outdoor service area of
816 square feet until April 30, 2022.


25. Holy Sushi Inc d/b/a Japango, 1136 Pearl Street, Unit 103, Boulder, CO 80302; Jonathan Banis, Pres.
And Reg. Manager, and Joseph Banis, Vice President, with a business mailing address of 1555 Redwood
Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304 for a temporary modification application filed on 9/27/2021 of a hotel-restaurant
liquor license to add an outdoor service area (3 locations) of 1,122 square feet until April 30,
2022.


26. Ritz Bros Inc. d/b/a The Sink, 1165 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Mark Heinritz, Reg Mgr, Pres,
Christopher Heinritz, Sec and Treas, and Tell Jones Stockholder, with a premise business mailing address
for a temporary modification application filed on 9/28/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add
an outdoor service area of 2,610 square feet until April 30, 2022.

27. Cafe Aion LLC d/b/a Cafe Aion, 1235 Pennsylvania Ave, Boulder, CO 80302; Dakota Soifer, Owner,
and
Reg. Manager, with a premise business mailing address for a temporary modification application
filed on 9/30/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 800
square feet until April 30, 2022.

28. Eat at Home, LLC d/b/a River and Woods, 2328 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Josh Dinar,
Owner, and Reg. Manager, with a business mailing address of 2075 Oak Ave, Boulder, CO 80304 for a
temporary modification application filed on 9/30/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add
(400 front and 520 back) an outdoor service area of 920 square feet until April 30, 2022.

29. Ashkara II, LLC d/b/a Ashkara, 1043 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Josh Dinar, Jeffrey
Suskin, Juan Padro, and Katie O'Shea, Co-owners, and Kathrine Dinar, Reg. Manager, with a premise
business mailing address for a temporary modification application filed on 9/30/2021 of a
hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 530 square feet until April 30,
2022.

30. Frasca Food and Wine Inc d/b/a Frasca Food and Wine/Pizzeria Locale, 1738 Pearl Street, Unit
104, Boulder, CO 80302; Peter Hoglund, John MacKinnon-Patterson, and Robert Stuckey,
Co-owners and Robert Stuckey, Reg Mgr, with a premise business mailing address for a
temporary modification application filed on 10/1/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add
an outdoor service area of 480 square feet until April 30, 2022.

31. (if application is made legally complete): My Neighbor Felix IV. Corp. d/b/a My Neighbor Felix,
901 Pearl Street, Unit 100, Boulder, CO 80302; Francois Safieddine, Owner, and Kristin
Smittick, Reg. Manager with a business mailing address of 2015 Market Street, Denver, CO
80205 for a temporary modification application filed on 9/24/2021 of a hotel-restaurant liquor
license to add an outdoor service area of 1,500 square feet until April 30, 2022.


32. Matters from Assistant City Attorney

33. Matters from the Licensing Clerk
a. Neighborhood boundary setting for applications for October 20, 2021 BLA hearing:
i. Blofish LLC d/b/a Blofish for a Change of Class from Beer and Wine type liquor license to
a Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license at 1932 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
ii. Sage Client 498, LLC and 4950 Baseline Road, LLC d/b/a Homewood Suites Boulder for a
Permanent Modification of a Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license at 4950 Baseline Road,
Boulder, CO 80303
iii. The BOCO Restaurant Co d/b/a The BOCO Restaurant for a New Hotel-Restaurant type
liquor license at 4800 Baseline Road, A109, Boulder CO 80303
b. Expected Administrative Processing of Liquor License Transfer Applications –
i. Boulder Local LLC d/b/a The Local for a transfer of a hotel-restaurant liquor license at
2731 Iris Ave, Boulder, CO 80304 (was Murphy’s Grill).
ii. San Lorenzo Corporation d/b/a Efrain’s of Boulder for a transfer of a hotel-restaurant
liquor license at 2480 Canyon Blvd, Unit M-1, Boulder, CO 80302 (was Shine).c. Processing of special event liquor permits & temporary modifications to expand outdoor dining
areas: Staff update and modification applications list to be provided
d. Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries requests for local licensing authority input on Application for
Colorado Liquor Sales Room – None for October 2021
e. Informational items
i. Liquor License Renewals Sent List - January 2022 Expirations
ii. LED Bulletin 21-05 Service Area Premises Extension Options for Licensees-9/30/2021


34. Matters from the Chair and Members of the Authority

Adjournment