Meeting Link: https://tinyurl.com/11172021BLA
AGENDA
1. Agenda Item:
- Instructions for virtual hearing and rules of decorum;
- Swearing in of new member-Steve Wallace;
- Member roll call;
- Approval of Beverage Licensing Authority (BLA) minutes from October 20, 2021 hearing;
- 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. Show Cause continued 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.
7. Public hearing and continued 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.
8. Public hearing and consideration of an application filed on August 20, 2021 from Trident Booksellers,
LLC d/b/a Trident Bookstore & Café , 938-940 Pearl Street, Boulder CO 80302; Ashkan Angha (with
Amanda Angha), Managing Member, and Scott Raderstorf (with Joellen Radersdorf), Managing Member
and Registered Manager, and with no other members or owners with over 10% ownership, to add Peter Jones as a 10% Owner and Managing Member, with a premise business mailing address, for an Officer
and Ownership Change of a Beer and Wine type liquor license.
9. Public hearing and consideration of an application filed on September 16, 2021 from Blofish [LLC] d/b/a
Blofish, 1932 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302, Curtis Gardner, Owner and Avi Scheinbaum, Owner and
Proposed Registered Manager, with a business mailing address of 1629 North Street, Boulder, CO 80304,
for a Change of Class from a Beer and Wine type to a Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.
10. Public hearing and consideration of an application filed on September 20, 2021 from Sage Client 498,
LLC and 4950 Baseline Road, LLC, as joint licensees, d/b/a Homewood Suites Boulder, 4950 Baseline
Road, Boulder, CO 80303, Sage Client 498, LLC [1st Applicant LLC], 100 % managed by Sage Investment
Holdings III, LLC which is managed by Sage Investment Holdings, LLC which is member managed by: i)
The Neumeyer Family Registered LLLP (Zach Neumeyer and Amy Neumeyer as members), ii) The Walter
Isenberg Family Registered LLLP (Walter Isenberg and Christina Isenberg as members), iii) Peter Karpinski
as member, and iv) Karpinski Family LLC as member, and with no other members with ownership interest
over 10% of 1st Applicant LLC, and as joint licensee with, 4950 Baseline Road, LLC [2nd Applicant LLC,]
GP 4950 Baseline Road, LLC as managing member (with no persons or entities that own over a 10%
interest as to 90% ownership), but as to 10% remaining ownership, with BBCP-GP 4950 Baseline Road
LLC, as managing member and underlying 50% member, so with Chad Brue disclosed as principal officer,
and through BCP GP LLC and then Brue Capital Partners LLC with Chad Brue and Geoffrey Baukol as
underlying co-owners, and also as to the 10% remaining ownership with a 50 % member through Sage
4950 Baseline Investor LLC and then Sage Hotel Capital LAP LLC with no other members over a 10%
interest of 2nd Applicant LLC, and with Courtney Whitehead as Registered Manager, with a business
mailing address of 1575 Welton Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202 for Permanent Modification of a
Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.
11. Public hearing and consideration of an application filed on September 23, 2021 from The BOCO
Restaurant Co. d/b/a The BOCO Restaurant, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder CO 80303, Rojesh Shrestha
as General Partner and Rojan Shrestha as General Partner and Proposed Registered Manager, with a
premises mailing address, for a New Hotel-Restaurant type liquor license.
Part 2: Public Hearing Items - Will Only Be Convened if Timely Comment Received from 10-day postings:
12. Public Hearing and Consideration of an October 21, 2021 application from Coma, LLC d/b/a Coma
Mexican Grill, 4800 Baseline Road, Unit E-105, Boulder, CO 80303; Juan Ibarra, Owner and Registered
Manager, with a premise business mailing address, for a temporary modification of a hotel-restaurant
liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 264 square feet until April 30, 2022.
13. Public Hearing and Consideration of an October 25, 2021 application from Hapa Group, Inc. d/b/a Hapa
Susi & Sake, 1117 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Mark Van Grack and Laurie Van Grack, Owners and
Officers, and Mark Van Grack as Registered Manager, with a business mailing address of 948 North St,
Unit 1, Boulder, CO 80304, for a temporary modification of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an
outdoor service area of 1,080 square feet until April 30, 2022.
14. Public Hearing and Consideration of an October 28, 2021 (mailed 9/29/21) application from Bartaco
Pearl West, LLC d/b/a Bartaco at 1048 Pearl Street, Suite 101, Boulder, CO 80302; Bartaco Pearl West,
LLC owned by Bar Taco, LLC, Bar Taco, LLC owned by Barteca Restaurants LLC, Barteca Restaurants LLC
owned by Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc.; Scott Lawton, President, Matthew Wilber, CFO, and
Michael Gleason, Registered Manager, with a business mailing address of 450 SW Gemini DR PMB 87669 Beaverton, OR 97008-7105 for a temporary modification of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an
outdoor service area of 1,122 square feet until April 30, 2022.
15. Public Hearing and Consideration of an October 28, 2021 application from Pasta Jay’s, Inc. d/b/a Pasta
Jay’s, 1001 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Jay Elowsky, Owner and Registered Manager, with a
business mailing address of 4949 Pearl Street Circle, Unit 200, Boulder, CO80301, for a temporary
modification of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area total of 1,308 square
feet (two areas) until April 30, 2022.
16. Public Hearing and Consideration of an October 28, 2021 application from White Road, LLC d/b/a Tune
Up at Full Cycle, 2355 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80301; Russ Chandler, Managing Member and
Registered Manager, with a premise business mailing address, for a temporary modification of a Tavern
liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 892 square feet until April 30, 2022.
17. Public Hearing and Consideration of an October 29, 2021 application from Boulder DT, LLC d/b/a The
Corner, 1100 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Peter Howser and Fred Howser, Managing Members and
with Peter Howser as Registered Manager, with a premise business mailing address for a temporary
modification of a hotel-restaurant liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 360 square feet until
April 30, 2022.
18. Public Hearing and Consideration of an October 30, 2021 application from 909 Walnut Propert, LLC
d/b/a Arcana Restaurant, 909 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Elliott Toan, Owner and Registered
Manager, with a premise business mailing address, for a temporary modification of a hotel-restaurant
liquor license to add an outdoor service area of 300 square feet until April 30, 2022.
19. Matters from Assistant City Attorney
20. Matters from the Licensing Clerk
- BLA discussion- 1 recommended Council workplan item for Council retreat for their 2022 to 2023
city work plan - Neighborhood boundary setting for applications for October 20, 2021 BLA hearing:
NICHE Workspaces, LLC d/b/a The NICHE Event Space for a New Tavern type liquor license
at 4571 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304 - Request for BLA direction: Penko Corporation d/b/a Chicken On The Hill- 1335 Broadway, Suite
B, Boulder, CO 80302 - Expected Administrative Processing of Liquor License Transfer Applications –
i. Penko Corporation d/b/a Chicken on the Hill- 1119 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
ii. FrogandToad, LLC d/b/a Hungry Toad- 2543 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302 - Processing of special event liquor permits & temporary modifications to expand outdoor dining
areas:
i. Special Event Liquor Permits list attached
ii. Temporary Modifications received- now at 33 applications total and with the below being
administratively processed after 10 days legal posting: Fringe Pizza- 2900 Valmont Road, Suite A1; T-aco Boulder- 1175 Walnut Street; Next Door American Eatery- 1035 Pearl Street; The Kitchen- 1039 Pearl Street; Sushi Zanmai/Amu- 1221 Spruce Street; Da Gabi Cucina- 3970 N. Broadway, Unit 101 - Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries requests for local licensing authority input on Application for
Colorado Liquor Sales Room – None for November 2021 - Informational items
i. Liquor License Renewals Sent List - February 2022 Expirations
21. Matters from the Chair and Members of the Authority