2017-11-02 Liquor Commission Minutes

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Saloon, LLC, dba Last Call Saloon. To the left of me, the far left, is the owner Mike O'Sullivan, manager Tom Whalen. We have one change to the Report of the Commission. We'd like to amend our application. Currently, there's a condition on the existing license that amplification from Sunday through Thursday ceases at 9 p.m. We'd like to amend it to ask if we could have that extended to 10 p.m. Takaba: Gerald, you have any comments on that? Takase: I think you're going to have to do a notice to the public. Mike O'Sullivan and Counsel conferred. Chu: All right. We'll live with the current condition, so we don't have to go through with notice of publication. Takase: Since it's a transfer application, you're supposed to take subject to all the conditions that exist. Chu: Yes. We could see how it goes and come in later for a change. Takase: Yeah. Chu: Then I withdraw my request. Takaba: You want to describe the business? What kind of business this is? O'Sullivan: We operate a bar and serve food. We're selling about 65-70% food to liquor. It's pretty much a local, family style restaurant with take-out pizza. Pizza is a big thing. Once in a while, on Wednesday nights, we have open mic night. The problem we had with that is that by 9:00 P.M., when people come from Kona just to play there, by the time they get there, it's around 7:30 and 8:00 P.M., and they can play two songs and at 9:00 P.M. we have to shut it down, and people stop coming in. I may do away with it because it costs me $150 and people aren't staying or coming in to warrant it. Or even change the hours. If we only have three hours, I'd like to change it to 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. If we keep the time to 9:00 P.M., people just don't have time to get here. We're in the middle of nowhere. Anyhow, it's a local restaurant. We don't depend on tourists. It's nice when they come in, when it's tourist season, but we try to cater to the local people. Takase: Mr. Chairman, this is the old Landings location. When they originally applied for a license, they had quite a bit of dissention in the community. As far as I know, most of the people that were protesting it have left; so it's possible that it came back in. O'Sullivan: I think so. We haven't had any complaints at all. We police it a lot better than the old owners did. NOVEMBER 2, 2017 - LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES 9