DATE: Thursday, May 4, 2023
TIME: 10:00 A.M.
PLACE: Meeting Room, Department of Liquor Control, Hilo Lagoon Centre
101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, Hawai’i
Commission Members will participate in person, via Zoom, or by teleconference. Public Testimony may be done in person, via Zoom, or in writing by email, fax, or mail. To register for Zoom, email: cohdlc@hawaiicounty.gov. To ensure timely delivery to the Commission, written testimony must be received by 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting by: (1) Email: cohdlc@hawaiicounty.gov; (2) Fax: (808) 961-8684; or (3) Mail: 101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, HI 96720. Indicate agenda item submitting for; submit separate testimony for each item. All testimony regardless of time of receipt will be part of the permanent record.
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda
IV. Public Statements on Agenda Items
V. Public Hearings
1. APPLICATION NO.: 22-20
APPLICANT: A-Bay’s Cantina LLC
TRADE NAME: Mauka Bar and Grill
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 69-600 Waikoloa Beach Drive, Waikoloa,
Hawai’i
TMK: 6-9-008:025
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license,
Category B2
2. APPLICATION NO.: 22-23
APPLICANT: Kuakini Operations LLC
TRADE NAME: Kona Distillery, Co.
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 75-6099 Kuakini Highway, Kailua-Kona,
Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-017:002
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Small Craft Producer Pub liquor
license, Category B1
3. APPLICATION NO.: 22-24
APPLICANT: Big Island Meadery LLC
TRADE NAME: Big Island Meadery
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 16-313 Shipman Road, Kea’au, Hawai’i
TMK: 1-6-141:015
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Small Craft Producer Pub liquor
license, Category B1
VI. Preliminary Hearings
1. APPLICATION NO.: 22-30
APPLICANT: Maurice Thomas
TRADE NAME: Thai Thai Bistro & Bar
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 19-4084 Old Volcano Road, Volcano, Hawai’i
TMK: 1-9-004:014
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Increase in Licensed Premises to its
Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1, to include an additional room adjacent to its existing licensed premises
2. APPLICATION NO.: T22-31
APPLICANT: Ohana Foods Inc.
TRADE NAME: Mizuno Superette
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 96-3167 Pikake Street, Pahala, Hawai’i
TMK: 9-6-016:035
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Sale and Transfer of the Retail General
liquor license, currently held by H H & S, Inc., dba Mizuno Superette
3. APPLICATION NO.: 22-32
APPLICANT: Moa Kitchen LLC
TRADE NAME: Aka Sushi
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Waimea Center, 65-1158 Mamalahoa
Highway, Suite 8B, Kamuela, Hawai’i
TMK: 6-5-005:002
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license,
Category A
VII. Unfinished Business
VIII. New Business
IX. Announcements
Meetings of the Liquor Commission
June 1, 2023, 10:00 A.M., Building G Meeting Room, West Hawai’i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i.
July 6, 2023, 10:00 A.M., Meeting Room, Department of Liquor Control, Hilo Lagoon Centre, 101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, Hawai’i.
X. Adjournment
For information relative to any of the above-mentioned applications and/or procedures for protesting against a liquor license, call the Department of Liquor Control at (808) 961-8218.
Anyone requiring auxiliary aid / service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact the Department of Liquor Control at (808) 961-8218, or by email at cohdlc@hawaiicounty.gov, as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
Upon request, this notice is available in alternate accessible formats.
(WHT1413534 4/23/23)
