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Description
The Licensing Board for the City of Boston holds licensed premise inspection hearings on Tuesdays, transactional hearings on Wednesdays and voting hearings on Thursdays weekly pursuant to Governor Charles Baker’s executive order (the “Order”) issued March 22, 2020, temporarily modifying certain requirements of the Open Meeting Law (M.G.L. ch. 30A s. 20) due to the ongoing public health crisis due to Covid-19 (coronavirus).
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A
A
I
will
first
read
the
licensee's
information
into
the
record.
I
will
then
ask
who
is
present
on
behalf
of
the
licensee.
I
will
then
ask
who's
present
on
behalf
of
the
boston
police
department,
and
I
will
square
in
all
parties
calling
dolce
fumo
restaurant
group
corp
doing
business
as
robius
dolce
fumo
located
at
71-73
salem
street.
The
license
type
is
a
cv7
day
wine
malt
and
the
core
license.
The
notice
of
the
hearing
was
issued
december,
14
2020
the
incident
description.
A
The
board
is
in
receipt
of
multiple
complaints
and
multiple
social
media
posts,
indicating
that
the
licensee
is
failing
to
adhere
to
the
mandatory
covet
19
guidelines
by
selling
alcoholic
beverages
after
9
30
p.m,
not
adhering
to
the
requirement
that
all
patrons
wear
masks,
except
when
seated
and
not
adhering
to
the
requirement
that
all
employees
wear
masks.
This
is
in
violation
of
governor
charles
baker's
executive
order.
B
Good
morning
senate
secretary
ma'am
chair
members
of
the
board
and
everybody
else
in
the
zoo,
this
is
attorney
daniel
toscano.
I
represent
the
licensee
doji
fumo
and
located
on
7173
salem
street
in
boston,
and
I
expect
that
when
the
owner
operators,
kim
fontaine
and
the
manager
on
record
should
be
on
the
zoom.
B
A
E
A
And
detective
hernandez,
you
will
be
testifying
on
behalf
of
the
boston
police
department.
E
A
A
F
I'll
be
reading
from
police
report,
which
I
wrote
on
friday
december
18
2020
at
about
9
25
p.m.
Science,
detective,
william
gallagher
and
detective
eddie
hernandez,
signed
to
the
lexington
supremacy
unit,
responded
to
robbie's
restaurant
located
at
73
salem
street.
The
texas
were
there
to
speak
to
staff
regarding
a
complaint
saying
that
the
establishment
was
not
following
coveted
guidelines.
Detectives
met
with
the
person
in
charge,
ms
kim
fontaine
detectives
explained
to
ms
fontaine
that
they
had
viewed
multiple
instagram
videos
that
had
been
posted
from
inside
this
establishment.
This
video
showed
on
numerous
states.
F
F
As
a
result,
with
detectives
observed,
shark
detective
gallagher
issued
license
premise:
inspection
notice,
zero,
zero,
five,
four,
seven
zero
for
failure
to
adhere
to
the
governors
and
elections
boards
covered
19
advisory
of
premise,
having
more
than
six
patrons
at
a
table.
Employees
observed
not
wearing
face
coverings
and
premise.
Providing
live.
Entertainment
should
be
noted
that
an
emergency
hearing
before
the
licensing
board
will
be
held
on
monday
december
24
2020.
A
written
notice
of
the
hearing
was
provided
to
ms
wanting
that
as
well.
C
C
B
And
if
I
can
follow
up
madam
chair
and
madam
secretary
in
regards
to
ms
fontaine's
comment
in
terms
of
the
live
entertainment,
there
are
individuals
that
are
independent
is
too
elderly
really.
I
call
them
elderly,
because
I've
seen
them
firsthand
on
numerous
numerous
occasions
that
really
walk
around
the
neighborhood,
whether
it's
hanover
street
and
in
salem
street,
and
up
in
all
the
restaurants
in
the
north
bend,
and
it's
not
unusual
to
see
them
at
all
and
they
do.
D
D
D
Miss
fontaine
that
is
not
that
is
not
an
acceptable
answer
to
why
there
was
someone
in
your
restaurant
playing,
entertainment
well,.
C
B
D
D
These
are
very
unprecedented
hearings
monday
morning,
hearing
coven
violations,
so
this
is
an
extreme
case
that
was
brought
to
our
attention
and
I'm
gonna
jump
in
and
I'll.
Let
you
answer
other
questions,
but
in
addition
to
the
the
multiple
social
media,
things
that
were
shared
with
us,
your
the
behavioral
restaurant
was
elevated
to
a
citywide
enforcement
meeting
last
week,
and
this
is
why
you're
here
today,
if
you
would
like
to
address
the
specific
allegations,
please
go
ahead.
D
If
you
want
to
address
a
specific
question,
if
you
want
to
ask
a
specific
question:
go
ahead:
there's
no
excuse
for
anyone
to
be
eating
or
drinking
inside
your
restaurant
after
9
30
pm,
unless
they
order
their
food
before
9
30
and
have
to
finish
by
10..
I
understand
that
people
are
walking
through
the
neighborhood.
It's
your
responsibility.
D
D
B
I
don't
think
he's
he's
on
and
madam
chair
certainly
understand
and
certainly
apologize
for
any
actions
taking
place.
That
would
be
as
new
owners
that,
as
you
probably
know
about
a
year
old,
that
purchased
the
restaurant
and
ended
in
the
lease
agreement
with
the
landowner,
miss
fontaine,
the
manager
on
record
has
been
there
seven
days
a
week
trying
to
get
things
going.
She's
very
hands-on.
B
We've
had
a
lenti
discussion
about
the
violations
over
the
weekend
certainly
understands.
I
don't
think
we'll
have
any
issues
moving
forward.
So,
like
you
said,
can
I
sit
here
and
and
make
any
excuse,
or
you
know
other
than
just
apologize
to
the
board
the
public,
but
we
moving
forward.
Miss
fontaine
has
been
at
the
restaurant
trying
to
run
a
safe
good
business
and
we
we
certainly
understand
that
the
issue
is
presented
today
and
I
don't
think
we'll
see
them
moving
forward.
Madam
chair.
D
D
Detective
sergeant,
do
you
have
anything
else?
You
want
to
add.
E
Yes,
ma'am
sergeant
jethi
gallagher
here
and
when
we
went
in
that
night
the
place
was
in
compliance.
We
talked
to
miss
fontaine,
they
had
moved
tables
apart
in
the
video
it
showed
a
group
of
like
10
people
sitting
on
a
back
wall
that
that
had
been
rectified.
E
They
told
us
what
what
they
had
done.
They're
aware
of
the
post,
I
don't
think
they'll
happen
again
as
far
as
we're
talking
about
the
the
late
hours
and
we
couldn't
authenticate
that
any
of
those
instagrams
were
after
10
o'clock.
That's
the
only
reason
we
didn't
put
it
in
the
report.
E
Their
excuse
was
that
the
grades
come
down
at
the
end
of
the
night
anyways.
I
hope
I
hope
that
that's
the
truth,
but
we
had
a
long
talk,
we're
there
for
quite
a
while,
and
I
don't
think
you'll
see
them
before
you
again.
E
B
As
we
applied
for
boss
seating,
I
I
don't
believe
I
think
there's
an
existing
license.
It
was
an
existing
license
that
we
purchased,
so
we
you
generally
had
the
same
floor
plan
if
the
floor
plan
didn't
change
since
ms
fontaine
purchased
it
so,
okay.
D
So
the
city
came
out
with
new
guidelines
last
week.
You
cannot,
you
cannot
use
your
bar
unless
you
see
people
on
it
unless
you're
approved
by
this
board.
So,
ms
fontaine,
we
have
you
can
contact
our
staff
if
you
intend
to
have
people
sit
at
your
bar
to
eat
and
then
work
with
you
to
approve
a
plan
until
then
you're
not
allowed
to
see
anyone
at
your
bar,
and
if
are
you
on
our
email
list,
because
that
will
give
you
the
most
up-to-date
guidelines
coming
out
of
this
department.
D
I
believe
so,
okay,
so
no
one
should
be
sitting
at
your
bar
until
you
have
an
approved
bar
seating
plan,
reviewed
and
approved
in
writing
by
this
office.
B
B
D
B
G
I
just
really
wanted
to
reiterate
why
entertainment
is
just
not
allowed.
Respiratory
droplets
can
go
as
far
as
40
feet
when
someone
is
singing
so
just
because,
just
because
you
are
separating
the
tables
by
six
feet,
your
entertainment,
those
respiratory
droplets-
can
go
way
farther
than
six.
So
that's
why
entertainment
is
not
allowed
live.
Entertainment.