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City of Boston Licensing Board Emergency Licensed Premise Inspection Hearings 4/20/21
A
Good
morning,
this
is
an
emergency
hearing
for
the
licensing
board
for
the
city
of
boston.
Today
is
tuesday
april
20th
2021..
Today's
hearing
is
being
conducted
pursuant
to
certain
temporary
amendments
to
the
open
meeting
law.
That
is
what
allows
us
to
meet.
Virtually
this
hearing
will
be
recorded
and
will
be
posted
on
the
city
of
boston's
website.
Before
we
review
some
procedural
matters,
I
will
introduce
chairwoman
kathleen
joyce.
A
Thank
you
as
a
reminder.
Please
ensure
that
your
camera
is
on
and
that
you
are
able
to
unmute
yourself.
I
will
read
each
item
into
the
record
in
the
order
it
appears
on
the
agenda.
After
that
I
will
ask
who
is
present
on
behalf
of
the
licensee.
I
will
then
ask
who
will
be
testifying
on
behalf
of
the
boston
police
department
and
whether
there
are
any
other
individuals
present
with
personal
knowledge
of
the
alleged
incident.
After
that,
all
parties
will
be
sworn
in.
The
report
will
be
read
into
the
record.
A
C
C
A
Calling
moogie's
sandwich
shop
inc,
doing
business
as
moogies
located
at
154
chestnut
hill
avenue.
The
date
of
the
inspection
was
april,
16th
2021.
The
incident
description,
failure
to
adhere
to
mandatory
covid19
operational
requirements,
including
standing
with
alcoholic
beverages,
patrons
not
wearing
masks
employees
not
wearing
masks
and
failure
to
social
distance.
The
non-coveted
19
violations
that
appear
in
the
police
report
will
be
scheduled
for
a
separate
hearing
who
is
president
on
behalf
of
the
licensee.
D
A
F
A
A
G
Good
morning
I'll
be
reading
a
police
report
which
I
wrote
on
a
friday
april,
16
2021
at
about
10,
42
p.m.
Shine
detective,
william
gallagher
and
detective
hernandez
assigned
to
the
licensed
premise
unit
were
performing
checks.
The
bars
and
restaurants
from
the
coven
19
emergency,
while
walking
up
to
moody's
located
at
154
chestnut
street
detectives,
heard
a
very
loud
music
coming
from
inside
the
establishment.
I
noticed
that
the
lights
were
dim,
we're
also
against.
As
detectives
watched
tried
to
enter
the
premise.
G
They
discovered
that
the
front
door
was
locked,
detectives
were
able
to
get
the
attention
of
an
employee
who
stated
they
were
having
a
private
party
in
the
back
once
inside.
The
establishment
detectives
deserved
a
large
group
of
patrons
standing
drinking
alcohol
and
walking
around
without
any
face
coverings
on
detectives,
also
noticed
that
the
staff
was
also
walking
around
without
any
face
coverings.
I'm
just
going
to
skip
down
to
detectives,
reiterated
the
importance
of
the
governor's
covet
guidelines
and
the
boston
licensing
support
advisory
on
the
current
prohibition
of
these
activities.
G
Detectives
brought
us
to
the
attention
of
the
person
in
charge.
Mr
scott
schaefer,
mr
stafford,
stated
to
decide
incentive
gala
that
he
did
not
believe
that
face
in
coverings
and
they
did
not.
Where
ended
as
detectives
as
a
result
of
what
detectives
observed,
china's
detective
california
issued
license.
First
inspection
notice:
zero,
zero,
five,
four
nine
one.
This
notice
was
four
later
here:
the
governor's
covered
guidelines
in
the
boston
advisory
board,
advisory
patrons
and
employees
are
walking
around
without
facial
coverings.
No
social
distancing
was
a
safer
sign
for
an
acceptable
notice.
D
Yes,
it
we
we,
there
was
no
private
party
that
that
they're
contending
it
was.
This
was
the
last
party
of
the
night
that
came
in
and
they
did
come
in
late.
They
were,
as
far
as
I
know,
knew
they
were
all
sitting.
They
were
all
seated.
They
were
socially
distanced,
they
all
came
in
wearing
masks
that
wasn't
an
issue
we
had
what
the
the
loud
music
it
wasn't.
Sir.
D
B
D
D
So
we
we
have
played
closing
time
and
we
play
it
kind
of
loud
to
say
it's
time
to
go
it's
time,
for
you
guys
to
go.
That's
I
I
believe
that
is
is
when
the
detectives
came
in
and
and
as
far
as
I
know,
it's
they
were
all
getting
ready
to
go,
calling
their
ubers
doing
whatever
they
were
doing.
They
all
came
in
together.
They
were
all
they
did.
They
were
wearing
masks
every
single
one
of
them
as
far
as
when
the
detectives
came
in
and
they
were
all
getting
ready
to
go.
D
D
Is
we're
just
going
to
say
after
nine
o'clock,
you're
gonna
have
to
make
a
reservation
so
that
way
we
have
control
of
the
situation.
I
mean
we're
breakfast
sandwich
shop,
we're
not
a
bar,
we're,
not
a
we're,
not
a
club,
but
we're
we're
really
trying
to
deal
with
this.
The
best
we
can-
and
this
is
very
I
mean
what's
happening
now-
is
very
hard
to
deal
with
and
for
us
as
well.
They
come
in
very
large
groups.
D
The
front
door
is
locked,
so
no
more
people
we
were
counting
the
drawer
and
and
typically
when
we,
when
we're
closing,
you
can
open
it
from
the
inside.
It's
just
it's
just
it.
You
know
we
don't
want
people
walking
in
while
we're
counting
the
drawer
and
we
can
actually
let
them
out
when
they're,
okay.
D
B
D
D
B
D
D
D
G
D
D
B
A
B
A
You
would
like
to
make
a
request
to
stay
open
for
food.
Only.
That
request
must
be
made
in
writing.
Please
note
that
this
suspension
will
not
be
stayed.
It
must
be
served
effective
immediately,
we'll
also
be
notifying.
The
district
police
you'll
receive
a
written
decision
and
again,
as
the
chairwoman
stated,
you
are
instructed
to
submit
a
written,
coveted
safety
and
operations
plan
for
our
review,
and
you
may
not
reopen
until
you
have
written
permission
to
do
so
from
the
board.
D
B
So
we're
going
to
make
it
clear
one
more
time
because
of
the
covet
violations
you're
closed
until
you
until
you
submit
to
the
board
for
our
review
a
written
code
plan,
so
you
need
to
submit
to
us,
you
can
do
it
today,
one
you
can
request
to
stay
open
for
food.
Only
and
two.
You
need
to
submit
a
written
copy
plan.
You
have
to
take
a
look
at
the
state
and
the
city
guidelines
on
cover
regulations
and
tell
us
in
writing
how
you
plan
to
abide
by
them.
B
So
that
might
mean
additional
staff
are
required
when
you
have
big
crowds
that
come
in
and
your
restaurant's
closed,
you
might
need
to
have
a
compliance
crew
go
around
and
remind
your
customers
to
keep
their
masks
on.
This
is
your
responsibility,
so
you
need
to
take
some
time
with
your
brother
and
the
other
people
that
are
working
there
and
go
over
this
with
your
staff
and
submit
it
to
us
in
writing.
A
Okay,
the
board
will
now
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item
calling
the
circle
bar
and
grill
doing
business
as
a
circle
located
at
365,
chestnut
hill
avenue.
The
date
of
the
construction
was
april.
2021
failure
to
adhere
to
mandatory
orbit
19
operational
requirements,
including
parties
of
greater
than
six
attorney
miller,
is
your.
I
see
mr
karaos.
Your
present.
A
E
E
Yes,
good
morning,
serge
detective,
william
gallagher,
boston
police,
currently
assigned
to
licensed
premise
unit.
The
reading
made
boston.
Please
instant
report
that
I
wrote
on
4
16,
20
21
at
11,
50
p.m.
Sergeant,
william
gallagher,
detective
eddie,
hernandez
of
the
licensed
premise
unit
conducted
a
licensed
prem
inspection
of
the
circle
at
365
chestnut
hill
ave.
As
detectives
entered
the
premise
they
observed
it
to
be
quite
full,
with
all
the
tables
being
occupied.
E
As
detectives
moved
to
the
front
of
the
restaurant,
they
observed
the
bar
to
be
completely
full
with
the
left
side
of
the
bar
10
patrons
sitting
next
to
each
other
in
a
row
to
create
a
solid
line.
The
front
bar
had
nine
patrons
sitting
next
to
each
other.
Also
straight
line
as
detectives
moved
about
the
premise
into
the
downstairs.
They
observed
it
also
to
be
quite
full
with
no
food
apparent
on
any
of
the
tables.
E
As
a
result
of
the
inspection
sergeant,
detective
gallagher
wrote
a
license:
premise:
inspection
number:
zero,
zero,
five,
four
nine
three
issued
to
the
circle
piece
of
a
failure
to
adhere
to
governor's
covert
guidelines
groups
of
more
than
six
mr
george
karaos
signed
for
and
accepted
the
notice.
Those
essentially
other
facts.
C
E
C
So,
madam
chair
commissioners,
mr
kariotis,
is
on.
He
can
explain
to
you
what
happened.
I
mean
he's
fully
aware
of
the
rules.
Both
he
and
his
brother
are
on
site.
Basically,
anytime.
The
place
is
open
and
they're
fully
aware
of
what
the
compliance
are,
and
I
think
most
of,
if
not
all,
of
the
customers
are
aware
of
the
compliance
and
he'll
explain
to
you
what
happened
at
that
point
and
what
they're
doing
to
make
sure
that
it
doesn't
happen
again.
I
Chair
and
the
commissioners
hi,
I'm
george
carrios
manager,
owner
of
the
circle
bar
and
grill,
so
I'm
there
all
the
time
we
have
waitresses
waiters.
We
have
plenty
of
people
on
staff
and
everybody's
telling
everybody
like
to
follow
the
rules.
You
got
to
wear
a
mask.
You
got
to
sit
down,
so
we
usually
sip
people
six
per
table.
We
tell
them
no
more
than
six,
so
what
had
happened
was
when
we
set
the
people
at
the
bar.
I
I
believe
that
they
pulled
a
couple
chairs
from
another
table
to
the
bar.
It
kind
of
got
a
little
overwhelming.
We
didn't
see
it
happen
at
the
time
and
if
we
sorry,
we
would
have
corrected
the
issue,
we
would
have
told
the
people
to
leave.
The
you
know
leave
the
premises,
but
at
that
time
we
we
missed
it
we're
usually
on
point
with
everything
everybody
does
eat.
My
whole
staff
knows
to
tell
everybody
before
they
order
liquor.
They
have
to
order
a
food
item.
I
Two
food
items,
three
food
whatever
it
is,
they
have
to
eat
something
and
we
are
in
compliance
with
that
and
and
we're
always.
You
know,
on
top
of
our
game,
it
kind
of
slipped
slipped
away,
but
we
would
have
eventually
got
on
top
of
that.
Like
you
know,
if
I
went
to
the
bar,
I
would
have
seen
it.
I
would
have
corrected
it.
You
know
I,
this
is
my
livelihood.
You
know
I'm
doing
whatever
I
can
to
make
sure
that
we
can
survive
and
everything-
and
you
know
it
was.
C
I
have
nothing
else
to
add.
You
know
just
that:
it's
it's
a
highly
visible
location
up
near
dc
and
it's
been
monitored
on
on
numerous
occasions
by
by
the
task
force
and
that
obviously
the
boston,
police
or
whatever,
madam
chair
and
commissioners,
and
they
they've
worked
hard
to
be
in
compliance.
And-
and
this
is
a
mistake
that
I'm
sure
will
not
happen
again.
H
E
I'm
sorry
there
were
two
you
look
at
the
bar,
it's
kind
of
like
u-shaped
and
when
you
walk
into
the
premise
the
left
side
of
the
bar,
like
I
said
there
were
ten
stools
on
the
left-hand
side,
every
stool
was
occupied.
The
patients
were
shoulder
shoulder.
One
big
group,
then
the
front
of
the
bar.
There
was
only
room
for
nine
stools.
All
those
schools
were
also
occupied.
All
the
patrons
shoulder
shoulder,
creating
one
large
group,
the
right
side,
because
it
leads
into
the
kitchen
only
had
like
four
or
five
stools.
E
No,
there
were
no
dividers
separating
the
group.
It
was
explained
to
me
by
mr
cariota
said
these
people
all
came
in
together
and
that
they
were
one
group
commonly
we'll
see
a
group
of
three
with
six
feet
between
them.
But
there
were
no
no
groups,
there
is
plexi
between
the
bartender
and
the
patrons,
but
there
were
no
plexiglass
petitions
or
separation
of
schools
that
we
saw
for
the
patients.