The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (Board) issued the following decision on Wednesday, December 11, 2019:
Case #19-PRO-00102
Balkan Concepts, LLC, t/a Ambar
523 8th Street, SE
License #90240
Retailer CR
ANC 6B
Substantial Change (Request to Expand to the Third Floor with 56 Additional Seats. Total Occupancy Load 140 to 196)
Diposition: The Board set the matter for a Protest Hearing on January 15, 2020 at 4:30 pm.
Case #19-251-00077
Betty's Gojo Restaurant and Lounge, LLC, t/a Betty's Gojo
7616 Georgia Avenue, NW
License #102500
Retailer CR
ANC 4A
Cover Charge Without Endorsement, Failed to Post the Correct Name, Allowed a Promoter to Manage the Establishment, Failed to Preserve a Crime Scene
Disposition: The Board set the matter for a Show Cause Hearing on January 29, 2020 at 11 am.
Case #19-CMP-00097
Betty's Gojo Restaurant and Lounge, LLC , t/a Betty's Gojo
7616 Georgia Avenue, NW
License #102500
Retailer CR
ANC 4A
Operating After Hours, Failed to Follow Security Plan (Three Counts)
Disposition: The Board set the matter for a Show Cause Hearing on February 5, 2020 at 11 am.
Case #19-CMP-00073
1716 I, LLC, t/a Eye Bar/Garden of Eden
1716 I Street, NW
License #83133
Retailer CN
ANC 2B
Substantial Change without Board Approval (Increase in Occupancy)
Disposition: The Board accepted an Offer In Compromise: $2100 fine to be paid within 30 days. Licensee to apply for an increase in occupancy on the Summer Garden. Indefinite suspension of the license if the fine is not paid by January 13, 2020, 4-0.
Case #19-CC-00116
Good Food Market, LLC, t/a Good Food Markets
2006 Rhode Island Avenue, NE
License #98178
Retailer B
ANC 5C
Sale to Minor Violation, No ABC Manager on Duty
Disposition: The Board set the matter for a Show Cause Hearing on February 5, 2020 at 11 am.
Case #18-CC-00082
Desperados Pizza, LLC, t/a Desperados Pizza
1342 U Street, NW
License #84731
Retailer CT
ANC 1B
Sale to Minor Violation, Failed to Take Steps Necessary to Ascertain Legal Drinking Age
Disposition: The Board set the matter for a Show Cause Hearing on January 29, 2020 at 11 am.
Case #18-251-00183
La Morenita Restaurant, LLC, t/a La Morenita Restaurant
3539 Georgia Avenue, NW
License #86595
Retailer CR
ANC 1A
Interfered with an Investigation, Failed to Frame and Post the License in a Conspicuous Place, Failed to Post the Correct Name
Disposition: The Board accepted an Offer In Compromise: $1500 fine to be paid within 30 days. Charge I- $1500; Charges II and III- Mandatory Written Warnings. Indefinite suspension of the license if the fine is not paid by January 13, 2020, 4-0.
Case #19-CMP-00110
B Washington, LLC, t/a Plan B Burger Bar
801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
License #95796
Retailer CR
ANC 2C
Failed to Obtain a Summer Garden Endorsement
Disposition: The Board accepted an Offer In Compromise: $2500 fine to be paid within 30 days. Indefinite suspension of the license if the fine is not paid by January 13, 2020, 4-0.
Case #19-CC-00108
Addis Incorporated, t/a King Convenience Store
1535 U Street, SE
License #89932
Retailer B
ANC 8A
Sale to Minor Violation, Failed to Take Steps Necessary to Ascertain Legal Drinking Age, No ABC Manager on Duty
Disposition: The Board accepted an Offer In Compromise, 4-0. See Board Order No. 2019-925.
3636 Woodner Limited Partnership, t/a Sangria Cafe
3636 16th Street, NW
License #90781
Retailer CR
ANC 1D
Request to Extend Safekeeping
Disposition: The Board approved the Request to Extend the License in Safekeeping until March 31, 2020, 4-0.
Case #19-CMP-00061
Cafe Europa, t/a LeDesales
1725 De Sales Street, NW
License #60754
Retailer CR
ANC 2B
No ABC Manager on Duty
Disposition: The Respondent failed to appear. The Board held a closed meeting for purposes of deliberating this hearing pursuant to D.C. Official Code §2-574(b) (13). The Board will issue an Order within 90 days.
Case #19-CMP-00076
The Elroy Bar LLC, t/a The Elroy
1423 H Street, NE
License #112289
Retailer CT
ANC 6A
Failed to Obtain a Summer Garden Endorsement
Disposition: This case has been dismissed by the Government. See Board Order No. 2019-909.
Case #19-PRO-00083
Rito Loco, LLC, t/a Rito Loco-El Techo
606 Florida Avenue, NW
License #104119
Retailer CR
ANC 6E
Application to Renew the License
Disposition: The Board continued the hearing to January 8, 2020 at 4:30pm., at the request of the Parties. See Board Order No. 2019-891.
