NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing at the office of the Commission on the sixth floor of the Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering the applications for liquor licenses set forth below and any protests to the granting of said applications.

Persons who wish to testify for or against the granting of a license may either testify in person at the Liquor Commission meeting or submit a written protest to the Administrator of the Commission three (3) working days prior to the date and time of the hearing.

You are further notified that Section 281-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: “Upon the day of hearing, or any adjournment thereof, the liquor commission shall consider the application and any protests and objections to the granting thereof, and hear the parties in interest, and shall within fifteen days thereafter give its decision granting or refusing the application; provided that if a majority of the registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked or a majority of the owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against the granting of the license upon the original application, or if there appears any other disqualification under this chapter, the application shall be refused. Otherwise, the commission may in its discretion grant or refuse the same.”

You are further notified that Section 281-39.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: “The Liquor Commission or agency of each county may deny or restrict the issuance of a liquor license for on-site sale and consumption by the drink to any applicant whose establishment is or would be located within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary, intermediate, or high school, or public playground utilized extensively by minors, as determined by the Liquor Commission of each county; provided that the Liquor Commission or agency of each county shall deny the issuance of a liquor license if forty per cent of the registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; or owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against granting the license.”

1. Application No.: 373
Applicant: DC Restaurants, LLC
Trade name: Buon Amici Ristorante
Place of business: 3605 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii (100 feet ewa of the makai/ewa corner of the intersection of Waialae and Kokohead Avenues)
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 1 – A Standard Bar) –
(Consumption on premises)

2. Application No.: 379
Applicant: FIT, LLC
Trade name: Hang Loose Sports Bar
Place of business: 534 Olive Avenue, Wahiawa, Hawaii (Matsusaka Building; northwest corner of Olive and Walker Avenues; formerly Rosa’s Ice Tee)
License applied for: Dispenser General (Category No. 3 – A premises in which live entertainment or recorded music is provided. Facilities for dancing by the patrons may be permitted as provided by Commission rules.) – (Consumption on premises)

3. Application No.: 875
Applicant: WFM Hawaii, LLC
Trade name: WFM Hawaii, LLC
Place of business: 4211 Waialae Avenue, Space T-1, Honolulu, Hawaii (Kahala Mall; setback approximately 225 feet south of Waialae Avenue and 480 feet west of Kilauea Avenue at its northwest corner; the former site of Star Supermarket)
License applied for: Retail General – (Package sales)

4. Application No.: 932
Applicant: Y.M.K. Corporation
Trade name: Kohnotori
Place of business: 2626 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii (setback about 130 feet on the mauka side, approximately 240 feet kokohead of University Avenue)
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 1 – A Standard Bar) – (Consumption on premises)

5. Application No.: 1130
Applicant: BWB Consultants, Inc.
Trade name: Grand Café & Bakery
Place of business: 31 North Pauahi Street, Honolulu, Hawaii (makai side of Pauahi Street, approximately 75 feet diamondhead of Smith Street)
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 1 – A Standard Bar) – (Consumption on premises)

Dated: July 11, 2008

LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
DENNIS ENOMOTO, Chairman