Board increases Class J liquor licenses to allow Jose Castro to reopen Mexican restaurant

5842434 · August 22, 2025

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Summary

Trustees amended village code to increase the number of Class J liquor licenses from three to four to permit an application by Jose Castro to reopen a Mexican restaurant at a local property; the board took a roll call and the motion carried.

The Village of Beach Park Village Board approved an ordinance amending Chapter 5.16 of Title 5 to increase the number of Class J liquor licenses from three to four, clearing the way for an application from Jose Castro to reopen a Mexican restaurant at a property on the village’s commercial corridor.

A staff member told the board the applicant, Jose Castro, currently operates a restaurant in Waukegan and holds liquor licenses there; staff and the applicant met to discuss business plans. The board moved and seconded the ordinance change and the clerk called the roll; the motion carried.

The ordinance change updates the village code to authorize an additional Class J license; the record does not show the license issuance itself was completed at the meeting, only that the ordinance increasing the allowable number of Class J licenses passed. The board welcomed the prospective business to Beach Park.