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Board approves new assistant manager for AOI Japanese Restaurant with conditions
Summary
The Board approved a requested change in AOI Japanese Restaurant's assistant manager on a 4–0 vote, conditioned on payment of fees and city department approvals; staff urged the restaurant to check IDs and follow alcohol service rules.
The Board of License Commissioners approved an application to name a new assistant manager for AOI Japanese Restaurant at 855 Worcester Road on a 4–0 roll-call vote, with one commissioner absent.
The board’s approval was conditional on payment of all taxes and fees and completion of required city department inspections and document submissions. Board members asked the restaurant to ensure staff closely check identification and comply with alcohol service rules.
AOI representatives identified the new assistant manager as Yiguo (spelled in the application materials) and said she has worked at related restaurants for more than 10 years and will split time between two nearby restaurants, working roughly 30 to 50 hours per week, with an expected around-40-hour weekly commitment to AOI when scheduled. AOI’s manager, who identified himself as Frandy during the hearing, said the proposed assistant manager had no known prior violations related to alcohol service.
The motion to approve the assistant manager application was made and seconded and carried by roll call: Commissioner McCullough, Commissioner DeAngelis, Commissioner Storniolo and Chair Stewart Pology voted aye; Commissioner Laura Medrano was not present. The board recorded the approval as conditional upon the usual administrative requirements.
During the hearing, Commissioner McCullough asked whether the proposed assistant manager would commit to a consistent work schedule at AOI; staff and the applicant responded that the manager expects to work between 30 and 50 hours and to split time between two nearby restaurants. Commissioners also asked whether the proposed manager had any alcohol-service violations; the applicant said none were known.
The new assistant manager was put on the record after the board’s vote and the chair offered best wishes for success in the role.
