License commission approves Feast and Flames festival, routine permits; several requests continued

The Worcester License Commission approved a two-day event permit for the Feast and Flames Festival and granted several routine one-day liquor and common victualler requests at its Aug. 7 meeting, while postponing multiple transfer and status hearings to future meetings.

Feast and Flames Festival, a two-day public event planned for Aug. 30–31 on the Common, received a one-day liquor license and a one-day entertainment license for amplified music, live performance and dancing. Jacob Lai, representing Valid Entry Entertainment, told the commission the festival will include food vendors, music and a designated wristbanded enclosure for alcohol service. “Feast and Flames is the celebration of love through food, music, and art,” Lai said.

The commission approved one-day liquor permits for Original Grillo (144 Commercial Street) and the Worcester Public Library Foundation’s annual meeting, and approved a common victualler seating request for Market 32 by Price Chopper. It also approved transfers and administrative requests including the transfer of the package store license for 557 Southwest Cutoff (Quick Pick Inc. to Asha’s First Inc.) and a requested transfer related to Greendale Discount…