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Committee recommends transfer of Type 21 liquor license to Grocery Outlet at 350 Bay Street
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted to ask the full Board of Supervisors to approve a person‑to‑person, premise‑to‑premise transfer of a Type 21 off‑sale general liquor license to Grocery Outlet at 350 Bay Street; the application drew no written protests and the applicant said the store will create 25–35 jobs.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted Sept. 11 to direct the clerk to prepare a resolution recommending that the full Board of Supervisors approve a person‑to‑person, premise‑to‑premise transfer of a Type 21 off‑sale general beer, wine and distilled spirits liquor license to Grocery Outlet (IONS Inc.) for 350 Bay Street in North Beach.
Officer Brandon Erickson presented the PCN (public convenience or necessity) report and said there were no letters of protest or support. Erickson said the site is listed as Plot 110, identified as a high‑crime area, and sits in Census Tract 0101.01, which the report lists as a high‑concentration area. Central Station has no opposition. The department recommended approval with conditions that include active monitoring of the area under the licensee’s control to prevent loitering and require maintaining adjacent areas free of litter.
Supervisor Danny Sauter, whose district includes the neighborhood, said residents and seniors welcomed Grocery Outlet moving into the former Safeway location. Applicant representative John Kevlin said the store will offer discounted groceries (he described prices “up to 60%” below conventional stores), will sell a full range of alcohol products and is expected to create about 25 to 35 jobs. He told the committee the Type 21 license is being moved from a location about two blocks away at 1 Jefferson Street, where a CVS recently closed, and that the transfer will result in no net increase in Type 21 licenses for the neighborhood. He said construction should begin before the end of the year with a planned opening in 2026.
There was no public comment on the item. Supervisor Sauter moved that the clerk prepare a resolution finding that the transfer would serve the public convenience or necessity and forward it to the full board with a positive recommendation. The motion passed on a roll call vote of three ayes: Sauter, Vice Chair Bilal Mahmood and Chair Matt Dorsey.
The clerk noted items acted upon by the committee are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda of Sept. 30, 2025 unless otherwise stated.
