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Modern House Soho hotel restaurant operator outlines multi-space liquor application; committee seeks permits for dancing and noise protections
Summary
Kima Soho LLC proposed to operate a restaurant in the Modern House (James) Soho Hotel with multiple interior and exterior spaces. Committee members debated hours, prior stipulations, outdoor music limits and whether the operator holds public-assembly permits for dancing in large event spaces.
Representatives for Kima Soho LLC, which plans to operate a new restaurant inside the Modern House (formerly James New York Soho) hotel, presented a multi-space liquor-license application that would cover interior dining areas and exterior spaces including a balcony and courtyard. Attorney Mitchell Siegel and principal operator Reno described the restaurant’s configuration and summarized requested hours and seating capacities for multiple spaces.
Applicants described the interior and lower-level restaurant hours as roughly 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on weekdays with later hours on Thursdays–Saturdays, and exterior spaces such as a balcony and courtyard proposed to close at 11 p.m. Applicants listed approximate square footage for interior and exterior spaces and offered seat counts for each area. Committee members reviewed prior memoranda and stipulations dating to 2017 and 2021 for the hotel’s earlier operator, which included conditions on taxi dropoff, no outdoor advertising, limits on outdoor music and a prohibition on rooftop operations tied to earlier agreements. Members also raised the committee’s 2021 request that the hotel provide evidence of permits if they intended to host dancing or events in spaces that may require a place-of-assembly permit.
Committee members said they had no objection in principle to the operator taking on the hotel restaurant, but they asked the applicants to clarify whether the hotel’s public-assembly permits and certificate-of-occupancy allow certain types of dancing or large events in the lower-level event space. The committee emphasized that any live entertainment or amplified sound on exterior spaces should be limited to recorded ambient music that is not audible at significant distances; if the applicant intends to host dancing, the committee asked for documentary proof that appropriate permits and occupancy limits are in place before permitting dancing in those spaces.
