Quincy License Board approves six one‑day and full‑service alcohol licenses

The Quincy City License Board Commissioners voted on May 27, 2025, to approve six alcohol license requests, including special‑use one‑day permits for neighborhood events and changes or new full‑service restaurant licenses for local businesses.

The approvals included a one‑day liquor permit for Porchfest Quincy on June 28, a series of one‑day weekend permits for Walliston Hill Neighborhood Association’s Saturdays in the Park in Safford Park in September, a one‑day permit for Vang/Van Coffee Bar’s May 31 ticketed event, a change‑of‑ownership common victualer (CV) license for Banh Mi Boston, and full all‑alcohol restaurant licenses for Olindy’s Quincy Ave Lanes and Mirchi Nation. All motions were made and seconded on the record and carried by voice vote with no recorded nays.

Why it matters: these approvals authorize alcohol service at neighborhood cultural events and allow existing and new downtown and neighborhood restaurants to expand or change operations, which the board framed as routine licensing oversight and local economic activity support.

Votes at a glance

- Porchfest Quincy — Special‑use/one‑day liquor license for June 28, 2 p.m.–8 p.m., Walliston Hill, Squamom and Marymount neighborhoods. Applicant: Porchfest Quincy (Walter Hubley). Motion to approve carried by voice vote; no roll‑call counts recorded. See transcript blocks for motion and confirmation.

- Walliston Hill Neighborhood Association — Special‑use/one‑day liquor licenses for Saturdays in September at Safford Park, each event 2 p.m.–7 p.m. Applicant: Walliston Hill Neighborhood Association (Walter Hubley). Motion to approve carried by voice vote; no roll‑call counts recorded.

- Van Coffee Bar — One‑day liquor license for a ticketed, 21+ "spring into summer" relaunch event on May 31 from 5 p.m. to midnight at 1456 Hancock Street. Applicants: Cesar Tingjaka and Hoa Kim. Motion to approve carried by voice vote; no roll‑call counts recorded.

- Linda Banh Mi LLC d/b/a Banh Mi Boston — Common victualer license approval due to a change of ownership; proposed manager Linda Linh Nguyen; no changes to operations were reported. Location: 716 Hancock Street. Motion to approve carried by voice vote; no roll‑call counts recorded.

- Olindy’s Quincy Ave Lanes Inc d/b/a Olindy’s — Change of license category from wine & malt beverage restaurant license to all‑alcohol restaurant license for premises at 170 Quincy Ave. Applicant: Mazzetti family (James Mazzetti). Motion to approve carried by voice vote; no roll‑call counts recorded. Councilor Ashe sent a letter of support that was read into the record.

- Magic Holdings Inc d/b/a Mirchi Nation — All‑alcohol restaurant license for premises at 13/25 Scammell Street; proposed manager listed as Kyush Shah; owner present as Piyush Shah. Motion to approve carried by voice vote; no roll‑call counts recorded. Councilor Ashe’s email expressing no concerns was noted.

Meeting details and discussion highlights

Most items were presented briefly by applicants and moved to approval with little board discussion. Walter Hubley, presenting for Porchfest Quincy, summarized a small scheduling change: "we're running it from 2 to 8PM instead of 3 to 9PM" to avoid late overcast conditions and noted the event’s neighborhood footprint and vendor plans. Hubley also described the Walliston Hill Saturdays in the Park series as returning vendors and bands.

Cesar (Cesar Tingjaka) described Van Coffee Bar’s event as a relaunch of a Vietnamese coffee bar and said he and partners were seeking to bring more design, art and foot traffic to the location. Applicant Shaokai spoke on behalf of Linda Banh Mi LLC and said operations and staffing would remain largely the same after the ownership change. James Mazzetti and Piyush Shah each described business reasons for their license requests, and the board noted receipt of Councilor Ashe’s written support for two restaurant applications.

No public opposition, conditions, or adverse comments were recorded on the transcript. Board members completed roll call and confirmed a quorum at the start of the meeting; motions were made and seconded for each item and each motion was followed by a voice vote in which board members answered "Aye." The transcript does not record individual roll‑call tallies or any recorded "No" or abstention votes.

What the board did not decide

No licenses were denied, no amendments or conditions were added on the record, and no items were continued. The board did not record specific vote counts, set operating conditions beyond what applicants stated, nor direct staff to return with further information on any item.

Next steps

The board accepted the minutes of its May 13 hearing and adjourned. The next hearing was set for June 10, 2025.