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Board approves amended transfer for Midtown Liquor; MOU with community added to license
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The board approved an amended application to transfer Midtown Liquor and directed that a community memorandum of understanding (MOU) be included in the enforceable amended license; counsel said a prior approval expired and noted an apparent roughly $300,000 comptroller lien on the seller's property.
The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City approved an amended application to transfer ownership of Midtown Liquor on Jan. 15 and directed that a community memorandum of understanding be incorporated into the amended license.
Melanie Jaganazzi, representing the applicant, told the board this matter was a redo of an application that had previously been approved but for which the time to complete the transfer had lapsed. She said the seller was contending with a large lien that the comptroller had placed. "The seller, apparently, the comptroller saw fit to throw, like, a $300,000 lien," Jaganazzi said, and added the parties were working on the related paperwork.
Board members asked whether a memorandum of understanding (MOU) had been submitted; counsel confirmed an MOU was sent by email and the board agreed to amend the approval so the MOU would become part of the enforceable license. One commissioner stated on the record that the MOU would be included "as enforceable by law."
The board voted to approve the amended application to transfer the Class A beer, wine and liquor license with delivery-of-alcohol privileges, with the MOU incorporated into the license conditions. The board recessed at the close of the meeting and will reconvene on Jan. 29, 2026.
