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Community Board 2 reviews multiple transfers and class changes, negotiates reduced hours and stipulations
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Summary
At its April meeting the committee considered a cluster of transfer and class-change applications (Domo Domo, Madhu Foods, Mayans wine bar, Rock Star Chicken, Bobby Lu's transfers and others), negotiating earlier alcohol cutoffs and conditions including no exterior speakers, outreach meetings, and mechanical reviews.
Community Board 2's licensing committee took up a long slate of transfer and class-change requests and negotiated specific stipulations on hours, outdoor use and community outreach.
Chair Donna Raftery opened the meeting and invited applicants to present. Phil Doran represented Madhu Foods at 496 LaGuardia Place and said the proposal was for a quiet steakhouse with a 46-seat capacity, no outdoor space and recorded background music; he said the restaurant would close at 11:30 p.m. most nights. "It's a very quiet steakhouse closing at 11:30 each night," Doran said.
Yadin Sofer, representing Mayans Hospitality Group (a wine-and-cheese bar proposed at 519 Broom Street), described a small 43-person wine bar concept and initially requested 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. hours; the committee pressed for earlier cutoffs and outreach. "I'm requesting a liquor license from 4 PM to 2AM every day," Sofer said; the committee negotiated limits that reduced late-night exterior hours and required verification of sealed side yards and outreach to neighboring residents.
Other items: Sam Park (Rockstar Chicken) agreed to limit alcohol service hours to midnight to address resident delivery/noise concerns at East 8th Street; applicants for several transfers (Peggy John's pizzeria/Bobby Lu's, Cafe Palermo) discussed preserving long-standing festival hours and asked for limited exceptions for San Gennaro; the committee reminded applicants that special-event exceptions must be explicitly authorized and not presumed.
Across these matters the committee repeatedly asked applicants to provide documented outreach (emails to block associations, meeting minutes) and technical documents (DOB approvals, mechanical engineering reports) where rear yards, venting and egress were relevant. Several applicants agreed to return with added documentation and neighborhood meetings before the board's business vote.
What's next: The committee will draft stipulations (hours, no exterior speakers, no heaters, limits on outdoor seating) for consideration in business session and will place several applications on a layover pending further outreach or technical clarification.
