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Board grants Suki Entertainment a one‑year renewal amid neighbor objections and lease questions
Summary
After remonstrations from a landlord and from Partners in Housing about past advertising of public events and neighborhood impacts, the board granted Suki Entertainment a one‑year renewal with conditions including IMPD coordination and closer enforcement of permit limits.
Suki Entertainment, which applied to operate as a Type 2‑10 (restaurant/bar) out of a venue that had previously held a catering‑hall permit, received a one‑year renewal from the Marion County Alcoholic Beverage Board on June 1 after extensive questioning and written objections from neighbors.
Partners in Housing submitted a written remonstrance asking the commission to deny the permit because of a history of public events advertised while the venue’s older permit limited public events; the letter said the applicant’s location serves vulnerable, HUD‑assisted residents and that earlier noncompliance and a cease‑and‑desist order raised safety concerns. Board members said an in‑person remonstrance carries more weight but accepted the letter into the record.
Representatives for Suki said the business will operate regular hours (Thursday–Sunday), restrict entry to 21+ when required, use licensed security and ID scanners, and submit notifications to the commission for any public events. Counsel and the applicant told the board they had received a cease‑and‑desist previously and had since corrected operations and would sit down with IMPD and excise staff as part of the conditions of renewal.
The board voted to allow a one‑year renewal with conditions requiring monthly check‑ins with the downtown IMPD commander, documentation of security and ID‑checking protocols, and a requirement to return for an earlier renewal if any subsequent violations occur.
