NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281, Hawai’i Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing at the office of the Commission on the sixth floor of the Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapi’olani Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawai’i, 96813, on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering the application for liquor license set forth below and any protests to the granting of said application.

You are further notified that Section 281-59, Hawai’i Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: "Upon the day of hearing, or any adjournment thereof, the Liquor Commission shall consider the application and any protests and objections to the granting thereof, and hear the parties in interest. Within ninety days after the hearing, or within one hundred twenty days thereafter if in its discretion the Commission extends the ninety days to one hundred twenty days, and gives public notice of same, the Commission shall give its decision granting or refusing the application; provided that if a majority of the:
(1) Registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; or
(2) Owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked,

have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against the granting of the license, or if there appears any other disqualification under this chapter, the application shall be refused. Otherwise, the Commission may in its discretion grant or refuse the same."

You are further notified that Section 281-39.5, Hawai’i Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: "The Liquor Commission or agency of each county may deny or restrict the issuance of a liquor license for on-site sale and consumption by the drink to any applicant whose establishment is or would be located within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary, intermediate, or high school, or public playground utilized extensively by minors, as determined by the Liquor Commission of each county; provided that the Liquor Commission or agency of each county shall deny the issuance of a liquor license if forty per cent of the:
(1) Registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; or
(2) Owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked;

have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against granting the license."

1. Application No.: 24-01784
Applicant: Torishin Hawaii LLC
Trade name: Torishin
Place of business: 1001 Queen Street, Ward Village Ae’o Space No. 104, Honolulu, Hawaii
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 1) – (Consumption on premises)

By SALVADOR D. PETILOS
Administrator
(SA1475996 11/28, 12/5/24)