LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI’I
NOTICE OF SITE VISIT AND PUBLIC MEETING/HEARING
DATE: Thursday, April 3, 2025
SITE VISIT
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
PLACE: Da Coco Shack, 76-6246 Ali’i Drive, #102, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-6-015-023-0001 and surrounding areas of Kona Bali Kai
PUBLIC MEETING/HEARING
TIME: 10:30 A.M.
PLACE: Kona Meeting Room, Department of Liquor Control, Hanama Place
75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 107, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
Public Testimony may be done in person, or in writing by email, fax, or mail/walk-in. To ensure timely delivery to the Commission, written testimony must be received by 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting by: (1) Email: cohdlc@hawaiicounty.gov; (2) Fax: (808) 961-8684; or (3) Mail/walk-in: 101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, HI 96720. Indicate agenda item submitting for; submit separate testimony for each item. All testimony regardless of time of receipt will be part of the permanent record.
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda
IV. Public Statements on Agenda Items
V. Public Hearings
1. APPLICATION NO.: 24-05
APPLICANT: Countryside Cafe
TRADE NAME: Countryside Cafe
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 16-586 Old Volcano Road, Unit #9-12,
Kea’au, Hawai’i
TMK: 1-6-143:034
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1
2. APPLICATION NO.: 24-17
APPLICANT: Bikini Bottoms LLC
TRADE NAME: Bikini Bottoms Coffee
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 75-5719 Ali’i Drive, Ste. A101, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-007-016
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1
3. APPLICATION NO.: 24-21
APPLICANT: West Hawaii Island Proprietors LLC
TRADE NAME: Da Whip
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 73-5619 Kauhola Street, Suite 204,
Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-3-051:093
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category A
4. APPLICATION NO.: 24-22
APPLICANT: Suisan Company, Limited
TRADE NAME: Suisan Company, Limited
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 93 Lihiwai Street, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-1-003:027
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Retail General liquor license
5. APPLICATION NO.: 24-23
APPLICANT: Papa Kona Coffee & Events, LLC
TRADE NAME: Papa Kona Coffee & Events (Restaurant)
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 75-5770 Ali’i Drive, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-008:009
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Increase in licensed premises to include the adjacent unit, Suite No., REST-2,
approximately 2,220 square feet
6. APPLICATION NO.: T24-24
APPLICANT: Akatsuki International Corporation
TRADE NAME: Café il Mondo
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 45-3580 Mamane Street, Honoka’a, Hawai’i
TMK: 4-5-016:012
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Sale and Transfer of the Restaurant General liquor license, Category B2, currently held
by Café il Mondo, LLC, dba Café il Mondo
7. APPLICATION NO.: T24-28
APPLICANT: Sakura Hilo LLC
TRADE NAME: Sakura Sushi & Grill
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Waiakea Square Warehouse, 200 Kanoelehua Avenue, #100A, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-2-032:095
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Sale and Transfer of the Restaurant Beer and Wine liquor license, Category A, currently held by Sakura Japanese Restaurant III Inc.,
dba Sakura Japanese Restaurant III
VI. Preliminary Hearings
1. APPLICATION NO.: 24-29
APPLICANT: Baan Thai Family Cuisine LLC
TRADE NAME: Baan Thai Family Cuisine
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Kona Inn Shopping Center, 75-5744 Ali’i Drive, #208, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-007-021
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license,
Category A
2. APPLICATION NO.: T24-30
APPLICANT: Sakura Kona LLC
TRADE NAME: Sakura Japanese Restaurant
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Crossroads Shopping Center, 75-1027 Henry Street, #108B, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-004-054
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Sale and Transfer of the Restaurant Beer
and Wine liquor license, Category A, currently held by Sakura Japanese Restaurant Inc., dba Sakura Japanese Restaurant
3. APPLICATION NO.: 24-31
APPLICANT: Tacos Jalisco Taqueria LLLP
TRADE NAME: Tacos Jalisco Taqueria
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Puna Kai Shopping Center, 15-2714 Pahoa Village Road, Suite C-1, Pahoa, Hawai’i
TMK: 1-5-007-069
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license,
Category A
VII. Unfinished Business
1. APPLICATION NO.: 24-13
APPLICANT: A to Z Owners LLC
TRADE NAME: Da Coco Shack
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 76-6246 Ali’i Drive, #102, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-6-015-023-0001
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1
VIII. New Business
IX. Announcements
Meetings of the Liquor Commission
May 1, 2025, 10:00 A.M., Hilo Meeting Room, Department of Liquor Control, Hilo Lagoon Centre, 101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, Hawai’i.
June 5, 2025, 10:00 A.M., Kona Meeting Room, Department of Liquor Control, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 107, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i.
X. Adjournment
For information relative to any of the above-mentioned applications and/or procedures for protesting against a liquor license, call the Department of Liquor Control at (808) 961-8218.
Anyone requiring auxiliary aid / service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact the Department of Liquor Control at (808) 961-8218, or by email at cohdlc@hawaiicounty.gov, as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
Upon request, this notice is available in alternate accessible formats.
(WHT1487563 3/22/25)
