NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given by the Liquor Commission of the County of Hawai’i, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281 of the Hawai’i Revised Statutes, as amended, will hold a public hearing in the Kona Meeting Room, Department of Liquor Control, Hanama Place, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 107, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i, on Thursday, August 7, 2025, for the purpose of considering the application for liquor license set forth hereunder.

Protests and objections to the granting thereof may be made by any registered voter for the area within 500 feet of the nearest point at which the premises of the applicant is located or by any owner and lessee of record of real estate or by any owner of record of shares in a cooperative apartment situated within a distance of 500 feet from the nearest point of such real estate or cooperative apartment. No protest against the granting of a liquor license shall be considered by the Commission unless such protest is filed with the Commission before or at the final public hearing, designates the application for which the objection is being filed, is dated and signed, and contains the address of each person filing a protest. The protest shall designate whether the protestor is a property owner or registered voter and shall be filed with the Liquor Commission, County of Hawai’i, Hilo Lagoon Centre, 101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, Hawai’i 96720.

1. APPLICATION NO.: 24-35 (10:00 A.M.)
APPLICANT: Duke’s Kona LLC
TRADE NAME: Duke’s Kona
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa,
78-128 ‘Ehukai Street, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-8-010-038
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license,
Category B2

2. APPLICATION NO.: T24-38 (10:00 A.M.)
APPLICANT: NC Oceanview Inc.
TRADE NAME: Island Lava Java
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 75-5801 Ali’i Drive, Building A, Kailua-Kona,
Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-009:028
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Sale and Transfer of the Dispenser General liquor
license, Category B2, currently held by Island Lava
Java LLC, dba Island Lava Java

3. APPLICATION NO.: 24-39 (10:00 A.M.)
APPLICANT: Papale LLC
TRADE NAME: Patina
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Queens’ MarketPlace, 69-201 Waikoloa Beach
Drive, Suite E1/E2, Waikoloa, Hawai’i
TMK: 6-9-008:017
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license,
Category B1

4. APPLICATION NO.: 24-40 (10:00 A.M.)
APPLICANT: Johnson Brothers of Hawaii, Inc.
TRADE NAME: Johnson Brothers of Hawaii
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 73-5627 Maiau Street, Units #1-5, Kailua-Kona,
Hawai’i
TMK: 7-3-051:115
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Wholesale General liquor license

By Order of the Liquor Commission
of the County of Hawai’i

Wil Okabe, Chairperson

By GERALD TAKASE, Director
DATE: 06/06/2025

(WHT1496456 6/14, 6/21/25)