MEETING OF THE LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI’I
DATE: Thursday, September 4, 2025
TIME: 10:00 A.M.
PLACE: Hilo Meeting Room, Department of Liquor Control,
Hilo Lagoon Centre, 101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, 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.: 24-41
APPLICANT: Hamakua Distillery LLC
TRADE NAME: Hamakua Distillery
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 28-3254 Beach Road, Pepe’ekeo,
Hawai’i
TMK: 2-8-008:044
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Manufacturer liquor license
2. APPLICATION NO.: 24-43
APPLICANT: JKL & Associates, LLC
TRADE NAME: E Komo Mai Diner Bar & Grill
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Waiakea Square Warehouse, 200
Kanoelehua Avenue, #106, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-2-032:095
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Cabaret liquor license
VI. Preliminary Hearings
1. APPLICATION NO.: T25-03
APPLICANT: JR Ohana Grill, LLC
TRADE NAME: Jackie Rey’s Ohana Grill (Kona)
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Pottery Terrace, Suite L, 75-5995 Kuakini
Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-030:024
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Sale and Transfer of the Restaurant
General liquor license, Category B2,
currently held by Big Island Restaurant
Group, LLC, dba Jackie Rey’s O’hana Grill
Kona
VII. Unfinished Business
VIII. New Business
IX. Announcements
Meetings of the Liquor Commission
October 2, 2025, 10:00 A.M., Kona Meeting Room,
Department of Liquor Control, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway,
Suite 107, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i.
November 6, 2025, 10:00 A.M., Hilo Meeting Room,
Department of Liquor Control, Hilo Lagoon Centre,
101 Aupuni Street, Unit 230, Hilo, 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.
(WHT1503330 8/23/25)
