MEETING OF THE LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI’I
DATE: Thursday, October 2, 2025
TIME: 10:00 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.: 24-42
APPLICANT: Sean’s Kitchen LLC
TRADE NAME: Sean’s Kitchen
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 75-5660 Kopiko Street, Suite B5 and B6, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-5-004:011
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1
2. APPLICATION NO.: 25-01
APPLICANT: Big Island Booch Inc.
TRADE NAME: The Booch Bar
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 230 Kekuanaoa Street, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-2-054:031
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Small Craft Producer Pub liquor license, Category A
3. APPLICATION NO.: 25-02
APPLICANT: Big Island Booch Inc.
TRADE NAME: The Booch Bar
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 110 Keawe Street, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-3-005:008
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Adding its current Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1, as an additional location to its pending Small Craft Producer Pub liquor license, Category A, located at 230 Kekuanaoa Street, Hilo, Hawai’i; Increase in its current Licensed Premises to include an adjacent unit consisting of 1,200 square feet, and a Change in Category of its current licensed premises to B2, from its Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1
4. 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
VI. Preliminary Hearings
1. APPLICATION NO.: 25-05
APPLICANT: GKM, Inc.
TRADE NAME: Ko’a Honokohau Harbor
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 74-425 Kealakehe Parkway, Space No. 17, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
TMK: 7-4-008:042
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category B1
2. APPLICATION NO.: 25-06
APPLICANT: Black Onyx Entertainment LLC
TRADE NAME: Black Onyx
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 202 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-3-007:015
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Cabaret liquor license
VII. Unfinished Business
VIII. New Business
IX. Announcements
Meetings of the Liquor Commission
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.
December 4, 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.
(WHT1506007 9/20/25)
