Additional Info on the 4 Recent Alcoholic Beverage License Applications

I should have posted this earlier. This is a (cleaned up a bit due to formatting) portion of the ABL Committee meeting minutes as sent out on the anc-6a listserv. This is more recent than my earlier post describing the businesses, but it may still be out of date.

Four New CT applications:
Presentation by Joe Englert. Mr. Englert has 4 applications in the
works, none are officially filed yet. Mr. Englert will own three of the
new establishments and the last owned by Mr. Anthony Tomeldon.

The applications are for CTs. He is not opposed to
applying for some of them as CRs but feels that he may not be able to meet the 50% food sales criteria for a restaurant.

1212 H Street. Mr. Englert will own the building. Name: The Red and the Black. New Orleans style bar with live music on the 2nd floor. Occupancy: 120 patrons plus 5 employees.

1224 H Street, NE. Mr. Englert will own the building. Name:Beehive. Mexican food is the feature with a jukebox (no live music) and he is applying for a summer garden there. Plans to have some kind of tenant on the 2nd floor, residential or a small nonprofit. Occupancy: 49 & 20 on patio plus 5 employees.

1353 H Street, NE.
Largest building with 7,000 square feet. Name: Rock and Roll Hotel. Two levels--first level a forties or fifties style grand hotel with big chandeliers, bar like a front desk. 2nd level twelve separate rooms done by 12 artists to rent out for parties, events, etc.
Occupancy: 349 including the upstairs plus 20 employees.

1234 H Street, NE. Name: The Pug or the Pugilist
with a boxing theme. Pool table. Few booths. Jukebox or
prerecorded music. Small bar. Occupancy: 79 to 89 with 5 employees.

Questions raised about the number of
restaurants, bars and theatres in this stretch of H Street and the parking and noise problems this will cause in the immediate neighborhood. Mr. Englert is working with the Atlas Theatre and the H Street Theatre on parking strategies. Options include a local church lot; the Auto Zone; Hechinger Mall plus Mr. Englert is investigating a shuttle service from Union Station.

Additional discussion about subsequent sale of properties and changes to licenses and voluntary agreement. Mr. Englert agreed to share copies of his applications for ABL review prior to discussing and signing a voluntary agreement. Chair Beatty will provide Mr. Englert with our standard voluntary agreement after the applications have been filed
with the ABC Board.