NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that 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, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 107, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i, on Thursday, October 5, 2023, 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.: 22-41 (10:00 A.M.)
APPLICANT: Hilo Pizza, LLC
TRADE NAME: Hilo Pizza Co.
PLACE OF BUSINESS: Puainako Center, 2100 Kanoelehua Avenue,
Space B-11, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-2-040:006
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category A
2. APPLICATION NO.: 22-43 (10:00 A.M.)
APPLICANT: Napua Hilo LLC
TRADE NAME: Lehua Restaurant at Imiloa
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 600 Imiloa Place, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-4-001:007
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category B2
3. APPLICATION NO.: 23-01 (10:00 A.M.)
APPLICANT: Vibe Café L.L.C.
TRADE NAME: Vibe Café
PLACE OF BUSINESS: 750 Kanoelehua Avenue, Suite 101, Hilo, Hawai’i
TMK: 2-2-037:029
LICENSE APPLIED FOR: Increase in Licensed Premises, to include outdoor
dining area adjacent to its licensed premises, and a
Change in Category to B2, from its Restaurant
General liquor license, Category B1
By Order of the Liquor Commission
of the County of Hawai’i
Ronald Ibarra, Chairperson
By GERALD TAKASE, Director
DATE: 08/04/2023
(HTH1425949 8/13, 8/20/23)