October 2025 Alcoholic Beverage & Cannabis Committee Meeting

October 2025 Alcoholic Beverage & Cannabis Committee Meeting

Date: October 7th, 2025
Time: 7:00PM – 9:00PM
Join Information: This meeting will be a hybrid meeting
Meeting location will be 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Second Floor, Conference Room 1 (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).

Meeting Link: https://dc-gov.zoom.us/j/82546712062?pwd=cUcK7o5AIerH94ThzAjJbAc9duRiZd.1
Meeting Passcode (Computer or App): 6BABC!!

Dial in: (301) 715 8592
Meeting ID: 856 0944 7551
Passcode (Phone): 9579478

AGENDA

1. Welcome & Introductions
   1. Committee Chair Opening Remarks
   2. Review of Agenda
2. Renewal Applications – Class C Taverns
   1. Barrel – 613 Pennsylvania Ave SE (ABRA-072633), Renewal with Entertainment & Sidewalk Café endorsements (6B02)
   2. The Eastern – 360 7th Street SE (ABRA-112356), Renewal with Sidewalk Café endorsement (6B02)
   3. Tune Inn Restaurant – 331 Pennsylvania Ave SE (ABRA-000559), Renewal with Sidewalk Café endorsement (6B02)
   4. Ginza BBQ Lounge & Karaoke Spot – 526 8th Street SE (ABRA-120833), Renewal with Entertainment & Summer Garden endorsements (6B04)
   5. Omakase @ Barracks Row – 522 8th Street SE (ABRA-125827), Renewal – no entertainment (6B04)
   6. Trusty’s Bar – 1420 Pennsylvania Ave SE (ABRA-071352), Renewal with Entertainment, Sidewalk Café & Summer Garden endorsements (6B09)
3. Ongoing Settlement Agreement / Protest Negotiation
   1. Ambar – 523 8th Street SE (ABRA-090240), Ongoing negotiation regarding settlement agreement and protest hearing. Parties have requested continuance while discussions proceed.
4. Applications Under Protest or Review
   1. ALOHA – Medical Cannabis Retailer (Second Application) – 539 8th Street SE (ABRA-129362). Second application for medical cannabis retailer license, including Delivery Endorsement. ANC6B has retained legal counsel (Kerry Verdi) to assist with protest.
5. New License Applications
   1. Awakening Bar & Grill – 520 8th Street SE (ABRA-133651). Request for Class “C” Tavern license with Sidewalk Café, Carry-out/Delivery, Entertainment Endorsement (inside only). Draft Settlement Agreement under consideration. (6B04)
   2. Streets Market – 1442 Pennsylvania Ave SE (ABRA-132855). Request for Class “B” Full-Service Grocery Store license with Tasting Permit. (6B09)
6. Commercial Diversity on Barracks Row
   1. Conversation and discussion about the ABC Committee’s recommendation regarding how to proceed with maintaining commercial diversity on Barracks Row.
      • At our April meeting, we unanimously passed a motion to “instruct the ANC 6B com­mit­tees on Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis and on Planning and Zoning to propose, by the ANC’s July 2025 meeting, measures to preserve commercial diversity on the part of 8th St., SE, known as ‘Barracks Row,’ including the possibility of a moratorium on licensing new medical-cannabis retailers and ‘fast food restaurants’ as defined in Title 11, Chapter 1 of the DC Code.”
7. Community Comments & Concerns
   1. Input from residents, businesses, and stakeholders
   2. Review of petition deadlines and hearing schedules
8. Committee Discussion & Recommendations
   1. Votes on recommendations to the full ANC6B
9. Adjournment
   1. Next scheduled ABC Committee is 11/04/2025

For additional information, please contact Ellen Opper-Weiner, Resident Member Chair of ANC 6B Alcoholic Beverage & Cannabis Committee at eowlaw@aol.com and Commissioner Samuel Pastore Vice Chair of the ABC Committee at 6B05@anc.dc.gov