Marion County Alcoholic Beverage Board Hearing - September 2, 2025
Marion County Alcoholic Beverage Board Hearing - September 2, 2025
The Marion County Local Alcoholic Beverage Board met on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 9:30 AM (local time) under President Tyler Graves. The board heard cases from Speedway, Beech Grove, Lawrence, and Indianapolis. The agenda included new permits, transfers, renewals with and without violations, and public remonstrances. The meeting was broadcast live on Channel 16.
Consent Calendar
- Speedway: Approved Applebee’s (5664 Crawfordsville Rd), Aldi 77 (2502 Founders Square Dr), Flying Squirrel (5748 Crawfordsville Rd).
- Lawrence: Approved VFW 7119 (6525 N Lee Rd), Applebee’s (1065 Pendleton Pike), Aldi 81 (10325 Pendleton Pike), Pendleton Pike Food Center (9605 Pendleton Pike), Fort Harrison Reuse Authority (location pending).
- Beech Grove: Approved Royal Penn Entertainment (Expo Bowl, 5261 Elmwood) and Slap Top Pizza (Hey Now Pizza, 607 Main St) — sent to commission without quorum.
- Indianapolis: Approved numerous renewals without violations, including Columbia Club (hotel permit restructure), Rugby Indy (civic center permit), and other routine renewals.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Crystal Stone (public): Remonstrated against Moon Bar (148 E Market St).
- David Kingan (property owner at 618 E Market St): Remonstrated against renewal at 720 E 38th St (case RR 4936287). The board continued that case to October 6 because the permit holder was not required to appear.
- Taylor Schaefring (Downtown Indiana): Remonstrated against Moon Bar.
- Clark Kirkman (attorney representing Moon Bar): Requested continuance, citing receipt of IMPD materials that morning after a public records request submitted 30 days earlier. The board granted continuance to October 6, with no further continuances for either side.
Discussion Items
- Sports Page Lounge (D&N Luger Inc.) – Dennis Luger, owner. Violations: overserving, employee drinking, unauthorized outdoor drinking area, gaming violations, smoking, employee permits. Board expressed concern about pattern. Approved one-year renewal with probation; any further violation could result in revocation.
- VP 51 (Brajinder Singh) – Owner absent; board continued to October 6, stressed owner must appear or risk denial.
- All Moms Love LLC – Alice Lane, owner (from Texas). First permit. Board questioned connection to Ryan Grab (no link). Approved.
- La Posada Mexican Restaurant – Owner Alvia Cisneros. Noted previous violence at location; committed to private security and no nightclub operation. Approved.
- Ocean Air Seafood Room – Manager Ryan Height. Violation: sale to intoxicated person (fatal incident). Dispute over facts due to pending criminal case. Approved one-year renewal (motion by board member Jim Hinnigan) with warning; board expressed hesitation given severity.
- Regisuru Inc. (King Liquors, 3801 E New York St) – Remanded from ATC. Previously denied due to hindering and compliance failure. Owners presented new ID scanner and technical glitch explanation. Approved one-year renewal.
- Circle City Hospitality Group – Location pending. Approved contingent on returning with specific address.
- Tattoo Lounge – Ownership dispute; new owner plans to convert to family seafood restaurant. Approved despite prior issues.
- Multiple compliance check violations: Kroger #998, Aldi (86th St), Juicy Seafood, Total Wine, Another Broken Egg Cafe, Big Lug, Psalms Place, Jamaican Breeze, etc. All approved with explanations and corrective actions.
- Moon Bar – Continued to October 6 due to late receipt of records. Board clarified precedent on continuances.
Key Outcomes
- Renewal with one-year probation: Sports Page Lounge (D&N Luger Inc.) – motion by Jim Hinnigan, seconded, passed unanimously.
- Renewal denied in absentia warning: VP 51 – continued; owner warned to appear October 6.
- One-year renewal with serious warning: Ocean Air Seafood Room – motion by Robert Staten, seconded, passed with hesitation.
- One-year renewal (remanded): Regisuru Inc. – motion by Peter Luster, seconded, passed.
- Approvals (new and renewal): All other applications passed as noted, mostly unanimously.
- Moon Bar continuance: Granted to October 6; no further continuances allowed.
- Meeting adjourned at approximately 12:45 PM.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning. Today is Tuesday, September 2nd. This hearing of the local alcoholic beverage board of Marion County is now in session. My name is Tyler Graves, and I serve as the president of the board. Today we will hear cases in Speedway, Beach Grove, Lawrence, and then the rest of Marion County, Indianapolis. Representing the town of Speedway to my immediate left, Mr. Robert Staten. Representing the city of Lawrence, Mr. Jim Hinnigan, far left representing the city of Indianapolis to my immediate right, Mr. Peter Luster. And serving as secretary of this board is excise officer Amy Sunnier. This meeting is being broadcast live on Channel 16 and will be rebroadcast several times in the coming weeks. You are on television and the board requests that you act accordingly. At this time, please silence your cell phones so you do not interrupt the hearing. If you find it necessary to take a call or to have a conversation with someone here with you, please be respectful of others and step out into the hallway. Here is the order in which we will conduct business this morning. We will first ask individuals who have come to remonstrate to stand and come forward to the microphones hanging from the ceiling. Give us your name and the name and address of the business you're here to remonstrate against. We will then hear cases on today's docket pertaining to the town of Speedway, City of Beach Grove, and the City of Lawrence. Next, we will call all applicants for new or transfer applications on today's docket. We will then call renewals on today's docket, which have violations or remonstrators. After we finish today's published docket, we will consider the cases that have been continued from a previous hearing. All of those coming before the board today, whether you're an applicant representing the applicant, or are here to remonstrate, will testify under oath. Officer Sunier will now administer the oath. Do each of you solemnly swear or remember the penalties for perjury that the answers that you've given on your application or any answers you might give to any questions asked by this board to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Thank you. If an applicant should have remonstrators, it has been the practice of this board to accept one request for continuance from both the applicant and the remonstrator. Should the board deem it appropriate, additional continuances may be granted. Are there any remonstrators in the hearing room? If you're remonstrating against the case day, please stand, come forward to the microphones hanging from the ceiling. A couple of you raised your hands. There you go. Yeah, just come forward. We had one just come running. Yeah, right there, and just give us your name and the name and address of the business you're here to remonstrate against. I'm Crystal Stone and remonstrated remonstrated against Moon Bar located at 148 East Market Street. Thank you very much. Yes, sir. Haven't seen you in a long time. It has been a while. I see you. David Kingan with offices at 618 East Market Street here regarding case RR 4936287. The property at 720 East 38th Street. I'm sorry, 720 East 38th Street, yes. Do you know the name of that? You've got the address. I'm just one of the matchups. All right. Do you have that? I'm looking.
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