St. Louis Excise Commission Hearing on Liquor License Applications (September 8, 2025)
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St. Louis Excise Commission Hearing on Liquor License Applications
On September 8, 2025, the St. Louis Excise Commission held a hearing to consider multiple liquor license applications. Commissioner Miles McDonald presided, with representatives from the Excise Division and agents for the applicants present. All applications were reviewed under Board Bill 60, which does not require approval signatures. No public testimony or opposition was recorded. The commission approved all applications after finding no detriment to the neighborhood.
Discussion Items
- Spark St. Louis LLC – Application for a liquor license for the premises located at 6 Cardin [address unclear]. The managing officer and liquor control agent were present. The certified ordinance and file were introduced without objection. The commission found the premises would not be detrimental to the neighborhood and approved the application.
- Bank and Co LC (doing business as Elevation by Krino, 3307 Washington Avenue) – Application for a liquor license. The agent for the applicant, Mr. Joe Kelly, and liquor control agent were present. No objections to the introduction of the ordinance or file. The commission approved the application under Board Bill 60.
- N2K LLC (5239 …) – Application for a liquor license. The managing officer of the premises and Commissioner McDonald discussed a tornado event that affected the building. The applicant noted they had been at that location for about a year. No objections to the file. The commission found no detriment to the neighborhood and approved the application.
- SML Burger LLC (400 Northfield Wood, St. Louis) – Application for a liquor license. Managing Officer Samuel Clintman was present. The date and time of this portion of the hearing were stated as September 4, 2025, 9:45 a.m., though the overall meeting date is September 8, 2025 (as provided). The ordinance and file were introduced without objection. The application was approved under Board Bill 60.
Key Outcomes
- All four liquor license applications (Spark St. Louis LLC, Bank and Co LC, N2K LLC, SML Burger LLC) were approved by the commission with no objections.
- Each application was found not to be a detriment to the neighborhood.
- The hearing was conducted under Board Bill 60, which exempts the requirement for approval signatures.
- Note: The transcript contains a discrepancy regarding the date for the SML Burger LLC hearing (stated as September 4, 2025, while the overall meeting date is September 8, 2025).
Meeting Transcript
Now on the record in the matter of a liquor license application for Spark St. Louis LLC doing business is Spark St. Louis. Located six card in a way. Okay. Mr. Kelly, you're familiar with how we do things over here. Yes, sir. All right. I'm uh it's uh a president of the hearing. It's uh Mr. uh Mr. Meet truck, the uh liquor control agent for the uh exise division, Mr. Joe Kelly, the agent for the applicant, and uh Miles McDonald, the excise commissioner from the city of St. Louis. Okay, first thing we're gonna introduce this Mr. Kelly is a uh certified copy of uh St. Louis City Ordinance 71819 to cover the issues of liquor licenses within the city of St. Louis. Any objection to the introduction of that? No, sir. Okay, and uh next thing with the file maintained by the uh excited division regarding the applicant. Any objection to the introduction? No, sir. Okay, no requirement for signatures on this because it's considered a law. So that having been said, I see no reason why it's premises detriment to the neighborhood. This time I'm gonna do the application. Okay, the application has been approved. The hearing is concluded. We're now going off the record. The correct gang uh now on the record again in the matter of a liquor license application for bank and co lc including businesses, business ads elevation by Krino 3307 Washington Avenue, present at the hearing the nature of Williams, liquor control agent for the uh exit division's papers at the yellow style. Okay, uh right. Uh you know how we do things here, Mr. Kelly. Yes, sir. Uh first thing we're gonna do is introduce uh certified copy of sample city ordinance 71819 cover is the issue with work for licensing from the city of St. Louis. Any objections in the university of that ordinance? No, sir. Next thing file maintained by the inside division. Okay, any objections in the reduction of that file? No, sir. Okay, all right. Uh I said president the hearing is nuclear lands and that's that and uh control officer for the excess division, Mr. Joe Kelly, the agent for the applicant miles and down the exat commissioners. Uh this is a board bill 60 um, so there's no requirement for uh approval signatures anyway. So that being the case, I have no reason why this promises would be a determinant to the neighborhood. So at this time I'm gonna do the application. Thank you. Okay, the application has been approved.
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