New Restaurant (o ya) Issue
To: Our Neighbors in the Leather District
From: Nancy & Tim Cushman
Proprietors of o ya, 9 East Street
Residents of Lincoln Plaza
Re: Request for Favorable Vote at January 10th LDNA Meeting – Change Beer & Wine License to All Alcohol
Dear Neighbors,
As many of you know, we are planning to open o ya, a contemporary Japanese restaurant, in the old firehouse at 9 East Street. The restaurant is fully built out and we are awaiting our beer & wine license, which should be issued in January. We look forward to opening by early February - - of course you will all be the first to know. Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year.
Request
Due to recent legislative developments in the city and state, we would like to request the neighborhood’s support for an “upgrade” of our beer & wine license to an all alcohol license.
As a higher end restaurant, the all-alcohol license would allow us to offer a wider variety of beverages to our guests. While we will remain a wine and sake (Japanese rice wine) centric concept, we would also like to be able to offer our expected neighborhood and Financial District clientele other alcoholic drinks. A full license will also allow us to compete with other higher end restaurants that have full licenses. However, as stated, our primary focus is, and will always be, the food.
Background
The city of Boston met quota and essentially ran out of beer & wine licenses over a year ago. We have been very active in advocating legislation at the city and state level for the new licenses to be issued, particularly to small business owners like ourselves. It’s been a long, but successful, road. The beer & wine license that we are slated to receive in January is one of thirty additional licenses being specially issued to the city of Boston and targeted at particular growth areas in the city, like the LD.
While advocating for the beer & wine licenses, we have learned that we would be eligible (not a shoe in, but eligible) for one of the all-alcohol licenses that have also been added to the new license legislation.
From the beginning, we never thought an all-alcohol license would be a possibility, so our strategic and financial plans included beer & wine only. Now that we have this opportunity before us, we’d like to pursue it with neighborhood support.
Hours of Operation
As a chef-owned restaurant, we are a dining establishment. For those who may be concerned, we are not a nightclub or late night establishment. As such, the hours of operation on the beer & wine license are as follows. We would apply for the all-alcohol license for the same hours:
Sunday through Wednesday until 11PM; Thursday through Saturday 12AM
As restaurateurs, this is a logical business decision and opportunity. We hope that the neighborhood will support it on January 10th.
We’d be happy to answer any questions or concerns on the LDNA blog in the meantime.
Thank you,
Tim & Nancy
From: Nancy & Tim Cushman
Proprietors of o ya, 9 East Street
Residents of Lincoln Plaza
Re: Request for Favorable Vote at January 10th LDNA Meeting – Change Beer & Wine License to All Alcohol
Dear Neighbors,
As many of you know, we are planning to open o ya, a contemporary Japanese restaurant, in the old firehouse at 9 East Street. The restaurant is fully built out and we are awaiting our beer & wine license, which should be issued in January. We look forward to opening by early February - - of course you will all be the first to know. Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year.
Request
Due to recent legislative developments in the city and state, we would like to request the neighborhood’s support for an “upgrade” of our beer & wine license to an all alcohol license.
As a higher end restaurant, the all-alcohol license would allow us to offer a wider variety of beverages to our guests. While we will remain a wine and sake (Japanese rice wine) centric concept, we would also like to be able to offer our expected neighborhood and Financial District clientele other alcoholic drinks. A full license will also allow us to compete with other higher end restaurants that have full licenses. However, as stated, our primary focus is, and will always be, the food.
Background
The city of Boston met quota and essentially ran out of beer & wine licenses over a year ago. We have been very active in advocating legislation at the city and state level for the new licenses to be issued, particularly to small business owners like ourselves. It’s been a long, but successful, road. The beer & wine license that we are slated to receive in January is one of thirty additional licenses being specially issued to the city of Boston and targeted at particular growth areas in the city, like the LD.
While advocating for the beer & wine licenses, we have learned that we would be eligible (not a shoe in, but eligible) for one of the all-alcohol licenses that have also been added to the new license legislation.
From the beginning, we never thought an all-alcohol license would be a possibility, so our strategic and financial plans included beer & wine only. Now that we have this opportunity before us, we’d like to pursue it with neighborhood support.
Hours of Operation
As a chef-owned restaurant, we are a dining establishment. For those who may be concerned, we are not a nightclub or late night establishment. As such, the hours of operation on the beer & wine license are as follows. We would apply for the all-alcohol license for the same hours:
Sunday through Wednesday until 11PM; Thursday through Saturday 12AM
As restaurateurs, this is a logical business decision and opportunity. We hope that the neighborhood will support it on January 10th.
We’d be happy to answer any questions or concerns on the LDNA blog in the meantime.
Thank you,
Tim & Nancy
posted by The Chair at
2:48 PM
