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Licenses Board approves entertainment permits

ProvidenceMar 5, 20262 min read

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The Board of Licenses approved 35 consent items, including monthly entertainment requests, special event permits, a raffle, and one-day entertainment applications, all unanimously.

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What this means

Most of the meeting focused on routine license approvals for restaurants, clubs, festivals, and community events in Providence. The board also approved a 3 a.m. soft-closing request for Live PVD, continued one nightclub request to March 12, and extended review of a probationary food license for Knight Street Market to June 4. In a show-cause case, Paris Bistro Lounge was found in violation and ordered to submit a security plan, serve several weekend closures, use police details on specified dates, and pay a $2,000 fine.

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Approved consent agenda items 1-35 unanimously.
Approved Live PVD's request for 3 a.m. soft closings on three March dates, with a warning that future violations could forfeit remaining requests.
Continued Motion Nightclub/Series92ri's 3 a.m. request to March 12, 2026, with the applicant required to appear.
Approved Primecut Restaurant Mezzo Lounge's March 2026 18+ entertainment request, with a warning that violations could affect future requests.
Approved late-submitted entertainment requests for Sport & Leisure and 1070 North Main Street.
Extended the probationary review of Knight Street Market's food establishment license for 90 days, with return review set for June 4, 2026.
Continued Café Ava's new liquor license hearing to March 26, 2026.
Approved A & Z Auto Electric and Repair's new motor vehicle repair and second-hand auto license.
Continued Santana Auto Body's new motor vehicle repair license to March 19, 2026, and directed compliance checks.
Found Paris Bistro Lounge in violation and ordered a security plan, multiple weekend closures, police details on specified dates, and a $2,000 fine.

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Board of Licenses - Regular Meeting

Mar 5, 2026, 4:30 PMcompleted

Agenda

52528 : 127 Friendship Street LLC dba Medici 127 Friendship St
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52530 : Archetype LLC dba Fete Music Hall 103 Dike Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52533 : Atwells Realty Corp. dba Desire/Lust 1 Franklin Square
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52524 : CalRay LLC dba Black Sheep 397 Westminster Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52353 : Club 73 LLC dba EGO Providence 73 Richmond Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52542 : CC Lounge LLC dba Motion Nightclub/Series92ri 971 Broad Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52504 : Chestnut Street Enterprises LLC dba Alchemy 171 Chestnut Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52508 : Gold lounge restaurant LLC at 727 Cranston Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52539 : Gilbert Enterprises Inc dba Club Fantasies 28 Sims Avenue
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52544 : Gullivers Tavern Inc dba Foxy Lady 318 Chalkstone Avenue
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52522 : JBR LLC dba Platforms 165 Poe Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52535 : La Palmera Club Billar LLC dba La Palmera Club 43 Bucklin Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52507 : Laughing Gorilla LLC dba Troop 60 Valley Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52532 : Mi Sueno Inc dba Mi Sueno 1070 Broad Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52529 : Moonshine Hospitality LLC dba Moonshine Hospitality 52 Pine Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52053 : Mrocco LLC dba Eagle 124 Snow Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52502 : PJM Enterprises INC dba Mirabar 15 Elbow Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52497 : RAG Inc dba The Parlour 1119 North Main Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52537 : RAG Inc dba The Parlour 1119 North Main Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52514 : Restaurant Associates of Providence IV LLC dba G Pub 100 Dorrance Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52511 : Restaurant Associates of Providence IV LLC dba Rooftop 100 Dorrance Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52510 : Restaurant Associates of Providence IV LLC dba Sarto100 Dorrance Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52503 : RI Cranston Entertainment Inc dba Wonderland 257 Allens Avenue
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52546 : SMG LLC dba Amica Mutual Pavilion One LaSalle Square
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52538 : Solanchi Fernandez, LLC dba Ibiza Lounge 86 Summer Street
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52335 : Uptown Entertainment LLC dba Uptown Theater 270 Broadway
Decision: CONSENT AGENDA:
52555 : 34th Annual Rare and Unusual Plant sale by Southside Community at 168 West Clifford Street
Decision: SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS (ART. CULTURE & TOURISM) PREVIOUSLY VETTED:
52554 : Swell Folk Festival by Andrew Tagher at Lippitt Park
Decision: SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS (ART. CULTURE & TOURISM) PREVIOUSLY VETTED:
52550 : Out of the Darkness Walk by The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention at Roger Williams Park
Decision: SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS (ART. CULTURE & TOURISM) PREVIOUSLY VETTED:
52552 : Walk to End Alzheimers by Alzheimer's Association at Roger Williams Park
Decision: SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS (ART. CULTURE & TOURISM) PREVIOUSLY VETTED:
52548 : Walk to Cure Arthritis by Arthritis Foundation at Roger Williams Park Temple to Music
Decision: SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS (ART. CULTURE & TOURISM) PREVIOUSLY VETTED:
52549 : Lung Force Walk Providence by American Lung Association at Roger Williams Park
Decision: SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS (ART. CULTURE & TOURISM) PREVIOUSLY VETTED:
52501 : Andrew William borges Providence RI
Decision: FLOOR HOST APPLICATIONS:
52517 : Mary E Fogarty Elementary School at 85 Laurel Hill Ave
Decision: RAFFLE APPLICATION(S):
52500 : Building Futures Alumni Party by Leandro Castro at 10 Sims Ave
Decision: ONE-TIME/ONE-DAY ENTERTAINMENT (WITH OR WITHOUT CLASS F / RAFFLE):
52506 : Brivas LLC dba Live PVD 1204 Broad Street
Decision: TO APPEAR:
52543 : CC Lounge LLC dba Motion Nightclub/Series92ri 971 Broad Street
Decision: TO APPEAR:
52534 : JMA Inc dba Primecut Restaurant Mezzo Lounge 393 Charles Street
Decision: TO APPEAR:
52454 : East Side Restaurant Holdings LLC dba Sport & Leisure 108 North Main St
Decision: TO APPEAR:
52536 : CV Rise LLC dba 1070 North 1070 North Main Street
Decision: TO APPEAR:
51008 : Knight Street Market LLC dba Knight Street Market 115 Knight Street
Decision: TO APPEAR:
52274 : The Andrea Maribel dba Café Ava 44 Hospital Street
Decision: TO APPEAR - ADVERTISED HEARING:
52359 : A & Z Auto Electric and Repair LLC dba A & Z Auto Electric and Repair 118 Silver Spring Ave
Decision: TO APPEAR - ADVERTISED HEARING(S) CONTINUED DUE TO BLIZZARD):
52360 : Richard Hilario dba Santana Auto Body 289 Thurbers Ave
Decision: TO APPEAR - ADVERTISED HEARING(S) CONTINUED DUE TO BLIZZARD):
52498 : Perez Smith LLC dba Paris Bistro Lounge 375 Smith Street
Decision: SHOW CAUSE HEARING: