WESTFIELD – The License Commission approved a package store license after learning details of the proposed business at a public hearing conducted Monday night.
Himali Patel submitted a petition for the full liquor license at the Four Mile Country Store on Russell Road which had been operated for the past several years under a license granted through a home-rule petition to the Legislature.
The store had held a seasonal all-liquor license prior to being granted the special license, but under conditions which prevented the sale of that license or transfer to another location. Patel purchased the business, but the former owner had to surrender the liquor license to the License Commission and remove the liquor inventory, usually by returning it to distributors.
Patel then has to apply for the license, which can only be used at that location, and accept all of the conditions and limitations attached to the original license. One of those restrictions was to submit documents from the Department of Revenue indicating that the license was in good standing with the department and that all applicable taxes had been paid. Patel provided that documentation during the hearing Monday.
Patel also paid a $4,000 fee to the city as part of her application to secure a new license for that location. That fee must be paid every time the business is sold, under the conditions set by the legislation.
Patel will operate the package store as liquor manager and under the corporate entity of Mogalkrupa, LLC. Patel holds all of the officer positions within that limited liability corporation.
The commission’s action to approve the license will now be reviewed by the Alcoholic Control Beverage Commission which has the final approval of all liquor licenses in the state.
