2026-10-05 - Safety Services and Licenses Committee

Summary

Built from the posted agenda and the October 13 Council agenda; the committee's decisions are not stated in the committee agenda.

• Public hearings on liquor licenses for 12/1/26 to 12/1/27: 8 Class A renewals, 1 Class AS renewal, 8 Class BV renewals and 1 Class BVL renewal, plus a Class A owner transfer for Capital Liquors (811 Park Ave).
• Class BV transfer from Mulligans Golf + Entertainment to Blue Jeans Cranston, LLC (Golf Ranch, 1000 New London Ave).
• New licenses: Class BV for Caffe Itri (1686 Cranston St), Class BVL for Wicked Good Sausage Company (1674 Cranston St), and three new victualing licenses. Recommended the two new Cranston St liquor licenses that went to the Council on October 13. See New Liquor Licenses Class BV and BVL.
• Show cause: Lang's Bowlarama, 225 Niantic Ave (Class BV, entertainment, amusement and victualing licenses). See Lang's Bowlarama Show Cause.
• Renewals: 13 additional-hours victualing, 33 victualing, and entertainment, auto repair, massage therapy and mobile food establishment licenses.
• Monthly schedules for Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, Park Theatre and Cranston Stadium; no communications.

Agenda

1. Call to order; roll call; approval of minutes (none)
2. Public comment (docketed matters only)
3. Public hearings: A. Class A liquor renewals (8); B. Class AS renewal (1); C. Class A transfer of owner (Capital Liquors); D. Class BV full liquor renewals (8); E. Class BVL renewal (Basils Pizza); F. Class BV transfer (Mulligans Golf + Entertainment to Blue Jeans Cranston, LLC); G. Class BV new (Caffe Itri); H. Class BVL new (Wicked Good Sausage Company)
4. Show cause: Lang's Bowlarama, Inc., 225 Niantic Ave
5. Carried over: none
6. New matters: victualing, new (Baked It Buns, Caffe Itri, Wicked Good Sausage Company)
7. License renewals: A. additional-hours victualing (13); B. victualing (33); C. mobile food establishment (1, information only); D. auto repair (Conti's); E. indoor entertainment (Spectacle Live Park Theater); F. indoor/outdoor entertainment (Tabor Franchi Canteen); G. massage therapy (1)
8. Monthly schedules: Rhodes on the Pawtuxet; Park Theatre; Cranston Stadium
9. Communications: none
10. Licenses approved subject to / not yet issued
11. Adjournment

Sources

• Agenda: https://www.cranstonri.gov/_resources/common/userfiles/file/City%20Clerk/Safety%20Services/October%20Safety.pdf
• City calendar: https://www.cranstonri.gov/calendar/default.aspx?month=10&year=2026
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNU4b2ETJ-I (City of Cranston YouTube channel; one recording covers several meetings of the same night, see 2026-10-05 - Finance Committee)

Video

Transcript

The transcript is kept with 2026-10-05 - Finance Committee.