Providence Board of Licenses

The Board of Licenses approved a large slate of summer entertainment, World Cup, and liquor-license requests and took enforcement action against several businesses.

• Approved a consent agenda of monthly entertainment, vendor-market, and special-event permits tied to Summer of Soccer and the FIFA World Cup fan zones. (pp. 1–4)
• Granted new BV restaurant liquor licenses with 1 a.m. closings to Serie 92, Fenix Bar Lounge, and Tacos Tijuana, holding their 2 a.m. requests for later review. (pp. 5–6)
• Approved Temporary Extended Service Hours (later closings) for about 25 bars on select World Cup dates in June and July. (pp. 6–10)
• Voted to keep the former Duva's gas station (435 Mount Pleasant Ave) closed pending resolution of 14 outstanding DEM environmental violations. (p. 4)
• Continued more than a dozen incomplete 2026 liquor-license renewals for two weeks. (pp. 10–13)
• Ordered a one-week closure of The Salon (57 Eddy St) for a neighborhood-disturbance violation and rescinded the abandoned license of Motion Nightclub/Serie92 (971 Broad St). (pp. 13–14)

Background

The Board of Licenses both grants and polices the permits that let Providence businesses sell alcohol, host entertainment, and stay open late — and it has teeth, with the power to order closures or revoke licenses for violations. Meetings like this one show both sides at once: clearing a wave of venues for World Cup business while disciplining establishments over neighborhood disturbances or environmental problems.