Providence Board of Licenses 2026-03-08
Minutes summary
From the minutes filed with the RI Secretary of State on March 09, 2026.
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The Board of Licenses held an emergency show cause hearing on March 8, 2026, regarding Bukana's Sport Bar. The Board voted unanimously to suspend all of the establishment's licenses effective immediately, pending a full show cause hearing scheduled for March 11, 2026.
What the body took up (1)
Bukana's Sport Bar Inc dba Bukana's Sport Bar 188-190 Plainfield Street. Regarding incident(s) of March 7, 2026, CCR #26-18054
SUSPENDED [UNANIMOUS]Based upon the testimony concerning the incident itself and the ongoing threat to public safety as testified to by a member of the License Bureau of the Providence Police Department, the Board voted pursuant to its powers under the Home Rule Charter, Section 1102 (b)(3), to suspend all licenses (including but not limited to Class BV/Food Dispenser/Holiday/ Expansion Licenses) issued by it effective this date and until this matter can be heard as a Show Cause Hearing scheduled for March 11, 2026 at 4:30pm, Probate Court, Providence City Hall. The vote was recorded as unanimous with Ayes from Mancini, Akinbi, Rogel, Ochoa, and Quezada.
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