District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board Meeting - Seven Seas Show Cause Hearing 23-CMP-00076

Aug 29, 2026

Proceedings of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board held via WebEx videoconference on January 10, 2024. The chair, Donovan W. Anderson, presides with two board members present, establishing a quorum. The agenda includes a show cause hearing for Seven Seas Restaurant, license 654, case 23-CMP-00076, arising from a failed quarterly statement filing. The board cancels the case after approving an Offer in Compromise. The record is certified by the court reporter.

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Proceedings

Hearing Administration and Quorum

Case Details and Outcome

Certification

1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA + + + + + ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS BOARD + + + + + MEETING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = IN THE MATTER OF: : : Seven Seas, Inc . , t/a Seven Seas Restaurant 5915 Georgia Ave NW Retailer CR -ANC 4B :: : Show Cause: Hearing License \#654 : Case \# 23-CMP-00076 : : (Failed to File : Quarterly Statement) : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = Wednesday January 10, 2024 The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board met via WebEx videoconference, Chairperson Donovan W . Anderson presiding. PRESENT: DONOVAN W . ANDERSON, Chairperson SILAS GRANT, JR . , Member JAMES SHORT, JR . , Member ALSO PRESENT: JOSE ORELLANA, DC ABCA Staff Neal R. Gross and Co. , Inc. (202) 234-4433 Washington DC [www.nealrgross.com](www.nealrgross.com) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 P-R-O-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S 1:32 p .m. CHAIRPERSON ANDERSON: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the afternoon session of the ABC Board . My name is Donovan Anderson . I'm Chairman of the Board . We have two other Board Members joining us this afternoon, Mr . James Short, and Mr . Silas Grant . The Board has three members in attendance and this constitutes a quorum . Before we get underway with this, just if there--if you--do you have any questions or if you require technical assistance during the hearing, please submit them using the question and answer feature . The first case on our afternoon schedule, it's Case Number--show cause hearing Case Number 23-CMP-00076, Seven Seas Restaurant, License Number 654. This case has been cancelled due to the Board's approval of an Offer in Compromise that was presented on our legal agenda this morning. Neal R. Gross and Co. , Inc. (202) 234-4433 Washington DC [www.nealrgross.com](www.nealrgross.com) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 went off (202) 234-4433 3 (Whereupon, the above-entitled matter the record at 1:33 p .m. ) Neal R. Gross and Co. , Inc. Washington DC [www.nealrgross.com](www.nealrgross.com) 4 | A | | --- | | ABC 2:5
ABCA 1:20
above-entitled 3:1
afternoon 2:3,4,9,18
agenda 2:24
Alcoholic 1:2,13
ANC 1:7
Anderson 1:14,17 2:3,6
answer 2:17
approval 2:23
assistance 2:15
attendance 2:12
Ave 1:7 | | B | | Beverage 1:2,13
Board 1:2,14 2:5,7,8,11 Board's 2:23 | | C | | cancelled 2:22
Cannabis 1:2,13
case 1:8 2:18,19,20,22
cause 1:7 2:19
Chairman 2:7
Chairperson 1:14,17 2:3
COLUMBIA 1:1
Compromise 2:23
constitutes 2:12
CR 1:7 | | D | | DC 1:20
DISTRICT 1:1
Donovan 1:14,17 2:6
due 2:22 | | E | | F | | --- | | Failed 1:9
feature 2:17
File 1:9
first 2:18 | | G | | Georgia 1:7
Good 2:3
Grant 1:17 2:10 | | H | | hearing 1:7 2:16,19 | | I | | J | | --- | | James 1:18 2:9
January 1:12
joining 2:9
JOSE 1:20
JR 1:17,18 | | K | | L | | --- | | legal 2:24
License 1:8 2:21 | | M | | matter 1:5 3:1
MEETING 1:3
Member 1:17,18
members 2:8,11
met 1:14
morning 2:25 | | N | | name 2:6
Number 2:19,20,21
NW 1:7 | | O | | Offer 2:23
ORELLANA 1:20 | | P | | P-R-O-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S
2:1
p.m 2:2 3:2
please 2:16
PRESENT 1:16,19
presented 2:24
presiding 1:14 | | Q | | Quarterly 1:10
question 2:16
questions 2:14
quorum 2:12 | | R | | record 3:2
require 2:15
Restaurant 1:6 2:20
Retailer 1:7 | | S | schedule 2:19 Seas 1:6,6 2:20 session 2:4 Seven 1:6,6 2:20 Short 1:18 2:9 | show 1:7 2:19
Silas 1:17 2:10
Staff 1:20
Statement 1:10
submit 2:16 | | --- | | T | | t/a 1:6
technical 2:15
three 2:11
two 2:8 | | U | | underway 2:13 | | V | | videoconference 1:14 | | W | | W 1:14,17
WebEx 1:14
Wednesday 1:11
welcome 2:4
went 3:2 | | X | | | | Y | |

FAQs

When and how did the DC ABCA meeting take place?

The meeting was held on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 via WebEx videoconference.

What case was addressed during the show cause hearing?

The board addressed a show cause hearing for Seven Seas Restaurant, license number 654, case 23-CMP-00076.

Why was the case cancelled?

The case was cancelled because the board approved an Offer in Compromise presented on its legal agenda that morning.

Aug 29, 2026

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