Local Liquor Control Commission

VILLAGE OF VILLA PARK Village Hall 20 S Ardmore Avenue Villa Park, IL 60181 Local Liquor Control Commission February 24, 2026 7:00 PM Chairperson: President Patrick Commissioners: Joey De Tomaso, Stephen "Tom" King, Danielle Weis, Zach Wagner Board Liaison: President Kevin Patrick Staff Liaison: Julie Settles Email: liquorcontrol@invillapark.com 1. Call to Order - Roll Call 2. Public Comments on Agenda Items 3. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items 4. Approval of Minutes a. Approval of minutes from Meeting on Jan 27, 2026 b. Approval of minutes from Special Meeting on Feb 3, 2026 5. Amendments to the Agenda 6. Discussion of Monthly Reports a. January 2026 Gaming Report b. Code Enforcement Reports c. Window Signage Compliance Report 7. New Business a. Setting the annual calendar of local liquor control meetings; 8. Commissioner Comments 9. Liquor Commissioner Comments 10. Village Staff Comments 11. Adjournment Page 1 of 11 The Villa Park Village Hall is subject to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. An elevator is operational at the north side entrance to the Village Hall during normal work hours and also during evenings. lndividuals with special needs are requested to contact the Village's Compliance Officer at (630) 834-8500 so that reasonable accommodations can be made for those persons. Page 2 of 11 Special Villa Park Liquor Commission Minutes Meeting 1/27/2026 7:00pm 1. Village President Patrick opened the meeting at 7:00 pm 2. Roll Call – President Patrick, Commission Members: DeTomaso, King, Wagner and Weis, Village Attorney Bethany Nystrom in attendance 3. Public comments on agenda items or non-agenda items – No Comments 4. Approval of Minutes – Unanimous vote by commission to approve the minutes from the Liquor Commission special meeting held on 12/23/25 5. Amendments to Agenda – No amendments made 6. Discussion of Monthly Reports – Commissioner DeTomaso provided monthly gaming reports from the State of Illinois for December 2025, it is also posted on the village website. No issues or comments regarding the reports. 7. New Business a. Shree Janvi LLC DBA US Liquor Park was cited by the police dept for the sale of liquor to an underage patron, Attorney Nystrom discussed that the village prepared charges and a specifications complaint that was served to the license holder; they were scheduled for a disciplinary hearing with the village Liquor Commission, the establishment and village entered into settlement agreement, a $500 fine was signed and the order was approved by Village Liquor commissioner Kevin Patrick. b. Commissioner DeTomaso discussed that as of today, all liquor establishments renewals and changes will be completed except for Standard Meadery. Josephines’ liquor license was lost due to their business closing as of the new year. c. Unanimous vote by the liquor commission to approve the recommendation to the village board to approve a license classification change for Standard Meadery from a (AA) to (AAAA). d. Mortadeli License Change Request • Maryann Delulio (owner) requested to change the liquor license of Mortadeli to a full pour due to her establishment being a full-service restaurant and bar. Owner discussed the confusion with village changes and the process of requesting a liquor license change. • Commissioner DeTomaso discussed that the current license she has is not a restaurant license, the current license she holds is a Tavern (AAA) • Commissioner King discussed that the application floor plan is showing that the establishment resembles a restaurant license and felt that a restaurant liquor license was more appropriate for the deli. • Commission held a discussion regarding the difference between the Tavern and Liquor License and Restaurant Liquor License. For a Restaurant Liquor License, the sale of liquor produces less than 50% of the total gross receipts for any such restaurant. • Attorney Nystrom explained that different license classes would fit Mortadeli’ s establishment description, (EEE) restaurant license would allow establishment to have full liquor sales to patrons at tables at business where food is ordered and served to patrons with the requirement that liquor sales produce less than 50% of gross total sales of the restaurant. • Commissioner King recommended that Mortadeli apply for a Class (I) restaurant license as an option as it includes full pour and gaming with the requirement that liquor sales produce less than 50% of gross total sales for the restaurant. The class I license allows for a bar where class EEE license does not (Atty Nystrom confirmed). Page 3 of 11 Special Villa Park Liquor Commission Minutes Meeting 1/27/2026 7:00pm • Commissioner Wagner clarified that the Class I license allowed video gaming and was more expensive than EEE. Also, questioned how to project if liquor sales exceeded 50% of total gross receipts. • Discussion of prices between Mortadeli’s current license and what changing the license would cost as well as the requirement of liquor sales being less than 50% of gross sales. • Commission discussion of next steps, Mortadeli needs to submit a new application requesting the license change, the new application would need to come in front of the liquor commission to consider the new Class I(I) license application and to approve a recommendation to the village board to amend village code to increase the number of Class I(I) licenses available, as there are currently no open class I licenses available. • Attorney Nystrom commented that the applicant would not need to go through the whole background process if there is no change in officers or owners and review scope would be limited to the application, updated floor plan, and proposal. • Commissioner Wagner stated that he would be in favor of putting the Mortadeli Class I recommendation forward to the board but could not attend the special meeting on February 3rd and wanted to ensure a quorum for this meeting. • Commissioner Weiss asked if the Liquor Control Commission held a special meeting on February 3rd and passed the recommendation for Mortadeli’s Class I liquor license if that would allow enough time for the resolution to be placed on the February 9th Board of Trustees agenda. President Patrick confirmed there would be enough time assuming the Liquor Control Commission passes the recommendation on February 3rd. • Commissioner DeTomasso asked village staff (Julie) if there were any inspections that needed to be done and if there was anything that would hold the application down. Village staff confirmed that there would not be any. • Commission unanimously voted to hold a special meeting for Mortadeli on Tuesday, February 3rd at 7:00pm • Mortadeli asked if, under a Class I liquor license, if a patron could stand with a drink in the bar area. The commission confirmed that would suffice under a Class I license. Commissioner King commented that Crazy Pour operates under a Class I license. President Patrick commented that other businesses Allegra, Josephines, Mariscos Miramar, Simons, Trackside Parlay operate under Class I. 8. Commissioner Comments • Commissioner DeTomaso reminds everyone to stay warm, check on neighbors and elderly during this cold weather 9. Liquor Commissioner Comments • A special meeting for Mortadeli license request will be held on Tuesday, February 3rd at 7:00pm. 10. Village Staff Comments - No comment 11. Adjournment 7:46 pm Page 4 of 11 Special Villa Park Liquor Commission Minutes Meeting 2/3/2026 7:00pm 1. Village President Patrick opened the meeting at 7:00 pm 2. Roll Call – Commission Members: DeTomaso, King and Weis, Village Attorney Bethany Nystrom in attendance 3. Public comments on agenda items or non-agenda items – No Comments 4. Amendments to Agenda – No amendments made 5. New Business a. Recommendation to Amend Scection 3-313 of the Villa Park Municipal Code to Reduce the number of Class (AAA) Liquor Licensed and Increase the Number of Class I liquor Licenses to issue a Class (I) Liquor License to Mortadeli LLC DBA Mortadeli a.• This motion was made by Commissioner King and seconded by Commissioner Weiss. Discussion followed. • Discussion of Application submittal. Commissioner DeTomaso requested clarification as to who Joseph is on the lease. Joe spoke and stated that he signed the lease as a guarantor due to credit, but he is not part of ownership, he just works at establishment. Ms. DeLulio commented that she is the owner of Moradeli (100% shareholder) and Joseph is a guarantor of the lease. • Attorney Nystrom discussed that Mortadeli was recently cited a notice of violation due to banner signs and flashing signage. Attorney Nystrom inquired about the two signs for Mortadeli and Mortadeli Lounge. Ms. DeLulio commented she previously had a sign that protruded out from the building and was subsequently not allowed to have a sign that protruded out from the building so she moved her sign inside the deli. She then expanded Mortadeli to an additional space and had temporary banner signs put up on the exterior to let patrons know of her business. She was not aware that she needed a permit to display the temporary banner signs and she has been displaying them for six months with no violation notice. • Attorney Nystrom asked about the differentiation between Mortadeli and Mortadeli Lounge. Ms. DeLulio commented that they are allowed a larger sign now since they expanded. • Maryann Delulio (owner) discussed that due to miscommunications from the village on signage they had placed temporary banners outside to advertise for business, owner recently applied for a permit for signage. She is asking for better clarity so that she can invest in the proper signage for her establishment. She also discussed that the blinking light has been corrected removed and that she has no fines with the village. • Ms. DeLulio commented that she can remove the banner signs easily and they are on eye hooks. Also, she applied for a temporary permit for the banner signs. • Commissioner King discussed that he was surprised that Mortadeli received a notice of violation on 1/29/26 and believes that the commission should not delay making a recommendation to the board or to consider the notice of violations as they were just provided to the commission this that evening. • Ms. DeLulio commented on her frustration as this was her third visit in front of the Liquor Control Commission, not everyone from the commission was present (Commissioner Wagner and President Patrick were absent), and Commissioner Wagner affirmed his position at moving forward with a recommendation for Mortadeli’s Class I license. Commissioner DeTomaso commented that they still have a quorum at this meeting which would suffice. Page 5 of 11 Special Villa Park Liquor Commission Minutes Meeting 2/3/2026 7:00pm • Ms. DeLulio commented that the process for liquor license application is not documented and made available to the public. • Attorney Nystrom reviewed procedures for submitting a request for liquor license; submittal of application, due diligence with village compliance staff and to then meet with the Liquor Commission for recommendation. There also cannot be any outstanding fines for the establishment with the village. • Commissioner King stated Mortadeli received these violations on January 29th and the Liquor Control Commission was provided Mortadeli’s application on January 31st and asked why the violations were not also circulated to the Liquor Control Commission with the application review considering that they were currently reviewing Mortadeli’s application if the violations were an issue to be considered. Commissioner DeTomaso commented that he did not know because he hadn’t see the violations until now. Attorney Nystrom commented that the violations were just made aware to her as well. Attorney Nystrom also commented that code violations need to be rectified before an applicant receives a new liquor license. • Commissioner King commented that the violations were not provided to the Liquor Control Commission upon their review of the application and doesn’t feel it should be considered by the Commission and the commission would only make a recommendation to village board who would ultimately grant the license change. Commissioner Weiss agreed and commented that, if Mortadeli does not have any outstanding fines, they should proceed with the recommendation. Commissioner Weiss commented that since the violation was just a warning and the application checklist only identifies debts due and owing to the village and not warnings. • Commissioner King recommended a vote to be taken because Mortadeli stated on public record that the banner signs were being removed. This was seconded by Commissioner Weiss. Unanimous vote was taken (3 – yes, 0 – no) by the commission to approve the recommendation for Mortadeli’s license change from a Class (AAA) to a Class (I) liquor license. • Discussion of next steps, a recommendation will be sent to President Patrick, Manager Rivas and the Village board so that they can determine when Mortadeli will be placed on a Village Board Agenda. • Commissioner DeTomasso stated that the next step would be to send a recommendation for Mortadeli for a Class I license to President Patrick and he and Manager Rivas will arrange for the recommedationrecommendation to be on the village board agenda. Attorney Nystrom stated that the village can follow up with Ms. DeLulio about the next steps. 6. Commissioner Comments • Commissioner Weiss – No Comments • Commissioner King – Wanted to reiterate that Mortadeli put on signsnges in June/July of 2025 and no violations were issued to Mortadeli until an application for an (I)a Class I license was submitted on 1/27/2026 and was served two days later. The Liquor Control Commission was provided Mortadeli’s application on 1/31/2026 and no mention of the violations and on day of vote (February 3rd) the commission finds out about violations for signs. Commissioner King is asking that the village be more transparent and open with commission so the best decisions can be made. • Commissioner DeTomaso – A last minutet special meeting was dropped on village staff, and they had to fully prepare for a liquor license change request in less than a week. He does not believe anything that was done was Page 6 of 11 Special Villa Park Liquor Commission Minutes Meeting 2/3/2026 7:00pm nonparent, as village staff were trying to follow the processes set for liquor licenses changes in a short period of time. 7. Liquor Commissioner Comments – Not in attendance 8. Village Staff Comments – Not in attendance 9. Adjournment 7:33 pm made by Commissioner Weiss and seconded by Commissioner King. Page 7 of 11  ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD 2/19/2026 VIDEO GAMING REPORT 10:40 am Villa Park January 2026 VGT Wagering Activity VGT Income VGT Tax Distribution License VGT Amount Amount Net Wagering Net Terminal State Municipality Municipality Establishment Number Count Played Won Activity Funds In Funds Out Income NTI Tax Share Share Villa Park BACCI LLC 200702381 6 $304,577.18 $264,086.71 $40,490.47 $133,669.28 $93,179.09 $40,490.19 $14,171.66 $12,145.11 $2,026.55 Villa Park Bet Crazy Inc. 210700458 6 $544,311.94 $484,488.64 $59,823.30 $210,819.67 $150,996.37 $59,823.30 $20,938.18 $17,944.02 $2,994.16 Villa Park Blackhawk Restaurant Group LLC Series 130702815 6 $621,692.64 $548,917.09 $72,775.55 $214,289.24 $141,513.69 $72,775.55 $25,471.47 $21,829.05 $3,642.42 VDVillaPark Villa Park CAPTAIN B'S SHRIMP HOUSE TWO, INC. 220701833 3 $67,131.88 $56,678.64 $10,453.24 $23,567.39 $13,114.15 $10,453.24 $3,658.64 $3,135.45 $523.19 Villa Park Dance Villa Inc. 240701416 6 $101,815.83 $99,281.43 $2,534.40 $45,195.11 $42,660.71 $2,534.40 $887.03 $760.19 $126.84 Villa Park DD DEVINE, INC. 230701655 6 $97,347.43 $89,818.49 $7,528.94 $34,385.58 $26,856.64 $7,528.94 $2,635.12 $2,258.29 $376.83 Villa Park Fitz's Pub - Villa Park, Inc. 120712310 6 $999,573.88 $913,735.81 $85,838.07 $317,522.89 $231,684.82 $85,838.07 $30,043.38 $25,747.18 $4,296.20 Villa Park FRANK GF INC. 130700397 6 $541,851.04 $495,020.47 $46,830.57 $208,277.04 $161,446.47 $46,830.57 $16,390.66 $14,046.80 $2,343.86 Villa Park K3 WINE BAR INC. 190702472 6 $1,073,572.08 $979,632.26 $93,939.82 $418,749.30 $324,809.48 $93,939.82 $32,878.99 $28,177.30 $4,701.69 Villa Park M.K.P. CORPORATION 140704034 6 $202,433.70 $198,101.26 $4,332.44 $81,120.45 $76,788.01 $4,332.44 $1,516.34 $1,299.50 $216.84 Villa Park Mahoney's Pub, Inc. 120711227 6 $459,614.32 $424,164.81 $35,449.51 $171,099.33 $135,649.82 $35,449.51 $12,407.35 $10,633.10 $1,774.25 Villa Park MAY'S VILLA PARK, LLC 190702439 6 $722,607.03 $663,968.65 $58,638.38 $286,153.91 $227,515.60 $58,638.31 $20,523.46 $17,588.60 $2,934.86 Villa Park MEAGRAH, INC. 120711316 6 $549,471.82 $483,707.03 $65,764.79 $229,678.20 $163,913.41 $65,764.79 $23,017.76 $19,726.22 $3,291.54 Villa Park MILICIA INC. 160701591 6 $135,610.95 $132,624.91 $2,986.04 $48,831.14 $45,845.95 $2,985.19 $1,044.84 $895.43 $149.41 Villa Park MORTADELI LLC 240702540 6 $302,801.04 $270,374.74 $32,426.30 $174,652.77 $142,226.47 $32,426.30 $11,349.24 $9,726.30 $1,622.94 Villa Park NEW TRIPOLIS INC. 170702628 6 $512,753.16 $478,003.37 $34,749.79 $185,685.80 $150,936.01 $34,749.79 $12,162.48 $10,423.25 $1,739.23 Villa Park Park Blvd. Tavern, Inc. 120711214 6 $687,374.77 $633,132.80 $54,241.97 $261,383.99 $207,142.02 $54,241.97 $18,984.76 $16,269.94 $2,714.82 Villa Park Prior Period Adjustment 0 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $10,436.82 ($10,436.82) Villa Park RH2024 LLC 240701420 6 $83,645.57 $73,931.14 $9,714.43 $37,111.43 $27,397.00 $9,714.43 $3,400.07 $2,913.86 $486.21 Villa Park Safari Land, L.L.C. 140702528 6 $163,544.84 $151,519.37 $12,025.47 $61,059.32 $49,033.55 $12,025.77 $4,209.11 $3,607.20 $601.91 Villa Park SELECTIVE LIQUORS LLC 200700818 6 $643,941.89 $579,832.30 $64,109.59 $230,361.89 $166,252.30 $64,109.59 $22,438.37 $19,229.68 $3,208.69 Villa Park Shelby's - Villa Center, LLC 130703638 6 $979,626.99 $899,719.10 $79,907.89 $348,217.85 $268,309.96 $79,907.89 $27,967.80 $23,968.40 $3,999.40 Villa Park Stella's - North Park, LLC 170700521 6 $767,752.95 $712,577.23 $55,175.72 $296,618.19 $241,442.47 $55,175.72 $19,311.55 $16,550.00 $2,761.55 Villa Park Stella's - Villa Oaks, LLC 130703551 6 $809,719.70 $718,955.83 $90,763.87 $324,836.43 $234,072.56 $90,763.87 $31,767.40 $27,224.66 $4,542.74 Villa Park TACOS & CEMITAS POBLANA INC. 190700978 6 $353,572.05 $318,920.85 $34,651.20 $130,023.85 $95,372.65 $34,651.20 $12,128.05 $10,393.74 $1,734.31 Villa Park Three Paws, Inc. 120711586 6 $789,553.71 $708,621.96 $80,931.75 $308,442.35 $227,510.60 $80,931.75 $28,326.16 $24,275.52 $4,050.64 Villa Park Ultimate Lounge, Inc. 130700898 6 $552,652.31 $511,015.78 $41,636.53 $174,970.57 $133,334.04 $41,636.53 $14,572.80 $12,488.89 $2,083.91 Villa Park Villa Park Post No. 2801, Veterans of Foreign Wars 130900531 6 $255,374.17 $230,398.42 $24,975.75 $88,861.86 $63,886.11 $24,975.75 $8,741.50 $7,491.47 $1,250.03 of the United State, Inc. REPORT TOTAL: 28 Establishments 159 $13,323,924.87 $12,121,229.09 $1,202,695.78 $5,045,584.83 $3,842,889.95 $1,202,694.88 $420,944.17 $371,185.97 $49,758.20 Page 1 of 1 Page 8 of 11  Village of Villa Park 11 West Home Avenue, Villa Park, Illinois 60181-2696 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Phone (630) 433-4300 Director • Michelle House Fax (630) 941-5979 TDD (630) 834-8589 TO: Liquor Commission FROM: Kristin Karl Community and Economic Development, Analyst SUBJECT: Monthly Highlights Update DATE: Tuesday February 17,2026 • 340 W Saint Charles Villa Paek Exxon - Taco Truck Parked outside of building o Electric Message display citation issued February 2,2026 Completed February 11,2026 o Tall Trees Citation issued August 8,2025 Completed February 2,2026. • 357 S Ardmore Mortadeli - Sign without a permit citation issued January 29,2026 Completed February 4,2026. • 344 N Ardmore One Stop Convenience – Unsafe Structure Citation issued January 12, 2026 Follow up needed. 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