John J. Tormey III, PLLC
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New York, New York 10128 USA
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Joanne Rajoppi, County Clerk
County Clerk of Union County, New Jersey
2 Broad Street, Room 113
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201-2299 USA
Joanne Rajoppi, County Clerk
County Clerk of Union County, New Jersey
10 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202 USA
opra@ucnj.org
Union County Administration Building
Office of the Clerk of the Board
10 Elizabethtown Plaza, 6th floor
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207 USA
City of
Elizabeth, NJ (Plenary) Retail License No.: 2004-33-227-001
Business: “Front Street Smokehouse & Saloon, Inc.” – (908) 354-1818 –
www.frontstreetsmokehouse.com
Location: One South Front Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07206 USA (Elizabeth
Avenue and Front Street).
Possible
Aliases: a/k/a “Lava Lounge”, f/k/a
“South Seas Bar”.
Principal: Bruce Edward Tucker, [___] Piermont Place, Piermont, New York 10968 USA.
Principal: Philip Costanza, 523 3rd Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202
USA.
Principal: Bruce L. Kain, 1147 Debra Drive, Linden, New Jersey 07036 USA.
https://nj.gov/opra/
https://www.nfoic.org/new-jersey-sample-foia-request
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Public_Records_Act
… request is hereby made that your office provide to this, my law office, full and complete copies of each and every document and other item of material (collectively, “Records”) which may be at all responsive to the following itemized and specific OPRA requests:
https://unhandpiermont.blogspot.com/2024/12/piermont-mayor-bruce-tuckers-foray-into.html
www.frontstreetsmokehouse.com
6. The Location. Specifically and without
limitation to the foregoing, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing,
or otherwise relating to the location of One South Front Street, Elizabeth,
New Jersey 07206 USA – found at the corner of Elizabeth Avenue and Front
Street.
7. Lava Lounge. Specifically and without
limitation to the foregoing, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing,
or otherwise relating to “Lava Lounge”, an apparent alias of the bar and
restaurant.
8. South Seas Bar. Specifically and without
limitation to the foregoing, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing,
or otherwise relating to “South Seas Bar”, the apparent prior name of a
bar at the same location.
9. Bruce Edward Tucker. Specifically and
without limitation to the foregoing, I am seeking all Records reflecting,
referencing, or otherwise relating to one Bruce Edward Tucker, [___] Piermont Place, Piermont, New York 10968 USA. You may
recognize this individual's name, as he currently serves as the Mayor of the
Village of Piermont, New York, while at one point apparently maintaining an
ownership interest in the subject bar and restaurant in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
10. Philip Costanza. Specifically and without
limitation to the foregoing, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing,
or otherwise relating to one Philip Costanza, 523 3rd Avenue, Elizabeth,
New Jersey 07202 USA.
11. Bruce L. Kain. Specifically and without
limitation to the foregoing, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing,
or otherwise relating to one Bruce L. Kain, 1147 Debra Drive, Linden,
New Jersey 07036 USA.
12. The “Smokehouse Parties” – Possible Types Of
Records. Next, for your ease of reference, I will now refer to these
following people, places, and businesses, collectively, as, simply, the
“The Smokehouse Parties”:
- Retail
Licensee No.: 2004-33-227-001.
- Front Street Smokehouse & Saloon, Inc.
- One South Front Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07206 USA (Elizabeth Avenue and Front Street)
- “Lava Lounge”.
- “South Seas Bar”.
- Bruce Edward Tucker, [___] Piermont Place, Piermont, New York 10968 USA.
- Philip Costanza, 523 3rd Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202 USA.
- Bruce L. Kain, 1147 Debra Drive, Linden, New Jersey 07036 USA.
(all, collectively, “The Smokehouse Parties”).
I am seeking, in each case to the extent as may be
existing:
(a). Applications
And Renewals. All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to
any applications or renewals of, by, for, or otherwise concerning The
Smokehouse Parties or any of them – including
without limitation the applications themselves.
(b). Retail
Licenses, Permits, And Renewals. All Records reflecting, referencing, or
otherwise relating to any retail licenses, licensure, permits, or renewals of, by,
for, or otherwise concerning The Smokehouse Parties or any of them – including
without limitation the licenses themselves.
(c). Alcohol
Licenses, Permits, And Renewals. All Records reflecting, referencing, or
otherwise relating to any alcohol-related or other licensure, licenses, permits,
or renewals of, by, for, or otherwise concerning The Smokehouse Parties or any of
them.
(d). Adverse
Actions Against Licenses Or Permits. All Records reflecting, referencing,
or otherwise relating to any license, permit, or other suspensions,
cancellations, revocations, or terminations, of or otherwise concerning The
Smokehouse Parties or any of them – if any.
(e). License
Transfers. All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to
any retail license or other transfers of, by, for, or otherwise concerning The
Smokehouse Parties or any of them.
(f). Premises
Expansions. All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to
any premises expansions of, by, for, or otherwise concerning The Smokehouse
Parties or any of them.
(g). Objections.
All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to any objections to
expansions, transfers, or other proposed or completed actions by, of, for, or
otherwise concerning The Smokehouse Parties or any of them.
(h). Stock.
All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to any “stockholding”
or stockholder information or changes thereto, of, by, for, or otherwise
concerning The Smokehouse Parties or any of them.
(i). Property
Documentation. All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating
to any property record, property title, or other property documentation of, by,
for, or otherwise concerning The Smokehouse Parties or any of them.
(j). Insurance
or Bonding Documentation. All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise
relating to any insurance or bonding documentation of, by, for, or otherwise
concerning The Smokehouse Parties or any of them.
(k). Tax
Documentation. All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating
to any tax, tax payment, tax history, tax credit, tax arrearage, tax warrant,
or other tax-related documentation of, by, for, or otherwise concerning The
Smokehouse Parties or any of them.
(l). Fee
Documentation. All Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating
to any fee, fee payment, fee history, fee credit, fee arrearage, or other
fee-related documentation of, by, for, or otherwise concerning The Smokehouse
Parties or any of them.
- Front Street Smokehouse & Saloon, Inc.
- One South Front Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07206 USA (Elizabeth Avenue and Front Street)
- “Lava Lounge”.
- “South Seas Bar”.
- Bruce Edward Tucker, [___] Piermont Place, Piermont, New York 10968 USA.
- Philip Costanza, 523 3rd Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202 USA.
- Bruce L. Kain, 1147 Debra Drive, Linden, New Jersey 07036 USA.
(all, collectively, “The Smokehouse Parties”).
John J. Tormey III, Esq.
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