The owners of the Kriola Bar and Restaurant at 33 Hancock St. are once again coming to the community to seek support for a new license to serve alcohol. An abutters meeting to discuss their new application for a beer and wine license is scheduled for Thursday evening at the business.

Kriola has been the subject of some controversy in the Uphams Corner neighborhood. Its ownership team, the Capital Green Corporation (CGC), pitched the site as a family-friendly Cape Verdean community hub.

But neighbors and civic members have pushed back against a prior attempt to secure an all-alcoholic liquor license, citing concerns about a return to the kind of environment that included a 2009 double homicide when the space was operating as Ka-Carlos bar and restaurant.

The eatery is open and functioning without a liquor license. Abutters complained after being woken by an event on the evening of Friday, Aug. 12 that reportedly involved a loud party and music that ran until 1 a.m. Saturday. Kriola had donated the space for an event.

According to a letter submitted to the licensing board on behalf of the Hancock Street Civic Association, “CGC partners have sought neighborhood support to expand their business to include serving of alcohol. Incidents like the one above demonstrate a lack of consideration for neighbors and perhaps more importantly, for the law.”

Flavio Daveiga with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services will oversee the meeting, slated to take place Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Cape Verdean Adult Day Care Health (CSCV) at 34 Hancock St., Dorchester.