Liquor license application or transfer, first county health inspection, new business registration, new restaurant business license, new restaurant business tax account, new restaurant business tax registration, new restaurant health permit, restaurant build-out permit and restaurant construction permit records every week: business name, address, filing date, a link to the government record and, on the Santa Clara County, San Diego, Unincorporated Sacramento County, City of Sacramento and San Diego County rows, a phone. For lenders: new restaurants that may need financing.
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10 of 91 new filings from the Nov 9, 2026 edition. Filings, not confirmed openings.
| Business | City | What was filed | Source date | Contact in the Excel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han's Bistro | Pleasant Hill | New restaurant license | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| Soju Tavern | Rowland Heights | Ownership change | Nov 6, 2026 | Phone, website |
| STATION8 Public Market | La Jolla | New restaurant license | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| San Luis Rey Downs Resort | Bonsall | Ownership change | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| Sbarro Stonestown | San Francisco | New business registration | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| Breakfast Club at Midtown | San Bruno | Ownership change | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| Cafe Jin | San Diego | New business registration | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| Melo Rosie | Murrieta | Ownership change | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| Charly Tacos | Tulare | New owner and location | Nov 6, 2026 | None published yet |
| Hilton Santa Cruz Scotts Valley | Scotts Valley | Ownership change | Nov 6, 2026 | Phone, website |
The Excel adds the address, the government link and any phone, email or website the business publishes: 22 of 269 California records in this edition have one.
California, statewide. Daily reports; availability varies.
Eating-place license applications, ownership transfers and premises moves from the state's daily report.
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage ControlSanta Clara County, California. County tables reloaded daily, checked daily.
Restaurants, cafes and bars in Santa Clara County (San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and the county's other cities) whose earliest county health inspection on record is in the last 90 days, with the facility phone the county publishes. The county publishes no permit or opening date, and its records go back two years: a record is usually a new restaurant some months after opening, and can be an existing one under a new owner or one not inspected for two years. The county lists no facility type, so schools, markets, company break rooms, airport stands and similar kitchens are left out by name.
County of Santa Clara, Department of Environmental HealthLos Angeles County, California. County file replaced quarterly, checked daily.
Restaurants in Los Angeles County that the county's Environmental Health Division numbered recently and inspected for the first time in the last 90 days its inspection file covers, dated by that inspection, with the county's seating band and risk class. A new facility number is a new permit holder: a new restaurant, or an existing one under a new owner. The county posts a quarter's inspections together about a week after the quarter ends, so a record arrives one week to three months after its date, and an inspection date is not an opening date. The county publishes no phone. Markets, caterers, wholesalers and school cafeterias are left out by the county's own class; hotels, clubs, venues, company dining rooms, clinics and counters inside stores by name. Pasadena, Long Beach and Vernon run their own health departments and are not in the file.
County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Health, Environmental Health DivisionSan Diego, California. City file replaced daily, checked daily; phone only when the city's monthly file is current.
New restaurant and bar business tax accounts from the city's daily list of registered businesses. The address is the one on the account, which for some businesses is a mailing address; accounts with an address outside San Diego are left out. The business phone comes from a separate monthly city file and is added when the city posts it. Caterers, food trucks and cottage food are left out. A registration is not a verified opening.
City of San Diego, Office of the City TreasurerSan Francisco, California. City dataset, checked daily.
Newly registered restaurant and bar locations from the city's business registry. Caterers, food trucks and contract food services are left out.
City and County of San Francisco, Treasurer and Tax CollectorUnincorporated Sacramento County, California. County layer reloaded about daily, checked daily.
Restaurants, bars, coffee shops and bakeries at commercial addresses in unincorporated Sacramento County (Carmichael, Fair Oaks, North Highlands, Orangevale, Antelope and the areas outside city limits that use a Sacramento mailing address) whose county business license was filed in the last 90 days, dated by the filing date, with the business phone on the license. A new filing can be a new business or an existing restaurant, for example under a new owner or after an earlier license lapsed; it is not a confirmed opening. Home-based businesses, cottage food, mobile food vendors and caterers are left out.
County of SacramentoCity of Sacramento, California. City table reloaded daily, checked daily.
Restaurants, cafes, bakeries and bars whose business operation tax account with the City of Sacramento has a start date in the last 90 days. The start date is the one the business gave the city, and an account can be new for an existing restaurant, for example under a new owner; it is not a confirmed opening. Home-based businesses, caterers, food trucks and sidewalk vendors are left out. The phone is the primary phone on the account and can be the owner's own line.
City of SacramentoCity of Los Angeles, California. City list refreshed about monthly, checked daily.
Restaurants, cafes, snack bars and bars newly registered for the City of Los Angeles business tax, with a location start date in the last 90 days. The start date is the one the business gave the city, and the city adds registrations to its list about monthly, so a record arrives weeks after its date. A new registration can be a new restaurant or an existing one under a new owner; it is not a confirmed opening. The city publishes no phone. Caterers, food trucks, apartments, post office boxes and locations outside the city are left out.
City of Los Angeles, Office of FinanceSan Diego County, California. County table reloaded about monthly, checked daily.
Restaurant health permits in their first year (the county marks a renewable permit "Issued" until its first renewal), with the published facility phone and the owner the county names on the permit. The county publishes no issue date, so the record date is the day the permit first appeared in county data, and the first import carries up to a year of first-year permits. Markets, caterers, mobile units, school and institutional kitchens are left out.
County of San Diego, Department of Environmental Health and QualitySan Francisco, California. City dataset loaded nightly, checked daily.
Building permits from San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection for a restaurant, café, bar or other food or drink business: a change of use into food or drink, a vacant or shell space being fitted out, a permit whose description says a food business is going in, or a tenant improvement of $100,000 or more at a restaurant space. Each record is dated by its latest stage (filed, issued, or work complete), with the project cost when the permit states one. Repairs, signs, security gates, revisions, hotel bars, employee cafés and stores are left out. A record carries the business name only when the permit's description names it, else it is the premises. The city publishes no phone. A permit is not a confirmed opening; it can also be a remodel of an existing restaurant.
City and County of San Francisco, Department of Building Inspection (DataSF)City of Los Angeles, California. City permit lists refreshed weekly, checked daily.
City of Los Angeles building permits for a restaurant, cafe, coffee shop, bar, bakery, ice cream shop or similar premises: new restaurant buildings, changes of use to a restaurant, build-outs for a new restaurant, and remodels of an existing restaurant valued at $50,000 or more. Three stages: applied for, issued, and certificate of occupancy issued; each record is dated by its latest stage. The city updates these lists weekly, so a record can be up to a week old when it arrives. The record carries the permit's stated valuation (project cost). The city publishes no business name, phone or contact on a permit: a record is named only when the permit's description names a national restaurant brand, else it is the premises. Caterers, cafeterias, private clubs, counters in supermarkets, hotels, schools, churches, re-roofs, signs, repairs, demolitions and revisions to earlier permits are left out. A permit is not a confirmed opening; it can also be a remodel of an existing restaurant.
City of Los Angeles, Department of Building and Safety (Los Angeles open data)San Diego, California. City file refreshed daily, checked daily.
Building permits the City of San Diego issued for a restaurant, cafe, coffee or tea shop, bakery, brewery or similar premises: new tenant build-outs, conversions to restaurant use, new restaurant buildings and large remodels, and the kitchen hood fire permit of such a project. Each record is dated by the day the city issued the permit and carries the city's stated valuation when it has one. A record carries the business name when the city's scope names one, else it is the premises. The city publishes no phone. Homes, hotels, office and campus cafes, counters inside grocery and department stores, signs, repairs and routine work at an existing restaurant are left out. A permit is not a confirmed opening; some records are large remodels of a restaurant that is already open.
City of San Diego, Development Services Department (San Diego open data)Nationwide, a few a month. Checked daily.
When FranBizNetwork, the brokerage that runs Restaurant Intel, closes the sale of a franchise restaurant in California, the sold location is in the report too: address, brand, close date and the business phone when the brokerage has it. It is our own sale record, not a government filing, and the row says so. Never the buyer, seller or price.
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