New restaurants, bars and package stores. Before the doors open.
Connecticut flags liquor licenses that still need a final inspection. Here's every one of them, by region. 90 new in the last 14 days.
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Tavern On 7 just landed on the Fairfield County list.
Bar & café in Norwalk. Status: license application filed. A new place needs a POS, insurance, signs, supplies and staff. If you sell any of that, this is the name you want on your desk on Monday, with the week still ahead of you.
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Bar & café · Norwalk
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- Bj's LiquorsLiquor & wine store · Fairfield
- State Street Package StoreLiquor & wine store · Bridgeport
- Banner Wines & LiquorLiquor & wine store · Norwalk
From the public records, updated daily
New in five Connecticut regions, by the numbers
New openings per day
Last 21 days, by source
See the numbers
| Day | Liquor licenses |
|---|---|
| Oct 14 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | 3 |
| Oct 16 | 3 |
| Oct 17 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | 2 |
| Oct 20 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | 3 |
| Oct 22 | 2 |
| Oct 23 | 3 |
| Oct 24 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | 7 |
| Oct 27 | 17 |
| Oct 28 | 2 |
| Oct 29 | 5 |
| Oct 30 | 5 |
| Oct 31 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | 45 |
| Nov 3 | 0 |
Dates are the source date for rows from our first read, then the day a row first appeared in the file we read. Files update on their own schedules, so some rows arrive in batches.
By region
Last 14 days
By category
Last 14 days
The pipeline
Last 14 days, by what the state shows
- 64Pending. A new liquor application at the state, often with a final inspection due.
- 25Provisional. A 90-day license while the final inspection is outstanding.
- 1Issued. A liquor license newly issued in the window.
Top cities
Last 14 days
- Bridgeport7
- New Haven5
- Stamford5
- Hamden4
- Norwalk4
- Waterbury4
- West Haven4
- Fairfield3
- Hartford3
- Middletown3
- Wallingford3
- Westport3
- Branford2
- East Haven2
- Greenwich2
Newest places to watch
Newest storefront-style listings, chains left out
- Rally Sports Bar & RestaurantNorwich · Eastern ConnecticutNov 2
- The Little Kitchen Of WestportWestport · Fairfield CountyNov 2
- MamanGreenwich · Fairfield CountyNov 2
- Lil VicNew Milford · WaterburyNov 2
- D' ItaliaBridgeport · Fairfield CountyNov 2
- Parchados Sports BarBridgeport · Fairfield CountyNov 2
- Osaka SushiBloomfield · HartfordNov 2
- Avellino Family BarbecueStamford · Fairfield CountyNov 2
Busiest ZIP codes
Last 14 days
| ZIP | City | New |
|---|---|---|
| 06511 | New Haven | 4 |
| 06516 | West Haven | 4 |
| 06457 | Middletown | 3 |
| 06492 | Wallingford | 3 |
| 06604 | Bridgeport | 3 |
| 06880 | Westport | 3 |
| 06070 | Simsbury | 2 |
| 06106 | Hartford | 2 |
| 06360 | Norwich | 2 |
| 06405 | Branford | 2 |
Latest named openings
Newest first. Tap one for its filing.
- Tavern On 7Bar & café · Norwalk · Nov 2
- Pleasant ViewBar & café · Somers · Nov 2
- Zs Corner CafeBar & café · West Haven · Nov 2
- Soho BarBar & café · Norwalk · Nov 2
- Faro Sports BarBar & café · Hartford · Nov 2
- Grassmere Country ClubBar & café · Enfield · Nov 2
- Wings ArenaBar & café · Stamford · Nov 2
- Tickets Sports PubBar & café · Hamden · Nov 2
- The LadyBar & café · Hartford · Nov 2
- Venice RestaurantRestaurant · Ridgefield · Nov 2
- Coyote FlacoRestaurant · Hartford · Nov 2
- Mi Ranchito IIRestaurant · Stamford · Nov 2
- Constantines On The BayRestaurant · Niantic · Nov 2
- Via Al Paraiso RestaurantRestaurant · Waterbury · Nov 2
- Viva ZapataRestaurant · New Haven · Nov 2
- Talcott Mountain CollectiveRestaurant · Simsbury · Nov 2
- Nellie'sRestaurant · Branford · Nov 2
- Kampai Japanese Steak HouseRestaurant · Branford · Nov 2
- Brickwalk TavernRestaurant · Fairfield · Nov 2
- La Cocinita Mexican CafeRestaurant · New Haven · Nov 2
- The BeamhouseRestaurant · Glastonbury · Nov 2
- The AnchorRestaurant · New Haven · Nov 2
- Luce OsteriaRestaurant · Wallingford · Nov 2
- El Bracero Mexican Grill And PizzaRestaurant · Deep River · Nov 2
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By category
New openings by category
By city
New businesses by city
How it works
The paperwork shows up first
A new business leaves a public paper trail. That trail is how we see openings coming.
The record gets published
Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection publishes every restaurant, café, tavern and package store liquor license, including pending ones and 90-day provisional ones.
We read and sort it
We read them every day and keep the ones that say pending, or provisional with a final inspection still required. Then we sort them into five regions by town.
You see it, with its limits
A provisional license with a final inspection due is about as close to opening day as public data gets. Volumes are small, because Connecticut is small. We never count a company filing as an opening.
Who it’s for
Built for people who sell to new businesses
- POS and paymentsReach a new restaurant or shop before it has chosen a terminal.
- Food and beverage distributorsNew licenses show you who’s setting up a kitchen or a bar.
- Insurance agentsEvery new storefront needs liability, property and workers’ comp.
- Commercial cleaners, linens and pestA new license means contracts nobody has signed yet.
- Sign shops and build-outA new place usually needs a sign, a wrap and some finishing work.
- Payroll, HR and staffingThe first hires come soon after the license.
- Web and local marketingNew businesses need a site, a Google profile and their first reviews.
- Curious localsKnow what’s coming to your neighborhood.
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Guides
How openings show up in public records
Plain-English explainers on the state sources behind every list, and how we turn them into openings.
How we spot Connecticut openings
The public records behind Connecticut New Openings, how we decide what's new, and what we can't see.
What a Connecticut provisional liquor license tells you
Pending, provisional and final inspection: what each status means for opening day.
Why a Connecticut company filing isn't an opening
What a new company filing tells you, what it doesn't, and how we keep filings out of our counts.
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