New liquor license applications, approvals, city site plans and business registrations, pulled from New York State and City of Rochester records. One email a week, for people who sell to new businesses.
City of Rochester site plans and zoning cases
New liquor license applications with the state
Conditionally approved or status changed
License issued. Opening now or just opened
It lands around 7am, in this order. Every section is a list you can work from, with a spreadsheet for your CRM.
New site plans and Planning Commission cases for restaurants, drive-throughs, stores and more. Months before opening.
Applications that turned into active liquor licenses. The place is about to open or just did.
Filed with the State Liquor Authority, grouped into restaurants and bars, liquor and wine stores, and grocery and convenience. Chains left out.
Status changes, especially conditional approvals, which usually come a few weeks before opening.
New LLCs and corporations with a local principal office, grouped by what they do. Name, town and date.
Licenses that went inactive. Sometimes a closing, sometimes a new owner.
Stores that just started selling lottery, new food service permits, and new salon and barber shop licenses.
Short notes on the bigger openings, from driving by or calling.
If your next customer hasn't opened yet, this is your list. Pick yours to see what it looks like for you.
28 days free, no card needed.
One person.
Up to 5 people at one company.
One person. The price stays at $99 for as long as you stay subscribed. For the first 10 subscribers. 10 left.
Anything else, email bobby@rochesteropens.com.
Public records: the State Liquor Authority's license lists and the Department of State's business filings on data.ny.gov, City of Rochester zoning cases, NYS Lottery retailers, NYS Department of Health food service permits, cannabis licenses, and salon and barber licenses. It's pulled every morning.
You can. It takes a while each week to filter by county, drop chains, spot what changed since last week and match approvals to applications. This does that and puts it in one email.
Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Livingston, Genesee and Orleans.
No. Liquor license locations are business premises and are shown. New business registrations show the business name and town only, never the filer's name or address.
Yes. Every digest has a CSV download link.
Yes. Pick counties, towns, sections and business types when you sign up, or later from the link in every email.
A short email the day something in your filters gets approved or a new restaurant, bar or liquor store applies. At most one a day. You can turn them off.
From the billing link at the bottom of every email. It takes a minute and there's nothing to call.
28 days of the Monday email, no card needed.