New restaurants coming to Lakeland

By Coming Soon Project · Updated Oct 29, 2026

30 restaurants, bars and cafés are on the way in Lakeland. The 10 below have names on file. We start with the ones nearly ready and end with the ones that just filed plans.

Plans and permits filed · 30 spots

Building plans or permits are on file

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Sonny’s Bbq #106
Restaurant · Bartow · 595 N Broadway Ave
Permit filedConfirmed
A new restaurant coming to 595 N Broadway Ave in Bartow. Its latest record is from Oct 5, 2026: plans approved.
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Bebos Cajun Kitchen
Restaurant · Auburndale · 117 E Lake Ave, Ste 101
Permit filedConfirmed
A new restaurant coming to 117 E Lake Ave, Ste 101 in Auburndale. Its latest record is from Aug 24, 2026: plans approved.
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Restaurant and Mercantile At Villanova Shoppes
Restaurant · Indian Lake Estates · 6500 Miami Dr, Ste 1
Permit filedConfirmed
A new restaurant coming to 6500 Miami Dr, Ste 1 in Indian Lake Estates. Its latest record is from Feb 20, 2026: plans approved.
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Dugout
Restaurant · Fort Meade · 34 Dr Mlk Jr St E
Permit filedConfirmed
A new restaurant coming to 34 Dr Mlk Jr St E in Fort Meade. Its latest record is from Dec 15, 2025: restaurant plans filed with the state.
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Brasa Smash
Restaurant · Haines City · 15 S 10 St
Permit filedFiled
A new restaurant coming to 15 S 10 St in Haines City. Its latest record is from Oct 26, 2026: restaurant plans filed with the state.

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Where they’re coming

Neighborhoods with the most projects on the way

Haines City 6 coming Winter Haven 4 coming Lakeland 3 coming Bartow 2 coming Davenport 2 coming Davenport 2 coming Auburndale 2 coming Lake Wales 2 coming

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Questions people ask

What new restaurants are coming to Lakeland?

30 restaurants, bars and cafés are on the way. Sonny’s Bbq #106, Bebos Cajun Kitchen and Restaurant and Mercantile At Villanova Shoppes are among the closest to opening.

When will they open?

Few businesses publish an opening date, so we track each step instead. In Lakeland, new places have opened a median of 51 days after their first public filing.

Where are the most new restaurants coming in Lakeland?

Haines City has the most, with 6 projects on the way.

How do you know when a new restaurant is opening?

Everything we show comes from publicly available information. We gather it daily and match each record to its address, so we can follow a project from its first filing to opening day.

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Filedone official record
Spotted 90 days before openinghow early the first filing came

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