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What’s coming to San Francisco

New restaurants, cafés, bars and closings, spotted in permits and licenses weeks before the signs go up.

Try94110 · Mission 94109 · Russian Hill · Polk 94103 · SoMa 94102 · Hayes Valley · Civic Center 94123 · Marina · Cow Hollow

58coming soon

56recently opened

112changing hands

19neighborhoods

East Cut · Rincon HillLiquor license filedA

Alto 88

East Cut · Rincon Hill · 88 Spear St.

Business registration · Oct 19, 2026

Japantown · Pacific HeightsLiquor license filedBO

Bar Oliver

Japantown · Pacific Heights · 2259 Fillmore St

Liquor license · Oct 9, 2026

MissionLiquor license filedEC

Ember Cafe

Mission · 3248 22ND St

Liquor license · Aug 27, 2026

Just opened, and we saw them coming

From the first public filing to opening day

Sasa Japanese Restaurant

1865 Post St · Japantown · Pacific Heights

Likely openFiledSpotted 79 days before opening

Aug 5 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, full bar · application (Liquor license)
Oct 23 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, full bar (Liquor license)

Market on Market

1355 Market St · SoMa

Likely openConfirmedSpotted 352 days before opening

Nov 5 · Registered to open Nov 5, 2025 (Business registration)
Aug 13 · Registered to open Aug 13, 2026 (Business registration)
Aug 26 · Registered to open Aug 26, 2026 (Business registration)
Oct 23 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, beer & wine (Liquor license)

Potto

290 Sanchez St · Castro · Noe Valley

Likely openFiledSpotted 189 days before opening

Apr 9 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, full bar · application (Liquor license)
Oct 15 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, beer & wine (Liquor license)

Casito

4601 Geary Blvd · Inner Richmond

Likely openConfirmedSpotted 69 days before opening

Aug 6 · Registered to open Aug 6, 2026 (Business registration)
Oct 14 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, beer & wine (Liquor license)

Mars Bar

798 Brannan St · SoMa

Likely openConfirmedSpotted 75 days before opening

Jul 12 · Registered to open Jul 12, 2026 (Business registration)
Sep 25 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, full bar (Liquor license)

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Coming soon to San Francisco · 58 spots

Confirmed = two matching records or news · Filed = one official record

East Cut · Rincon HillA

Liquor license filedConfirmed

Alto 88

88 Spear St. · San Francisco, CA 94105

Filed for a liquor license.

Business registration · Oct 19 · Registered to open Oct 19, 2026

Liquor license · Aug 21 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, full bar · application

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Japantown · Pacific HeightsBO

Liquor license filedConfirmed

Bar Oliver

2259 Fillmore St · San Francisco, CA 94115

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Oct 9 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, full bar · application

Business registration · Sep 22 · Registered to open Sep 22, 2026

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ExcelsiorLC

Liquor license filedConfirmed

Lips Club Bar

4461 Mission St · San Francisco, CA 94112

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Sep 30 · Applied for liquor license · beer & wine bar · new license

Business registration · Sep 10 · Registered to open Sep 10, 2026

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MissionTP

Liquor license filedConfirmed

Two Pitchers Brewing Company

535 Florida St · San Francisco, CA 94110

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Sep 17 · Applied for liquor license · craft brewery · new license

Business registration · Jul 14 · Registered to open Jul 14, 2026

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Japantown · Pacific HeightsMT

Liquor license filedConfirmed

Matdol Tofu House

1761 Fillmore St · San Francisco, CA 94115

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Sep 15 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, beer & wine · new license

Business registration · Jan 5 · Registered to open Jan 5, 2026

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MissionD

Liquor license filedConfirmed

Downtime

2243-2247 Mission · San Francisco, CA 94110

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Sep 3 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, full bar · application

Business registration · Feb 1 · Registered to open Feb 1, 2026

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MissionEC

Liquor license filedConfirmed

Ember Cafe

3248 22ND St · San Francisco, CA 94110

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Aug 27 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, beer & wine · new license

Business registration · Aug 1 · Registered to open Aug 1, 2026

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Financial DistrictTM

Liquor license filedFiled

Taqueria Margarita

493 Pine Street · San Francisco, CA 94104

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Oct 22 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, beer & wine · moving to this address

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EmbarcaderoB

Liquor license filedFiled

The Bonacker

568 Sacramento St · San Francisco, CA 94111

Filed for a liquor license.

Liquor license · Oct 21 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, full bar · application

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Mystery spot of the week

455 Broadway is getting a new food business.

Nobody has filed a name yet. Here’s everything on file so far. We’ll update this page the moment a name shows up.

Liquor license · first filed Sep 8, 2026 · Millbrae

On file so far

Liquor license · Sep 8, 2026
Applied for liquor license · restaurant, beer & wine · new license

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Changing hands · 112 spots

New owners, same address

Inner RichmondLB

Changing handsFiled

Loquat Bread

4555 California St · San Francisco, CA 94118

New owners are taking over this restaurant.

Business registration · Oct 21 · Registered to open Oct 21, 2026

Business registration · Mar 1 · Registration ended (open since 2017)

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Russian Hill · PolkZ

Changing handsConfirmed

Zzan

643 Post St · San Francisco, CA 94109

New owners are taking over this restaurant.

Liquor license · Oct 19 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, beer & wine · new owner

Business registration · Jul 1 · Registered to open Jul 1, 2026

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Marina · Cow HollowEB

Changing handsConfirmed

Easy Breezy Frozen Yogurt

2280 Chestnut St · San Francisco, CA 94123

New owners are taking over this dessert shop.

Business registration · Oct 19 · Registered to open Oct 19, 2026

Liquor license · Oct 12 · Liquor license surrendered · restaurant, beer & wine (open since 2023)

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SoMaE

Changing handsFiled

Ec 1198

1198 Folsom St · San Francisco, CA 94103

New owners are taking over this restaurant.

Liquor license · Oct 19 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, beer & wine · new owner

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Hayes Valley · Civic CenterF

Changing handsFiled

Famelie

528 Laguna St · San Francisco, CA 94102

New owners are taking over this restaurant.

Business registration · Oct 16 · Registered to open Oct 16, 2026

Business registration · Dec 11 · Registration ended (open since 2025)

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Castro · Noe ValleyST

Changing handsConfirmed

Sushi Tokki

317 Sanchez St · San Francisco, CA 94114

New owners are taking over this restaurant.

Liquor license · Oct 15 · Applied for liquor license · restaurant, beer & wine · new license

Business registration · Oct 9 · Registered to open Oct 9, 2026

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Closing · 10 spots

Only closings backed by the news, our own verification, or more than one record

Japantown · Pacific HeightsS

May have closedConfirmed

Ste 355

1737 Post St, Ste 355 · San Francisco, CA 94115

Records from more than one agency show this restaurant closed.

Liquor license · Sep 14 · Liquor license cancelled · restaurant, beer & wine (open since 2018)

Liquor license · Sep 11 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, beer & wine

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MissionKS

May have closedConfirmed

Kiku Sushi & Vegetarian Foods

600 York St · San Francisco, CA 94110

Records from more than one agency show this restaurant closed.

Business registration · Aug 24 · Registration ended (open since 2018)

Liquor license · Aug 18 · Liquor license cancelled · restaurant, beer & wine (open since 2019)

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Potrero Hill · DogpatchS

May have closedConfirmed

Saam

415 Brannan St · San Francisco, CA 94107

Records from more than one agency show this restaurant closed.

Liquor license · Aug 14 · Liquor license cancelled · restaurant, beer & wine (open since 2020)

Liquor license · Aug 13 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, beer & wine

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Outer RichmondC

May have closedConfirmed

Cheeseboat

1820 Clement St · San Francisco, CA 94121

Records from more than one agency show this restaurant closed.

Liquor license · Aug 12 · Liquor license cancelled · restaurant, beer & wine (open since 2021)

Liquor license · Aug 11 · Liquor license issued · restaurant, beer & wine

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Castro · Noe ValleyFK

May have closedConfirmed

Flora King

4248 18TH St · San Francisco, CA 94114

Records from more than one agency show this restaurant closed.

Business registration · Jul 6 · Registration ended (open since 2024)

Business registration · Jul 6 · Registered to open Jul 6, 2026

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East Cut · Rincon HillGG

May have closedConfirmed

Guckenheimer At Google Warehouse 6

345 Spear St, 6TH & 7TH Fl · San Francisco, CA 94105

Records from more than one agency show this restaurant closed.

Business registration · Jul 1 · Registration ended (open since 2023)

Business registration · Jul 1 · Registration ended (open since 2013)

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Cities

Cities around San Francisco with at least 5 projects

Redwood City 9 Millbrae 5 San Mateo 5

Neighborhoods

ZIP codes with at least 5 projects

Mission 94110 · 21 Russian Hill · Polk 94109 · 19 SoMa 94103 · 18 Hayes Valley · Civic Center 94102 · 16 Marina · Cow Hollow 94123 · 13 Inner Sunset 94122 · 12 Haight · NoPa 94117 · 11 Castro · Noe Valley 94114 · 10 Japantown · Pacific Heights 94115 · 8 Inner Richmond 94118 · 8 East Cut · Rincon Hill 94105 · 7 Potrero Hill · Dogpatch 94107 · 6 Redwood City 94063 · 6 North Beach 94133 · 6 Excelsior 94112 · 6 San Mateo 94401 · 5 Millbrae 94030 · 5 Chinatown · Nob Hill 94108 · 5 Embarcadero 94111 · 5

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Confirmedtwo matching records, or a news report
Filedone official record
Spotted 90 days before openinghow early the first filing came

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