New restaurants & bars in Cleveland: September 2026
In September 2026 we logged 44 new restaurant and bar leads across Cleveland & Northeast Ohio: 19 liquor license filings, 16 new food, building, and sign permits, and 7 researched openings (by kind: 27 restaurant & bar, 13 ownership change, 2 coffee, bakery & dessert, 2 brewery, winery & distillery).
Openings we researched in September 2026
| Found | Business | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | Black Magick pinball bar | Brooklyn Centre | Coming soon |
| Sep 29 | Pearl's Kitchen and Taproom gastropub | MidTown | Coming soon |
| Sep 23 | Ettore italian | Downtown | Coming soon |
| Sep 8 | Laughing Bomb Brewery brewery | Kamm's Corners (West Park) | Coming soon |
| Sep 5 | FrankieLynn Hotdogs hot dogs | Old Brooklyn | Coming soon |
| Sep 3 | One Pot Korean BBQ and Hot Pot korean | North Olmsted | Coming soon |
| Sep 18 | Bring On the Butter bakery | Lakewood | Just opened |
Filings from September 2026
Liquor applications and new permits from the public record. Business names, addresses, and the records themselves are in the archive.
| Found | Stage | Where | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Madison | C••••• E••• S••••• |
| Sep 30 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | D•••• B••• P•••• |
| Sep 30 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | M••••• Z•••••• |
| Sep 29 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Lakewood | L•••••• V•••••• T••••• |
| Sep 29 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | N•••••• B•• & |
| Sep 29 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Wellington | T•• F•• D•• |
| Sep 23 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | 1•••• L•••••• B••• |
| Sep 19 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | C••••• C••• S••• |
| Sep 19 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | L••• H•••••• L•• |
| Sep 18 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Westlake | 6•• T•••••• L•• |
| Sep 18 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | S•••••• |
| Sep 15 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland Hgts | M••• O••• |
| Sep 15 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Perry | W••• G•••• P•••• |
| Sep 6 | Liquor application | Oberlin | T•• L•••• C••••• |
| Sep 1 | Liquor application | Cleveland | Not named yet |
| Sep 29 | Build-out permit | Tremont | Not named yet |
| Sep 23 | Build-out permit | Edgewater | Not named yet |
| Sep 18 | Build-out permit | Ohio City | 20 Kw G•••••• |
| Sep 18 | Build-out permit | Downtown | Not named yet |
| Sep 18 | Build-out permit | Goodrich-Kirtland Pk | R•••••• c•••••• k•••••• |
| Sep 16 | Build-out permit | Ohio City | Not named yet |
| Sep 11 | Build-out permit | Downtown | Not named yet |
| Sep 10 | Build-out permit | Ohio City | Not named yet |
| Sep 9 | Build-out permit | Ohio City | Not named yet |
| Sep 8 | Build-out permit | Bellaire-Puritas | Not named yet |
| Sep 3 | Build-out permit | Tremont | Not named yet |
| Sep 2 | Build-out permit | Buckeye-Shaker Square | Not named yet |
| Sep 2 | Build-out permit | Hopkins | C•••••• @ C••• |
| Sep 2 | Build-out permit | Tremont | Not named yet |
| Sep 2 | Build-out permit | OH | Not named yet |
| Sep 2 | Build-out permit | Old Brooklyn | Not named yet |
| Sep 30 | Liquor permit issued | Cleveland | P•••••• K•••••• 6••• |
| Sep 23 | Liquor permit issued | Parma | P•••• R••• P•• |
| Sep 16 | Liquor permit issued | Chardon | C•••••• 5••• |
| Sep 15 | Liquor permit issued | Walton Hills | H•• G••••• D•••• |
September 2026 leads include Cleveland, Ohio City, Tremont, Edgewater, Downtown, Lakewood, Old Brooklyn, Madison, Wellington, Westlake, Cleveland Hgts, Perry.
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