New restaurants & bars in Cleveland: October 2026
In October 2026 we logged 59 new restaurant and bar leads across Cleveland & Northeast Ohio: 23 liquor license filings, 16 new food, building, and sign permits, and 18 researched openings (by kind: 38 restaurant & bar, 7 ownership change, 7 entertainment & activity, 4 coffee, bakery & dessert, 2 grocery, market & deli, 1 brewery, winery & distillery).
Openings we researched in October 2026
| Found | Business | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | Crafty Steere market | Downtown Akron (O'Neil's Building) | Coming soon |
| Oct 22 | Sundaybird rotisserie chicken | Lakewood | Coming soon |
| Oct 14 | Good Company burgers & wings | Little Italy / University Circle | Coming soon |
| Oct 9 | Boss ChickNBeer wings | Medina (Public Square) | Coming soon |
| Oct 6 | Sourwood Public House southern | Lakewood | Coming soon |
| Oct 5 | Casa Nostra italian | Downtown (East 4th Street) | Coming soon |
| Oct 1 | Vecino mexican | Tremont | Coming soon |
| Oct 1 | La Pecora Slice Shop pizza | Larchmere | Coming soon |
| Oct 24 | Moxie (with The Seven speakeasy) american | Lyndhurst (Legacy Village) | Reopening |
| Oct 22 | Edison's Pub dive bar | Tremont | Reopening |
| Oct 19 | Lou's Tavern tavern | Little Italy | Reopening |
| Oct 21 | Mestizo Kitchen & Cafe filipino-mexican | Old Chinatown (Downtown) | Just opened |
| Oct 20 | Star of India Garden indian | Shaker Heights (Van Aken District) | Just opened |
| Oct 14 | KneadED bakery | Shaker Heights (Chagrin Blvd.) | Just opened |
| Oct 8 | LittleLit diner bar | Broadview Heights | Just opened |
| Oct 7 | Delia's fried chicken | Downtown (Rocket Arena) | Just opened |
| Oct 5 | Roux on Waterloo seafood | Collinwood / Waterloo Arts District | Just opened |
| Oct 2 | Olive Room cocktail bar | Ohio City | Just opened |
Filings from October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Brunswick | f••••• p•••• |
| Oct 31 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | T•• L•• H•••••• |
| Oct 30 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Euclid | E•••••• |
| Oct 30 | Liquor application | Amherst | S••••• S•• L•• |
| Oct 28 | Liquor application | North Olmsted | S•••• B••• |
| Oct 24 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | J•••••• ca l•• |
| Oct 23 | Liquor application | Beachwood | M•••••• W••• C••• |
| Oct 14 | Liquor application | Moreland Hills | L••• B••••• & |
| Oct 14 | Liquor application | Brecksville | L••• B••••• & |
| Oct 13 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Middlefield | M•••••• T••••• L•• |
| Oct 9 | Liquor application | Elyria | T••••• S••••• |
| Oct 2 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Euclid | 2•••• L••• S•••• |
| Oct 1 | Liquor transfer (new owner) | Cleveland | B•••••• & B•••••• |
| Oct 30 | Build-out permit | West Boulevard | R•••••• 2•• a•• |
| Oct 27 | Build-out permit | University | Not named yet |
| Oct 27 | Build-out permit | Edgewater | Not named yet |
| Oct 27 | Build-out permit | North Shore Collinwood | Not named yet |
| Oct 26 | Build-out permit | Kamm's | Not named yet |
| Oct 23 | Build-out permit | Jefferson | Not named yet |
| Oct 22 | Build-out permit | Ohio City | Not named yet |
| Oct 22 | Build-out permit | Ohio City | Not named yet |
| Oct 22 | Build-out permit | Old Brooklyn | Not named yet |
| Oct 22 | Build-out permit | Hough | Not named yet |
| Oct 22 | Build-out permit | OH | Not named yet |
| Oct 14 | Build-out permit | Downtown | Not named yet |
| Oct 13 | Build-out permit | Tremont | N•••••• on B•••••• |
| Oct 7 | Build-out permit | Downtown | Not named yet |
| Oct 6 | Build-out permit | Ohio City | Not named yet |
| Oct 3 | Build-out permit | University | Not named yet |
| Oct 30 | Liquor permit issued | Fairport Harbor | T•• S••••• at |
| Oct 24 | Liquor permit issued | Avon | A•••• N••• B•• |
| Oct 20 | Liquor permit issued | Brecksville | H•••• H•••••• L•• |
| Oct 20 | Liquor permit issued | Parma Heights | T••• D•••••• |
| Oct 20 | Liquor permit issued | Strongsville | T•• T••• G••• |
| Oct 9 | Liquor permit issued | Cleveland | F•••• M•••• G•••• |
| Oct 9 | Liquor permit issued | Oberlin | S••••• A•••• C•••••• |
| Oct 6 | Liquor permit issued | Seven Hills | C•••••• H••• W••••• |
| Oct 5 | Liquor permit issued | Westlake | S•••••• W•••••• |
| Oct 2 | Liquor permit issued | Cleveland | L••••• H••• M•••••• |
October 2026 leads include Cleveland, Ohio City, Tremont, Euclid, Brecksville, University, Downtown, Lakewood, Brunswick, Amherst, North Olmsted, Beachwood.
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