# New Restaurant & Bar Leads Before They Open (New York) (`leadsignal-data/new-york-new-restaurant-bar-leads`) Actor

Reach new NY restaurants, bars, groceries and liquor stores before opening day. Daily leads from official NY State Liquor Authority pending applications: business, address, county, license type, status. Only new leads each run.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/leadsignal-data/new-york-new-restaurant-bar-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Alex](https://apify.com/leadsignal-data) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$20.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## New Restaurant & Bar Leads Before They Open (New York)

**Get to new New York restaurants, bars and stores while they're still choosing vendors. Leads come from their liquor license applications, at 2¢ each.**

Every NY restaurant, bar, tavern, grocery, liquor store and caterer that sells alcohol has to apply to the **New York State Liquor Authority (SLA)** first. This Actor turns the SLA's official **pending applications** into a daily lead feed with business name, premises address, county, ZIP, license type and application status. That's about **400 new applications a month** statewide.

👉 **Try it free:** new Apify accounts get **$5 of free credit every month**, enough for hundreds of leads.

### Real sample leads (pulled October 2026)

| Business | City | License | Status | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New World Hospitality Group LLC | Staten Island | Restaurant | Intake complete | 2026-10-07 |
| Franklin Hospitality 1, LLC | Garden City | Restaurant | Intake complete | 2026-10-07 |
| Buddha Bodai One Vegetarian Restaurant Inc | New York | Restaurant | Intake complete | 2026-10-07 |
| Huayuchuan Inc. | Flushing | Restaurant | Intake complete | 2026-10-07 |
| Nolan DeJesus Hospitality LLC | Albany | Restaurant | Intake complete | 2026-10-07 |

**ROI:** at $0.02 a lead, 1,000 NY openings cost $20. One POS install, distributor account or insurance policy pays for years of runs.

### Who uses it

POS & payments resellers · beer/wine/spirits distributors and brand reps · food service, equipment, linen, pest control · liquor liability & commercial insurance · staffing, marketing, signage, music licensing, hospitality SaaS.

### Set it up as a daily lead feed

1. Filter by **cities, counties, license types or status**, or leave everything empty for all of New York State.
2. Keep **Only new since last run** on. Turn on **Re-send when status changes** if you want a second alert when an application is approved, which usually means it's about to open.
3. **Schedule → Daily**, then push leads to Google Sheets, HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, Zapier or Make.

### Input

```json
{ "cities": ["Brooklyn", "New York"], "licenseTypes": ["Restaurant", "On Premises Liquor"], "dateFrom": "30 days", "onlyNew": true, "maxItems": 1000 }
```

### Output fields

`applicationId, businessName, address, city, county, state, zip, licenseClass, licenseType, status, receivedDate, latitude, longitude, source`. Export as CSV, Excel or JSON, or pull it through the API.

### Pricing

**$0.02 per lead** ($20 per 1,000). No subscription.

### FAQ

**Source?** The NY SLA's "Current SLA Pending Licenses" dataset on data.ny.gov, the state's official open-data portal, refreshed daily.
**Phone/email?** The SLA doesn't publish them. Enrich the business name with your usual enrichment tool.
**Other states?** Texas is live as well (*New Restaurant & Bar Leads Before They Open (Texas)*). Request your state in the Issues tab.

***

*Last updated: October 11, 2026 · Built by **LeadSignal**: public-record lead feeds for B2B sales. Not affiliated with the NYS Liquor Authority.*

# Actor input Schema

## `cities` (type: `array`):

e.g. Brooklyn, Buffalo. Empty = all of New York State.

## `counties` (type: `array`):

e.g. Kings, New York, Erie.

## `licenseTypes` (type: `array`):

e.g. On Premises Liquor, Restaurant Wine, Eating Place Beer, Tavern Wine, Grocery Store, Liquor Store, Catering Establishment.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

e.g. Under Review, Conditionally Approved. Empty = all pending.

## `notifyStatusChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Also return an application again when its status changes (e.g. to Conditionally Approved = opening soon).

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD or relative like '30 days'.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Skip leads already returned by previous runs (ideal for scheduled daily feeds).

## `dedupeStoreName` (type: `string`):

Named key-value store used to remember seen leads. Use different names for different feeds.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum leads to return in this run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "cities": [
    "Brooklyn"
  ],
  "notifyStatusChanges": false,
  "dateFrom": "30 days",
  "onlyNew": true,
  "dedupeStoreName": "ny-liquor-seen",
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All leads/records returned by this run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "cities": [
        "Brooklyn"
    ],
    "dateFrom": "30 days"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("leadsignal-data/new-york-new-restaurant-bar-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "cities": ["Brooklyn"],
    "dateFrom": "30 days",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("leadsignal-data/new-york-new-restaurant-bar-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "cities": [
    "Brooklyn"
  ],
  "dateFrom": "30 days"
}' |
apify call leadsignal-data/new-york-new-restaurant-bar-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,leadsignal-data/new-york-new-restaurant-bar-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tHIg2x2fEvjBj6z91/builds/RGpfhsbd2OGT2Acz8/openapi.json