New venues file with the State of Florida weeks before opening day, while they're still choosing their POS, insurance, and distributors. We read every filing. You get the list every Monday at 7am.
A new restaurant signs its POS contract, its liquor liability policy, and its distributor agreements during buildout — weeks before the public knows it exists. The paper trail starts with a state license filing. It's public record. Almost nobody reads it.
Every day, First Pour collects the State of Florida's new license activity — liquor and food service — across Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade.
We clean it, translate the license codes into plain English, and flag exactly what stage each business is at: application approved, temporary license, permanent issued, ownership transfer.
See what an issue looks like →No dashboard to learn, no software to install. The list lands in your inbox before your Monday coffee — business names, addresses, owner entities, license types, and how close each one is to opening.
Most of the businesses on the list don't have a sign up yet.
Start with two free issues →Ten of the forty entries from a single week in the tri-county. Every entry carries the full address, owner entity, and filing stage.
| BUSINESS | LICENSE | STATUS | CITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limani GrilleFull-service restaurant, Town Center | 4COP | NEW — PERMANENT ISSUED | Boca Raton |
| MamanNational café chain, first South Beach location | 2COP | APPROVED + ISSUED | Miami Beach |
| Hotel CardozoOcean Drive landmark, new beverage program | 4COP-SH | APPLICATION APPROVED | Miami Beach |
| Bunkerr Golf LoungeNew golf simulator lounge | 2COP | NEW — PERMANENT ISSUED | Plantation |
| Tacos El Papi #2Second location, expanding taqueria | 4COP | APPLICATION APPROVED | Pompano Beach |
| La Birra Bar BurgersArgentine burger brand, Miracle Mile | 2COP | APPLICATION APPROVED | Coral Gables |
| JM Vibes Restaurant & Sport Bar | 4COP-SFS | PERMANENT ISSUED | Hollywood |
| Holiday Inn Miami Doral | 4COP-S | PERMANENT ISSUED | Doral |
| Karina Supermarket | 2APS | TEMPORARY — OPENING SOON | Miami |
| Agora Mediterranean | 2COP→4COP | UPGRADING TO FULL LIQUOR | West Palm Beach |
If your income depends on being first through the door, First Pour is your Monday morning.
Every venue on the list is choosing a register system right now. Be the first demo they see.
Every full-liquor license needs liability coverage before opening day — policies worth $8–15K a year.
New accounts before the competition has a route stop there. The list is your weekly call sheet.
Buildout is when kitchens and bars get specced. Filings put you there during the spend, not after it.
Payroll, linen, pest, hood cleaning — operations get set up once, with whoever showed up first.
One closed account from the list typically pays for years of the subscription.
"I've spent 27 years in production and media, and the one lesson that transfers to every business: whoever has the information first, wins. The state publishes these filings every day — they're just buried where no working salesperson has time to look. So I built the thing that looks."
No card to start. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Florida DBPR public filings — the state's own daily license activity records. We collect them daily, clean them, and translate the codes into plain English.
Filings are pulled every day; Monday's issue covers the week that just ended. Most entries are weeks from opening day.
Entirely. These are public records. We just do the reading.
That's the roadmap. Tell us where you need — you're first in line when it opens.
Some weeks the state files less. You'll see exactly what there was — never padding, never recycled entries.
Business name, full address, owner entity, license type in plain English, and the filing stage — so you know exactly how firm each lead is.
You'll hear about them first. Monday, 7am.
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