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Issued the restaurant's Type 41 beer and wine license in September 2026
A new Indian restaurant at 2434 Mission Street is closer to serving its first plate of tikka masala. Mission Curry House received a California beer and wine license this week, its second approval since spring.
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Regulator
On September 9, 2026, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control granted Jacks Bar an active on-sale general eating place license (type 48) at 233 S White Road in San Jose. The license permits the sale of beer, wine, and spirits for on-site consumption, but it is not the final step before opening.
Issued the license; oversees compliance
California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) issued a type 47 license to Ignite at 31 N Market St in downtown San Jose on September 8, 2026. The license permits on-site sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for consumption at the premises, and is typically held by restaurants or bars.
Issuer and regulator of the venue's alcohol license
California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control activated Hop & Vine's Type 47 license on September 8, 2026. That permit, logged in the department's licensing portal, is what a food-serving business needs to sell beer and wine on site. It's one approval, not a final green light.
Regulator that issued the type 41 license
A Vietnamese pho restaurant in San Diego can now sell beer and wine with meals. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) listed Pho Kitchen's type 41 license as active on September 3, 2026, for its 5375 Napa Street location.
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Licensing authority
A Stop N Save convenience store at 2297 McKee Road in San Jose received its alcohol license from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on September 2. The active Type 21 off-sale general permit lets the store sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits.
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Issued the type 47 license to Pendry San Diego
Pendry San Diego, the luxury hotel at the corner of J Street and Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter, received its California liquor license on August 28, 2026. The type 47 permit lets the property serve beer, wine, and spirits at its on-site restaurants and bars. It is one approval among several the hotel needs to operate its dining venues.
Issued license to Nourish Eats
The Torrey Pines neighborhood is getting a new café. Nourish Eats received a beer and wine license from California authorities on August 28, 2026, a key step toward opening its doors at One Alexandria Square.
Issued the type 41 license to California Thai Cafe on August 26, 2026
California Thai Cafe has its beer and wine license in hand. State records show the restaurant's on-sale license went active August 26 at 9550 Black Mountain Rd in San Diego's Mira Mesa neighborhood.
Trevi Catering LLC received a catering liquor license from California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on August 25, 2026. The type 41 license allows the company to serve alcohol at off-site catering events.
California Wet Burrito, the taqueria near San Jose State University, now holds a state beer and wine license. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control issued an on-sale beer and wine license for the restaurant at 336 E William St on August 20, 2026.
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Wildflower Roasters & Brewhouse cleared a key regulatory hurdle on August 20, 2026, when California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) issued it a type 41 beer and wine license for 535 Fourth Avenue in downtown San Diego. The permit allows on-premises sale of beer and wine.
Issued type 47 license to Hotel Z on August 20, 2026
On August 20, California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control issued a type 47 license to Hotel Z at 521 Sixth Avenue, allowing the hotel to serve alcohol with food. The approval is the latest step for the 96-room boutique hotel, which opened July 6 after a conversion from a former 221-unit apartment building.
License issuer and enforcer
Fountainhead Bar cleared a key regulatory step toward serving drinks in downtown San Jose's SoFA Market when the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) marked its license active on August 18, 2026. The type 47 license is the state's standard on-sale general eating place permit, allowing beer, wine, and spirits for on-premises consumption so long as the business also sells food.
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Issued the beer-and-wine license for 2550 Berryessa Rd
A Round Table Pizza at 2550 Berryessa Rd in north San Jose took a step toward opening on August 18, 2026. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) granted the location an active beer-and-wine license, type 41.
Reviewing the Bare Bones application
A new restaurant called Bare Bones is working its way through San Francisco's licensing system. The city registered the business on June 8, and the state's alcohol regulator now holds a beer and wine licence application for its Taraval Street address.
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Issued Torino's Type 41 license
Torino, a beer-and-wine restaurant, has two permit records filed at 2360 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. The city registration landed in June; the state alcohol license followed in September.
Issued Lucania's type 47 license
Shelley Lindgren's new restaurant, Lucania, has city and state filings on record in San Francisco's Ferry Building. The city registered the business in August; the state liquor license went active September 3.
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Issued type 41 license to HI NRG
HI NRG has served specialty coffee for nearly two years from a borrowed corner of Clement Street wine bar High Treason. A San Francisco business registration filed August 20 and a state beer-and-wine license activated September 1 clear the pop-up to open its own shop at 5801 Geary Blvd.
Issued type 21 license to the store
A corner store in San Francisco's Tenderloin has cleared the regulatory hurdles to open. Hyde & Turk Market at 161 Hyde Street filed its business registration in June and received its California alcohol license on August 10.
Issued type 47 license to Sergeant Ma
Sergeant Ma, a new waterfront restaurant in San Francisco's China Basin, was licensed on August 4. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) activated its type 47 liquor license, clearing the restaurant at 185 Berry Street to serve beer, wine, and spirits.
Issued active Type 42 license for 547 Haight Street on June 23, 2026
Toronado, the Lower Haight beer bar that helped define American craft beer since 1987, has new city and state filings on record. Two filings in late June 2026 show an active California liquor license and a San Francisco business registration at 547 Haight Street.
Issued Type 41 license to Yumee Katsu SF
Yumee Katsu, a Bay Area mini-chain known for panko-crusted pork and chicken cutlets, has registered a location in San Francisco's Lower Pacific Heights. The address is 2340 Geary Boulevard, and the business filed its city registration on June 1.
Issues Type 90 licenses; regulates alcohol sales
For six years, the nightclub at 2389 Mission Street sat boarded up behind plywood and graffiti. On September 12, DJ REZA and DJ Ibarra play the first night of a soft opening, six years after the club went dark in the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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