Liquor License Apps A Northline Data watch
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Sourced from the City of Chicago BACP notice list

Chicago liquor license applications, on your desk every morning.

Every new venue filed in the City's 35-day public objection window — owners attached, classified, and cross-checked against active licenses. Delivered before 8 AM Central.

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41 venues
Likely new locations
31
Last delivered
April 20, 2026
What you receive

Four things in the file, every morning.

No dashboards to log into. A file on your desk, formatted the way a vendor sales team reads it.

  • 01

    One row per venue.

    Patio, package goods, consumption — multiple BACP filings on the same account collapse into a single venue record. Your reps don't dedupe.

  • 02

    Owner and officer names.

    We follow the City's ownership notice for every account and attach the LLC managers, members, and officers — no separate file to join against.

  • 03

    Classified with reasons.

    Each row is tagged Likely new location, Existing location, or Watch — with the written reason held on the row. New-bar leads stay separate from amendment noise.

  • 04

    CSV, JSON, and a digest.

    Email and download links every morning. Pipe JSON into your CRM, drop the CSV into Sheets, or read the digest at the top of your inbox.

Sample — April 20, 2026

Three rows from today's file.

The same layout subscribers receive each morning.

CSV latest.csv JSON latest.json TXT digest.txt

Gilda

d/b/a Spill The Wine Llc

Likely new location
Address
1421 W Chicago Ave
Filed
Apr 17, 2026
Objection deadline
May 22, 2026
Application
Consumption On Premises - Incidental Activity
Owners
Jeremy Daniel Levenmanaging member
Robert Maynard Levenmanager

Jimmys Foods Inc.

Likely new location
Address
4456 S Hermitage Ave
Filed
Apr 16, 2026
Objection deadline
May 21, 2026
Application
Package Goods
Owners
Waleed Abdelfattahpresident

Chubby Skewer

d/b/a Chubby Skewer Chicago Llc

Likely new location
Address
2017 S Wells St, Floor: 1st
Filed
Apr 15, 2026
Objection deadline
May 20, 2026
Application
Consumption On Premises - Incidental Activity
Owners
Ziwei Zhaomanaging member

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How the daily watch works

Pull. Enrich. Deliver.

Three moves between the City's notice list and your inbox — method & sources →

  1. 01

    Pull.

    Each weekday we fetch the City of Chicago's official BACP liquor application notice page — everything inside the public objection window.

  2. 02

    Enrich.

    We follow each account's ownership page, cross-check against the City's active-license dataset, classify the filing, and collapse duplicate rows into one venue.

  3. 03

    Deliver.

    Before 8 AM Central, subscribers receive an email with the digest in the body and links to the CSV and JSON files. The archive is open to all subscribers.

Coverage

Chicago today. The notice window, kept intact.

We work from the City's own application notice list — anything filed inside the rolling 35-day public objection window. The source page changes daily as new filings open and old ones age out. The watch follows that movement instead of bolting on a separate "openings" list.

What's in
Consumption On Premises, Package Goods, Outdoor Patio, Caterer's License, and any other liquor application that lands on the public notice list.
What's out
Health permits, building permits, and business licenses unrelated to liquor. Those belong in different feeds.
Geography
City of Chicago. Suburb expansion is on the roadmap once the Chicago report is paying for itself.
History
Subscribers can pull any prior daily file from the archive — useful for territory planning and back-fill.

Current window: Mar 10, 2026 — Apr 17, 2026. Open today's full file →

Built for

A daily list for anyone who sells before opening day.

The watch is most useful while the venue is still in buildout — sourcing, hiring, and signing service contracts. By the time the press release goes out, half the procurement is done.

Vendors into a new venue
Pest control, linen, payments, POS, signage, insurance, beverage suppliers, commercial cleaning, AV & sound, music licensing.
Service providers in the buildout window
Build-out contractors, HVAC, smallwares, kitchen equipment, web design, local SEO, bookkeeping, payroll services.
Operators of the venue itself
Hospitality consultants, liquor counsel, real estate brokers, insurance brokers.
Pricing

One subscription. The whole feed.

No per-seat math. The Chicago watch is a single tier — built to be cheaper than the staff hours it replaces.

Chicago Daily Watch
$249 / month

Annual billing available. Cancel any month. Up to five recipients on the email list.

Roughly half of what six hours of manual BACP scraping costs a week.

  • Daily report by 8:00 AM Central
  • CSV, JSON, and plain-text digest
  • One row per venue, owners attached
  • Objection deadline calculated
  • Active-license cross-check
  • Source link on every record
  • Full archive access
  • Email support, direct from the person who built it
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On the roadmap: suburb-level coverage, weekly summary digests, Slack delivery, CRM webhooks. Tell us what's missing →

Questions

Things vendors ask before subscribing.

How is this different from a restaurant openings newsletter?
Newsletters report after the press release. The City notice list is upstream of that — it shows the filing the moment it enters the public objection window, which is typically weeks or months before opening. The watch reads from that source, not from press coverage.
Are the owner names actually attached to each row?
Yes. We follow the City's ownership notice page for every account and attach the LLC managers, members, officers, and trustees the City has on file. Where the City lists no ownership, that field is empty rather than guessed.
What does 'Likely new location' actually mean?
It's a classification we apply when the filing is a first-seen Consumption On Premises or Package Goods application and we cannot match it to an existing active license at the same account, address, or brand. The classification reason rides with each row so you can verify our call.
How is delivery handled?
Each morning we send an email with the plain-text digest in the body and links to the CSV and JSON files. The same files are downloadable on the archive page. Up to five recipients can be on the email list per subscription.
Where does the data come from?
The City of Chicago's BACP liquor license applications page and the City's active business license dataset on data.cityofchicago.org. Both are linked from the source field on every record.
Can I get a sample before subscribing?
Yes — today's report is open at the sample page, and you can download the CSV, JSON, and digest directly. No form, no account.
Do you cover suburbs?
Not yet. We're focused on getting the Chicago report right first. Suburb coverage is on the roadmap and prioritized by subscriber demand.
Start tomorrow morning

The public notice window is only 35 days long.

By the time openings hit press, sourcing decisions are already made. The watch is built for the weeks before that.

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