New restaurants opening in Seattle

Every week we read the Seattle public record and publish who just opened, by name, plus what's still on the way. Below: the latest numbers, then every dated edition.

  • 41Opening signals · Last 30 days
  • 144Signals · Last 90 days
  • 66Restaurant (top concept, 90d)
  • 16Editions published
Latest edition: October 12, 2026

A restaurant tips its hand long before it opens: a formation, a build-out permit, a business license, a liquor application. We fuse those King County public records into one read on who is on their way, and refresh it weekly. Each edition below is a dated snapshot you can cite and come back to. Newest first. Watching the earlier end of the pipeline? The build-out permits page tracks Seattle projects before they have a name.

Weekly editions