RestoSignals

RestoSignals turns public government records into a scored list of US restaurants and bars approaching opening. Each lead is a deduplicated venue with an opening_score from 0 to 100. The score combines up to three independent signal types: liquor-license applications or issuances, new food or health permits, and new LLC or corporation filings. More independent signals produce a higher score, and a venue with fused signals outranks a single-signal venue.

The workflow starts with coverage, a free tool returning live states with venue and hot-lead counts. Query only the states it returns. The documented coverage distinguishes deeper coverage in New York, Texas, Illinois, and California from lighter coverage in Oregon, Colorado, and Washington. Check the live response before relying on a state's availability.

Use it to find restaurants, bars, or cafes opening soon in a US city or state, investigate the filings behind a lead, or receive alerts when new venues file in an area. It is not a directory of operating restaurants and does not provide reviews, menus, or reservations. Public filings are signals rather than guarantees that a venue will open. The data comes from public government records without affiliation to any government agency.

new_openings accepts state, min_score, and limit and returns scored venues. Present business name, city, opening_score, and signal_types, strongest first. Signal values are exactly liquor, food_permit, and business. Start with a small limit: every returned lead costs one credit, while empty results are free. Confirm large limits with the user before consuming account credits.

venue_signals accepts venue_id and returns the raw liquor, permit, and business filing rows fused into that venue. Use these records to explain a score instead of guessing. Owner contact details require a subscription; free keys indicate whether a contact exists without exposing the contact itself.

watch_area accepts a webhook URL and criteria to register free alerts when a matching new venue appears. Only register an endpoint the user controls, and confirm before creating it: the webhook posts lead data to that URL.

A hosted MCP server and REST API share the same API key. The MCP endpoint uses streamable HTTP. The initialize and tools/list methods work without authentication, but every tools/call requires the x-api-key header. Signup offers a free key with 100 lead credits. Keep the key in MCP client configuration or an environment variable, outside prompts, logs, and committed files; use a key scoped to this purpose and revoke it if exposed.

curl -s "https://api.restosignals.com/v1/openings?state=NY&min_opening_score=40&limit=5" \
  -H "x-api-key: $RESTOSIGNALS_API_KEY"

The skill supports prospecting for new food and beverage venues before opening, including POS, beverage distribution, insurance, and equipment use cases.