4 bars in Albany / Capital Region have a live liquor license application or build-out permit on file right now. The newest filing is from Sep 15, 2026. Recent ones include Joe Cooley's. Filings surface 60 to 120 days before doors open, so this is the list before it reaches Google Maps. Bar-first venues carry different licenses, longer fit-outs and different suppliers than restaurants, so they get their own list.
4 venues trackedNewest filing 105 days median lead time
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2026-07-12 · NY SLA · liquor license application
· type 370
ABOUT THIS DATA
How PourWire tracks Albany / Capital Region
Sources
Liquor license applications and building permits from state and city
public records, currently
NY SLA.
Every signal on this page names the government system it came from.
Cadence
Polled daily. A filing appears here the day the source indexes it.
Lead time
Median 105 days
between first filing and estimated opening: the window in which an
operator is still choosing POS, payments, insurance and suppliers.
Stage
4
new.
License types
370
(4).
Method
Signals sharing an address collapse into one venue, so a place filing
both a liquor application and a build-out permit counts once and
scores higher for it.