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title: "Restaurants and Bars: Valley data · Frontera Signal"
description: "Monthly alcohol sales at every bar and restaurant in the four counties, the top locations, city totals, new on premise licenses and new restaurants."
url: "https://fronterasignal.com/industries/restaurants/"
lang: "en-US"
---

[Industries](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/)

# Restaurants and Bars

Bar and restaurant alcohol sales from the state mixed beverage tax reports, city by city, with new on premise licenses and new openings, for owners and the people who finance them.

## Key numbers

1.  Updating
    
    Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month
    
    no change published from a year earlier
    
    dated
    
2.  Updating
    
    Locations reporting alcohol sales
    
    dated
    
3.  Updating
    
    New on premise alcohol licenses, last 90 days
    
    dated
    
4.  Updating
    
    New restaurants and bars, last 90 days
    
    dated
    

## Every number

Each figure with the date it covers and how often it updates. A figure that is waiting for its next update says so.

| Measure | Number | Date | Updates |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly |
| Alcohol sales, change from a year earlier | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly |
| Locations reporting alcohol sales | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly |
| New on premise alcohol licenses, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly |
| New restaurants and bars, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly |
| Valley city sales tax, change from a year earlier | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly |

Aggregate figures by city, port and bridge. Lists with business names are in the paid reports.

## Alcohol sales by city, latest month

State mixed beverage tax reports

| City | County | Sales | Locations | From a year earlier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|     |     |     |     |     |
| Updating. Each row arrives with its date. |     |     |     |     |

## Reports for this industry

Paid reports from the Valley’s public records. Each one has a free sample.

-   [New Business Leads](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#new-business-leads) $29 a month Monthly
-   [Bar and Restaurant Sales Ranking](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#bar-restaurant-sales) $19 a month Monthly
-   [All Access](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#all-access) $79 a month Monthly

[See the reports and their samples](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/)

## Dates to watch

1.  Nov 5, 2026 McAllen Chamber of Commerce Gala
2.  Nov 10, 2026 November Link Up
3.  Nov 13, 2026 to Nov 14, 2026 Texas Restaurant Association RGV Chairman's Weekend

## Tools for this business

Templates, calculators and tools for this line of business on BuiltByEstrada.

[See the tools](https://builtbyestrada.ai/industries/restaurants/)

## The full data

For people: the monthly reports with the full lists. For AI agents: pay per call in USDC over x402, with no account or key.

1.  Bar and restaurant alcohol sales `GET /api/v1/alcohol-sales`
    
    $0.05 per call
    
2.  New business outlets `GET /api/v1/new-outlets`
    
    $0.05 per call
    
3.  City sales tax by month `GET /api/v1/sales-tax`
    
    $0.02 per call
    
4.  Industry snapshot `GET /api/v1/industry`
    
    $0.02 per call
    

[Reports](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/) [Data and API](https://fronterasignal.com/data/)

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