Trade press tracks restaurants through licence filings (2000s-present)
Food outlets in New York routinely scan public liquor licence applications and city records to report new restaurants before any announcement. A filing is often the first sign a place will exist.
New restaurants get early coverage based on permits alone.
Licence filings are treated as paper trails, not proof a door has opened.
This Queens Boulevard record is exactly that kind of filing - public, but silent on whether the business is running.
