What permits do you need to open a restaurant in New Braunfels?

There is no single figure, and any site quoting one is rounding away the part that matters. Of the 18 records listed for a restaurant in New Braunfels, TX, 8 apply to every business of this type and 10 are conditional. Adding every fee on the page together would overstate what most operators pay, because it would include permits they never need.

Of the 8 that always apply, 3 carry a flat fee, coming to $165.00. That is a floor, not a total. 11 of the 18 are charged as a range or a formula set by the issuing agency, and 0 have no fee published at all. The ones particular to this business that vary:

Temporary Food Establishment Permit: $25–$150 single, multiple event or sampler

Grocery and Tavern Food Permit: $100–$250 per year, by establishment type

Food Establishment Plan Review: one-half of the full-year annual food establishment permit fee for the applicable permit type

Frozen Dessert Manufacturer Permit: $50–$200 permanent or temporary retail

Food Establishment Permit: $258–$773 per year, by employee count

Farmers Market and Mobile Food Court Permit: $100–$150 per year, by venue type

Special Use Permit: $1,500 plus $100 per acre, capped at $4,000, plus $52 for mail notification

Mixed Beverage Permit (MB): $2,650–$5,300 per two-year period; $5,300 original, $2,650 renewal

The other 3 variable fees belong to permits that apply to every type of business here; their formulas are set out on the New Braunfels permits page and the TX state page.

Permits for a restaurant in New Braunfels, TX come from 7 separate offices: City of New Braunfels Health Division, City of New Braunfels Building Division, City of New Braunfels Fire Department, Fire Marshal, City of New Braunfels Planning and Development Services, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas Secretary of State, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. No single office issues them all, which is why an opening means filing in several places rather than one.

• City of New Braunfels Health DivisionIssues 8 permits on this page, including Temporary Food Establishment Permit, Grocery and Tavern Food Permit, Food Establishment Plan Review550 Landa Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130www.newbraunfels.gov
• City of New Braunfels Building DivisionIssues 3 permits on this page: New Occupant Permit, Commercial Building Permit, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Permit550 Landa Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130newbraunfels.gov/3433/Building-Permits
• City of New Braunfels Fire Department, Fire MarshalIssues 1 permit on this page: Fire Sprinkler and Fire Alarm System Permit550 Landa Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130newbraunfels.gov
• City of New Braunfels Planning and Development ServicesIssues 2 permits on this page: Sign Permit, Special Use Permit550 Landa Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130www.newbraunfels.gov/4134/Development-Services
• Texas Alcoholic Beverage CommissionIssues 1 permit on this page: Mixed Beverage Permit (MB)www.tabc.texas.gov
• Texas Secretary of StateIssues 2 permits on this page: Certificate of Formation, Assumed Name Certificate (DBA)www.sos.state.tx.us
• Texas Comptroller of Public AccountsIssues 1 permit on this page: Texas Sales and Use Tax Permitcomptroller.texas.gov/taxes/permit

1 of the 10 permits particular to a restaurant here applies to no other business type we cover in New Braunfels: Mixed Beverage Permit (MB).

The other 5 local permits in the tables apply to every type of business in New Braunfels, TX; what each one involves is set out on the New Braunfels permits page. The 3 state-level registrations apply to every type of business across TX and are covered on the TX state page.

The closest match is a retail store, which shares 9 of these permits. A restaurant also needs Mixed Beverage Permit (MB). A retail store needs nothing here that a restaurant does not.