Best Restaurants Kickstarter projects to watch
10 live Restaurants projects ranked by Lens Score — a 0-100 composite of funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick signal.
Pulled from 15 live Restaurants projects (category averages 10% of goal, $52K total pledged across the category). Updated July 2026.
- 01★ Staff PickUS
Opening South Seattle's Sake and Jazz Bar: Sake Noire
An intimate sake and jazz bar serving Japanese-Italian inspired bar food
$28K raised140% funded148 backers0.0% 24h50LENS SCORE - 02US
Help Launch Cajun Boy Bayou Bites Built On Bold Cajun Flavor
A bold Louisiana-inspired fast-casual restaurant brand bringing Southern hospitality to North Texas.
$13 raised0% funded3 backers+85.7% 24h33LENS SCORE - 03★ Staff PickUS
Help move Well Nice to Brooklyn
Our self-funded wine bar needs your help finding a permanent home!
$11K raised43% funded43 backers0.0% 24h26LENS SCORE - 04US
Nhà Cafe
Building Nhà — rooted in culture, creativity & community. Welcome home :)
$12K raised24% funded120 backers+8.2% 24h20LENS SCORE - 05GB
Thirteen Express: Bringing Artisan Baking to Hertford East!
Help Us Bring Independent Artisan Baking and Great Coffee Back to Hertford East Station!
$4K raised31% funded44 backers+1.7% 24h15LENS SCORE - 06US
Centuries Past Tavern: A Fantasy Medieval Experience
Step into a world of mead, music, and magic. Help bring Bremerton’s immersive medieval-fantasy tavern to life.
$11K raised22% funded56 backers0.0% 24h13LENS SCORE - 07GB
Gwenda - Italian Ristobar - Hackney Wick
Gwenda is a new Italian-inspired bar shaped by experience, rooted in connections and made possible by you.
$774 raised3% funded12 backers0.0% 24h6LENS SCORE - 08US
Bring Japan's Authentic Maid Cafe to Las Vegas
Help us create an authentic Japanese maid cafe in Las Vegas, sharing kawaii culture, hospitality, and unforgettable experiences.
$1K raised1% funded4 backers0.0% 24h4LENS SCORE - 09CA
Mama M's from dream to grand opening
Sharing my passion for food with the community.
$377 raised1% funded2 backers0.0% 24h3LENS SCORE - 10US
Hutch — The Chef's Automat. Zero Waste. Every Neighborhood!
Zero-waste tiffin delivery from Pittsburgh — chef-curated meals in returnable Hutchwares vessels. Help us launch GoHutch.
$75 raised1% funded3 backers0.0% 24h3LENS SCORE
How this list is built
We pull all live Restaurants projects on Kickstarter (refreshed every 8 hours), then rank them by either Lens Score (for projects with at least 24 hours of data) or Early Momentum (for projects in their first 72 hours). The top 10 land here.
No editorial weighting — the ranking is the math. The list updates automatically every hour, so the projects on this page next week may not be the same ones you see today.
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