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 21 live Restaurants projects (category averages 20% of goal, $208K total pledged across the category). Updated June 2026.
- 01★ Staff PickUS
MESOZOIC tiki bar & lounge
Help us open our elevated-casual bar & restaurant, focused on tiki style food and drink with a strong entertainment/music program.
$16K raised103% funded88 backers+13.1% 24h51LENS SCORE - 02★ Staff PickUS
Opening South Seattle's Sake and Jazz Bar: Sake Noire
An intimate sake and jazz bar serving Japanese-Italian inspired bar food
$25K raised126% funded123 backers+1.2% 24h43LENS SCORE - 03★ Staff PickGB
Parveen's – your local neighbourhood Pakistani restaurant
Help bring Parveen's to the Southside of Glasgow
$42K raised77% funded498 backers+2.5% 24h39LENS SCORE - 04US
EAT: A Good Food Movement
Our food system is broken. We're building what comes next.
$6K raised3% funded35 backers+65.0% 24h38LENS SCORE - 05US
Mythily: South Indian Soul, Brooklyn Energy
After The French Laundry, Mourad, and Top Chef S21, Chef Rasika opens her progressive South Indian restaurant in Williamsburg. Join us!
$94K raised118% funded155 backers+4.2% 24h34LENS SCORE - 06★ Staff PickUS
Humble Pie
Responsibly-sourced, late-night pizza spot. Come get slice of Humble Pie.
$3K raised16% funded27 backers+12.0% 24h27LENS SCORE - 07US
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.
$3K raised6% funded17 backers+10.4% 24h14LENS SCORE - 08US
Wilson Patisserie—Make Life Sweeter
A local bakery and restaurant featuring gourmet pastries and baked goods, coffee drinks and delicious food.
$4K raised12% funded26 backers+2.8% 24h11LENS SCORE - 09US
Bring Custom Desserts to Life in Spokane
We are building a space dedicated to sweet treats made for life’s biggest (and smallest) moments...come be part of it!
$1K raised20% funded5 backers0.0% 24h7LENS SCORE - 10US
Chez Mar
Oyster bar and French inspired menu By Chef Wesley Barden
$855 raised3% funded7 backers0.0% 24h5LENS 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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