The specific documents required to open a bar are as follows:

1. Business license: it determines the nature of the later operation. If it is an individual, it is necessary to apply for a catering service business license;

2. Food and drug license and tax registration certificate: these documents are all necessary;

3. Fire acceptance permit: If the area of the bar exceeds 511 square meters, a fire acceptance permit must be obtained. If the area is not large enough, you can find a local second-selling company to help with the transformation and make a fire record;

4. Cultural performance license: If there is a band performance or a singer with accompaniment, a cultural performance license is required;

5. Business license, cultural license and fire permit with three certificates in one: if it is a company, you need to apply for the above three certificates. It should be noted that the company must buy social security for its employees;

6. Work visa for foreign artists: If there are foreign artists performing, you need to apply for a work visa for foreign artists in the local area.

The process of opening a bar:

1. Check the name of the bar. Go to the business office of the local industrial and commercial bureau for name review. Required information: a copy of the property right certificate of the business place. If the business premises belong to the lease income, a copy of the lease contract, ID cards of both parties and a one-inch color photo of the bar owner must also be issued;

2. Health permit. To apply to the local health bureau, the required information: the name audit form issued by the business office of the local Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, the property right certificate and floor plan of the business premises. Operators must formulate a set of feasible health system, such as how to keep the food clean and eliminate pests such as cockroaches and mosquitoes. This also requires some disinfectant, and bar staff, including operators, must undergo a medical examination in the hospital. Of course, before the license is issued by the Health Bureau, someone will go to the business premises for on-site investigation;

3. Discharge permit. To go to the affiliated environmental protection bureau, the required information: the bar name audit list, the property right certificate of the business premises, the internal plan, the plan of the surrounding environment (hand-drawn is also ok, as long as the geographical location of the bar is clearly described), and the copy of the ID card of the bar owner. But it is not allowed to open bars in residents' houses;

4. Business license. To apply to the business office of the local industrial and commercial bureau, the required information: health permit issued by the Municipal Health Bureau and sewage discharge permit issued by the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau. Generally speaking, as long as you get these two licenses, it is not a problem to get a business license;

5. Approval certificate of building fire protection. To apply to the municipal fire squadron, the required information: the property right certificate of the business premises, or the lease contract, the owner's identity certificate, the decoration and construction plan, and the water circuit diagram of the bar. Different from the past, it is no longer necessary to obtain the public security permission certificate from the public security department to open a bar;

6. Health certificate. Employees need to apply for health certificates before they can take up their posts;

7. Tax registration. Fill in the tax registration certificate for business license, copy of ID card and relevant certificates of preferential treatment, and you can get the certificate within a few days after the formalities are complete and legal.

to sum up, a business license is required to open a bar; Health permit; And food sales licenses or catering service licenses. However, if the bar sells edible agricultural products and only sells in prepackaged foods, it is not necessary to obtain a food sales license.

Legal basis:

Article 9 of the Regulations on the Administration of Entertainment Places

Where an entertainment place applies for engaging in the business activities of entertainment places, it shall submit an application to the competent cultural department of the local people's government at the county level; Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures and Chinese-foreign cooperative ventures shall apply to the competent cultural departments of the local people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for engaging in business activities of entertainment venues.

when an entertainment venue applies to engage in business activities of entertainment venues, it shall submit a written statement that the investor, the legal representative to be appointed and other responsible persons have no circumstances specified in Article 5 of these Regulations. The applicant shall be responsible for the authenticity of the written statement.

the competent cultural department that accepts the application shall check the written statement with the public security department or other relevant units, and the public security department or other relevant units shall cooperate with it; If it is verified through verification, the competent cultural department shall conduct on-the-spot inspection and make a decision according to the provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of these regulations. If it is approved, an entertainment business license shall be issued, and the number of consumers accommodated in entertainment places shall be verified according to the provisions of the competent cultural department of the State Council; If it is not approved, it shall notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons.

if the relevant laws and administrative regulations require examination and approval procedures for fire control, sanitation and environmental protection, such provisions shall prevail.