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Sample rows

10 of the 443 rows. Emails and phone numbers are masked here; the CSV has them in full.

What the list shows

California has the most listings: 79 businesses, 55 of them with an email address. Florida follows with 39.

76 rows (17%) carry one of 2 names used by 10 or more listings, led by The Bistro with 57. 361 businesses have a name used only once, and 310 of those have an email address.

The median Google rating of the 434 rated businesses is 4.4, and 13 have a perfect 5.0.

Of the 310 email addresses, 119 (38%) are role addresses such as info@, 86 (28%) name a person and 105 (34%) are free mail.

Source: ProfessionLens, November 2026.

What is in this bistro email list?

The file has 443 Google Maps listings in the Bistro category, counted on 9 November 2026. A row is one restaurant that Google files as a bistro: a neighborhood spot with a short menu, a wine-forward dining room, or a cafe-style place that serves lunch and dinner. A bistro with two locations has two rows if it has two Maps listings.

Of those listings, 310 have an email address taken from the restaurant's own website, one address per business. Phone numbers are on 366 rows and a website is on 391. A bistro takes reservations by phone, so the phone column is useful for suppliers who call during the quiet hours between lunch and dinner.

Every row has the same category, Bistro, so the segments come from location, email type and what the business name and website say about the menu.

How can you segment the file?

The bistro list is a single CSV that Excel or Google Sheets can filter. Because the category is identical on every row, you sort on state, city, email type and business name.

City is the cut that fits most suppliers. A linen service, a produce wholesaler or a fish distributor delivers within a short drive, so each of them takes one metro and ignores the rest. The city column makes that a single filter.

Email type decides who you are writing to. In this file 86 addresses name a person on the restaurant's domain, 119 are role addresses such as info@ or reservations@, and 105 are free mail. A named address usually reaches the chef-owner or the manager. A reservations@ address reaches the front of house, who will not decide on a supplier but can pass a note along.

The business name helps on style. Words such as Wine Bar, Cafe, Kitchen, Brasserie or a French-sounding name point to different menus and different buyers for the same product.

• State and city: your delivery route or your sales territory.
• Business name: Wine, Cafe, Kitchen or Brasserie as a hint of menu style.
• Email type: named-person and free mail for the owner, reservations@ and info@ for front of house.
• Website column: check for a menu page, an events page or a catering page.

Who buys a bistro email list?

The buyers sell to independent restaurants. Wine importers and distributors want bistros with a wine list. Craft food suppliers such as cheese makers, charcuterie producers, bakeries and specialty produce growers look for kitchens that cook from scratch. Linen and uniform services, dish and glassware suppliers, and kitchen equipment dealers reach every restaurant in their delivery zone.

Technology sellers also use this kind of list. Reservation platforms, point-of-sale vendors, online ordering tools, tip-pooling and payroll services all pitch independent restaurants that have a Maps listing and a website. Local magazines and food bloggers sell sponsorship, and private event planners look for dining rooms with space for a group booking.

How do you run outreach to bistros?

Bistro owners read email in the middle of the afternoon, after lunch service and before dinner prep, or late at night after closing. A message that is easy to answer in a minute gets a reply, and one that needs a call back gets pushed to next week. Send on a Tuesday or Wednesday rather than a weekend, when the kitchen is at its busiest.

Say what you deliver, to which neighborhoods, and what a first order looks like. A wine distributor can name the regions it carries. A bakery can say it delivers before the morning prep. A seller with a minimum order should state it in the first lines so no one has to ask.

For the 105 free mail addresses, assume you are writing to the owner and keep the note personal and short. For the 119 role addresses, ask for the chef or the manager and say that the message is about ordering or booking.

Look at the bistro's site for a menu or events page before you write. A bistro with a catering page is a fit for a prepared-food supplier, and one with a private dining room is a fit for an events pitch. Send to a couple hundred bistros at a time and check what bounces.

What email rules apply when you contact bistros?

Each commercial message to a restaurant owner has to carry your company's real postal address. It also needs a plain opt-out that works, and a bistro owner who asks to stop should be taken off your list at once.

Which states and cities should you start with?

In California the list shows 79 bistros and 55 emails. Florida has 39 listings and 27 emails, and Texas 37 and 26. New York and Ohio have 20 listings and 14 emails each. North Carolina and Virginia have 16 and 11, and Colorado, New Jersey and Washington have 15 and 10.

By city, New York has 9 listings, Miami and Albuquerque 7 each, and Los Angeles, Atlanta, St. Louis, Brooklyn and San Antonio 6 each. Scottsdale and San Diego have 5.

No city dominates, so the choice depends on where your delivery truck or your salesperson already is. A distributor in Florida can combine Miami with the rest of the state's 39 listings. A reservation software vendor with no territory limit can take California first and then Texas.

What is in the list

Source: ProfessionLens, November 2026. Counted 9 November 2026.

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